Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“I know, and it pains me to think that he would betray us. Betray me. But as Chad said, it’s the only explanation that makes sense for his responses to our questions.”
“Are you saying what I think you’re saying?” Maverick asked. Richard and Chad nodded. Maverick huffed and slouched back in his seat in shock. J held his hand to comfort him.
“NO! NO! I refuse to believe that Jackson is the mole! HE WOULD NEVER BETRAY OUR PACK LIKE THIS!” Brent screamed.
“I’m sorry, Brent, but it seems that is exactly what Jackson did. And until we can prove his innocence, I’m going to have to place him under arrest,” Chad told him. He looked to Richard, who also nodded his head.
“ARGHGH!!!” Brent snarled and punched a gaping hole into the wall. Lexie ran over to him and hugged his neck to calm him down. He tried to push her away, but she wouldn’t let him. Lexie held on tight, and Brent finally broke down and hugged her back. He fell to his knees and cried. Lexie looked at me, and I could see the tears in her eyes too. Chad covered his face with his hands, and Richard hung his head back while resting his hands on his hips.
“We have to figure out where they are,” I said to everyone in the room.
“Unless we can get Jackson to tell us, we have no idea where to start looking,” Chad replied without lifting his head.
“Lexie?” She looked up at me. “Do you think you can transport Chad and Brent through time to see where Jackson has been?” Brent and Chad both raised their heads and stared at me.
“I can try, but I can’t promise anything,” Lexie responded without confidence.
“If you can’t, then we go to plan B,” I said.
“What plan B?” they all asked at the same time.
“We take a page out of Eric’s playbook,” I replied and looked at everyone. “We leverage him.”
“How?” Chad asked me.
“He has a mate, doesn’t he?”
“Lanie, we can’t! She’s innocent!” Lexie shouted at me.
“How do we know that? How do we know that she’s not in on it too?! If Jackson could betray us, why couldn’t Nina?”
“I’ve known Nina since we were children. She would never do such a thing. But I can tell you that if she were to find out about Jackson’s betrayal, she would never forgive him,” Richard replied. “And Jackson knows that better than anyone.” “Then, if Lexie’s powers can’t help us, we threaten to tell Nina. But we have to try and get Jackson to tell us of his own accord first. If we can’t, then we bring Nina into it,” Chad suggested, and we all nodded.
“I can’t believe he would do this to us,” Brent sobbed. “It’s like being betrayed by your own parent!” Lexie hugged him again, and I looked over at Chad, who was just as hurt as Brent was. I would never forgive Jackson if he really was the mole. .
***Wyatt’s
P.O.V.***
It didn’t take very long to get ahold of Svetlana to ask for her help again. She was more than happy to lend her assistance, but I knew that calling her would ultimately upset Selene. However, I couldn’t help but replay everything that Lanie had said over the phone. In a way, she was right. There were a lot of things that could have been avoided had Selene gotten involved at the beginning of it all. But I couldn’t dwell on that right now. I needed to find Rylee. There was no telling what Ash and Eric had planned for her and everyone else. “So, when do we start?” Svetlana asked.
“Before we do anything, I need you to try and track down Morgan. You said that you could use her magic as a homing beacon, right?”
“Yes. That is why I’m asking when you want me to start?”
“Right now!” I shouted, my patience already wearing thin.
“Okay, okay. You do not need to shout at me, Alpha Wyatt,” she fussed and got to work. As I sat and watched her, Keaton, Jason, Angelo, and Maddox were going over places on the map they had already searched. I was about to join them on the map to see their progress when my phone rang.
“Hello?”
“Wyatt, we may have something. How soon can you get here?” Chad sounded rather serious.
“What? What’s going on?”
“We think we know who sold us out.”
“What?”
“I don’t want to discuss this over the phone. How fast can you get here?”
“It’s going to take me a few hours if I drive. What’s going on, Chad?”
“I’ll tell you when you get here. Just be careful, and make sure that you’re not followed.” He hung up without waiting for my reply.
“What’s going on?” Jason asked when he saw my confused expression.
“That was Chad. He needs me to get there ASAP. He said he thinks he may know who sold us out.”
“What are we waiting for? Let’s go then!” Keaton shouted.
“Jace, I need you to stay-“
“f**k THAT!” he cut me off. “I’m not staying here, Wyatt. My mom is out there!”
“Don’t even think about telling me to stay either! My brother is out there too!” Keaton objected before I could even say anything to him.
“We can’t all leave!” I told them.
“If you’re worried about leaving the pack unprotected, don’t be. Our parents can hold down the fort while we get our pack members back,” Jason reassured me. I wanted to protest, but the look on everyone’s faces was already telling me that I was fighting a losing battle. So, I just nodded in agreement.
“Okay, my wolfies, let’s go then!” Svetlana said a little too cheerfully while standing from her seat. We all just looked at her and furrowed our brows. “What?”
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