Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“Well, we have more pressing issues to deal with, unfortunately,” Richard replied and nodded his head towards Johnny, who was still holding his dead mate.
“Who is responsible for this?” Jonah demanded with a slight growl. Everyone stared at Damon on the ground, who was still holding his jaw in place after I had broken it. “Was it warranted?”
“NO!” everyone yelled at the same time.
“Elder Jonah, we had a pack vote to execute Damon and his sister because of their insubordination towards the ranked members, as well as physically attacking them. But, when the vote was made, they retaliated and started to attack pack members,” Jackson explained. “It was in the middle of the attack that this young female challenged the Luna,” he continued while pointing at Lorelai.
“I see. Well, again, it’s a good thing that I showed up when I did. I was able to witness most of this event, and I will be making a decision on how to handle everything and everyone!”
“Can he do that?” I asked Maverick.
“He’s an Elder, sweetheart. Of course, he can,” Mav answered her.
“Elder?” she looked up at him.
“They’re the big bosses of werewolves. Jonah is the head honcho or the boss above all of the big bosses.” I just nodded her head.
“First off, I wanted to squash this ridiculous challenge made by her!” Jonah announced right away while pointing at Lorelai. “WHAT?! You can’t-“
“SILENCE, YOU IMPUDENT FOOL!!!” Jonah roared. I jumped and clung to Chad. J hid behind Maverick, and Lexie was holding onto Brent’s arm.
“It’s okay, don’t be afraid. He’s louder because he’s an Elder. Lanie, baby, you can let go now,” Chad whispered to me. I glanced down and saw that I dug my nails into his arm. I looked up, and tears immediately filled my eyes. “Whoa, hey, don’t cry. It’s okay. It was a fear response,” he reassured me and rubbed my back.
“As your fellow pack members have stated, you are as stupid as they come! You cannot challenge someone for their mate once they have already been marked! In addition, you cannot challenge to mate with someone who doesn’t even want you!” Jonah spoke harshly to her. “And you, you piece of trash!” Jonah continued while looking down at Damon. “Your past crime should have earned you the death penalty; however, Alpha Wyatt spared your life out of the goodness of his heart, yet here you are, causing problems again. You murdered a pack member without justification, and in doing so, you have sealed your fate! YOU WILL BE EXECUTED! Take him to the dungeons and arraign him! He will be executed tonight!” Trent and the other guards standing by didn’t even hesitate to grab Damon, kicking and screaming, and dragged him out of the room.
“NO!!!” Lorelai screamed.
“GODDESS, WILL YOU QUIT f*****g SCREAMING!?!” Lexie shouted at her.
“SHUT UP BEFORE I MAKE YOU SHUT UP!!!” she screamed at Lexie.
“SILENCE!!!” Jonah roared at her again. “You have no sense of respect for your ranked members! Your insubordination is more than enough cause to banish you from this pack!”
“Jonah, the pack has voted to have her executed as well,” Richard reminded him.
“Then execution it is.”
“NO!! YOU CAN’T DO THIS TO ME!! CHAD! STOP THEM! CHA-” her begging was cut off by Jonah hitting her across the back of the head.
“THANK YOU!!!” the pack members praised him.
“Take this filth to join her brother. They will be executed together.”
“Yes, sir!” Two of the male pack members picked her up and took her to the dungeons as well. After they were all gone, Jonah turned to the rest of us.
“I really hope this is not how the pack has been run since it was given to you lot?” he said, eyeing Chad and the others.
“Jonah, it’s work in progress. We had a situation earlier this evening that caused some undue stress for us, and that appears to have contributed to the Ledger siblings lashing out,” Richard answered.
“I heard what happened. Dead bodies falling out of thin air.”
“I’m certain Wyatt told you about this?”
“No, actually, I didn’t even know it happened to Blue Lake until young Luna Rylee called to inform me of what was going to happen here.”
“Wait, are you saying it happened somewhere else?” Jackson chimed in.
“Yes, it’s happened to four other packs. Apparently, previously banished pack members had taken refuge with Patterson, and for one reason or another, he killed them and sent their bodies back to their packs.” “Why though?” Brent questioned his motive.
“To send a message,” Jonah replied.
“What kind of message?” I asked.
“That I am not sure, young Luna, but we can’t take it lightly. Whatever Eric is planning, it’s going to be big, and he’s made this threat to all packs within the region. We must be vigilant and prepare.” “Prepare for what?” J shyly asked.
“I’m sorry, who are you?”
“Jonah, this is Xavier’s daughter. The one who was kidnapped twenty years ago,” Richard answered.
“Ah, young Jennifer. My sincere condolences on the loss of your family.”
“Thank you.”
“And to answer your question, prepare for a war that will be coming, and soon. Eric Patterson wouldn’t send the bodies of deceased pack members if he weren’t planning on striking soon.”
“Wait, that reminds me,” Richard remembered suddenly. “After this happened, I called Wyatt, and he theorized that Eric did this to force all of our hands.”
“Force our hands to do what?” Chad wondered.
“Gather all of the Alphas in one centralized location.”
“He’s trying to manipulate everything to go his way. He wants to force us to do what he wants by using fear and anger,” Brent declared.
