Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“What does it matter to you anyway? The only thing that matters is that I want her. And I will have her!”
“How?”
“Simple. I’m going to take a page out of Layla’s playbook.”
“What!? You can’t be serious!?”
“Oh, but I am. But, I’m not going to take away her memories.”
“If you’re not going to take away her memories, what are you going to do?” Emma asked cautiously.
“I’m going to swap them.” .
***Lanie’s P.O.V.***
After we found out about everything that happened at Blue Lake and how Eric and Ash had been multiple steps ahead of us the entire time, I knew that my visit to the future was coming true. Rylee had been taken, and with her being pregnant, I was terrified that something would happen to her. Though, one thing that seemed to have changed was the fact that there were no additional clones.
It was hard to say with absolute certainty that who I met in the future was a clone because things felt off. But it honestly could have just been me freaking out over being somewhere I had never been, let alone in a different time. I told Chad what I had seen, even though I knew I wasn’t supposed to. But I couldn’t just idly stand by while my sister was in the hands of the crazies and not say anything. I was pretty sure that my telling would change something, but if it meant finding Rylee and everyone else sooner, then I would take the punishment.
“Lanie, Wyatt is asking if you remember seeing a building or some other landmark during your brief trip to the future?” Chad asked me as he was on the phone with Wyatt.
“I honestly can’t remember. I remember a lot of trees and you hiding behind some brushes, but that’s all. I don’t remember seeing a building of any sort,” I answered him as I thought back.
“Did you hear that?” Chad asked Wyatt over the phone before putting the call on speaker.
“That could literally be anywhere!” Wyatt shouted. I just shrugged my shoulders, not knowing what else to say.
“Wyatt, I wasn’t exactly paying attention to where my powers took me in the future. I was too busy freaking out!” I shouted back at him.
“Lanie was there for all of a few seconds. You can’t really expect her to have seen everything, Wyatt,” Chad said in my defense.
“You’re right. I’m sorry, Lanie. It’s been three days since everyone was taken, and we still have no idea where they went. Even our personal bonds with everyone are of no use. Not being able to track them down whatsoever is making me think that the witch on their side must be masking everything with dark magic,” Wyatt admitted.
“Have you considered asking Svetlana?” I suggested. They both got quiet, and Chad stared at me. “What?”
“I’m trying not to rely on her too much right now,” Wyatt answered finally. “The moon goddess wasn’t very happy with me the last time I asked Svetlana for help, apparently.”
“Who cares what my mother thinks! Rylee and countless others are in trouble!” I exclaimed. Chad looked at me, surprised. “What!? Just because she’s the mother of all werewolves doesn’t mean she can just pass judgment on him. Or us, for that matter!” “Ummm, yes, she can,” Chad argued back.
“No, she can’t! She has no room to judge anyone on anything! What has she done for us recently that gives her that right? All she’s done is say what she wants to say, but I haven’t seen or heard her do anything! Who is she to judge Wyatt for asking a dark witch for help? Had she just gotten involved then, none of this would have ever happened!”
“Lanie, William already explained how the higher powers aren’t allowed to get involved,” Wyatt pointed out.
“Well, maybe they should! Things are so f****d up in our world, and all the while, they just sit in the kingdom and watch it happen! Think about it-Rylee and her family, me and Lexie, J’s family, and all this crap going with Eric. All of this could have been stopped, but she and the other gods and goddesses chose to let it happen! And for what, to teach people a lesson? Please!” I scoffed and crossed my arms. “It’s one thing to be a neutral party, but what she and other gods are doing is nothing short of absolutely nothing! Even the humans’ God felt the need to wipe out half of the human race when things got so bad!”
“Lanie, how do you know that?” Chad asked me.
“Anna.”
“Oh.”
“If the humans’ Almighty God is willing to kill his children, then I think our gods and goddesses should be able to do the same if it calls for it! My mother should have known what kind of werewolf Eric was, even back then, but she chose to let him live. That one decision destroyed Rylee’s life, caused her to lose Lexie and me, and it ruined our lives as well. William told us that choices we make can affect our lives and the lives of those around us, did he not?” Chad nodded, and Wyatt agreed over the phone. “The same thing applies to them. Only their decisions affect our entire species!” Chad tilted his head and raised his brows in realization.
“Wyatt, she has a point.”
“I couldn’t agree more.”
“Okay then! Call Svetlana! Have her use her dark magic to track down this dark witch helping Eric and Ash. Unless my mother wants to get involved, she has no right to say anything.”
“You got balls, Lanie. Some big brass balls. Neither one of us would ever talk about our moms that way. Especially if she were a goddess,” Wyatt told me.
“Well, unlike you two, I don’t really know my mother now, do I? I don’t know the moon goddess or Megan,” I said without remorse.
“I guess I have a dark witch to summon. I’ll let you know something as soon as I get a hold of her,” Wyatt said before hanging up. When the line went dead, Chad looked at me with a raised brow.
“What?”
“Are you really that resentful towards the moon goddess over everything that has happened?”
“YES! And I’m not ashamed to admit it. I don’t even care if she hears this. She needs to know that this whole thing about not getting directly involved is complete bullshit! She made her choices, and now she has to live with them. Just like we do too. I won’t deny that this whole clone thing was a stupid idea, to begin with, but the one person who has no right to say anything to anyone about choices being made is her.”
“Lanie, she’s still your mother. She’s technically our mother.”
“Exactly! She’s the mother of all werewolves, which means she should be making decisions that HELP us live long and prosper. But she doesn’t! She just watches s**t hit the fan and then has the nerve to talk s**t!?”
“Lanie, I think you’re being too harsh.”
“No, I’m not. It’s just like raising a child! You would never allow Killian to make a stupid choice that could affect his entire future, would you? Or allow someone to harm him for their own personal gain?”
“Of course not. What kind of parent would I be if I-” he paused and looked at me when he finally understood what I was trying to say.
“Exactly.”
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