Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“I thought you were going to work on finding the dark witch helping the Pattersons,” Maddox pointed out.
“I will, but if Chad knows something, then it may help give me a starting point. I mean, it’s possible to do it on my own, but it will take longer,” she replied. “No time for arguments, come! I will teleport us to Golden Moon!” she announced with almost too much enthusiasm in her voice.
“Why are you so eager to go there?” Keaton asked her.
“And don’t tell us it’s because you’re eager to help,” I argued while eyeing her. She pursed her lips together and just shrugged.
“You wolves are so nosy. If you must know, there is a handsome silver wolf I want to see again,” she admitted.
“What? Are you saying that you have a crush on one of the older wolves at Golden Moon?” Angelo asked.
“Yes. Now come! We must hurry. Alpha Chad said it was urgent, no?”
“Her urgency is because she wants to get laid,” Keaton muttered. I smacked him upside the head. “OW!”
“Grow up. You have a pup on the way.” He rubbed his head and glared at me. “Are you glaring at your Alpha?”
“No, sir,” he quickly replied and fixed his gaze.
“I didn’t think so.” After that was situated, I linked my father to let him know of the potential development and that we were going to Golden Moon. Of course, he was more than happy to be in charge. Sometimes I wonder if all fathers regret giving up their titles to their sons. Dylan and Felix wanted to come along as well, but with Keaton and Jason coming, it was even more crucial for them to stay behind. They were disappointed but understood.
We didn’t waste any more time, and Svetlana quickly teleported all of us to Golden Moon. I had made sure to text Chad to let him know of the slight change in plans. He said that he would be prepared for us to arrive, and when we did, he was ready. It wasn’t hard to read the room when I saw everyone’s faces-dark, sad, and angry. Especially Brent and Richard.
“I’m here, Chad. What’s going on?” I asked while trying to assess everyone’s somber expressions.
“Not here. Follow us,” he replied. We all nodded, and he led the way. I noticed right away that we were heading towards their pack hospital.
“Chad, why are we going to your hospital?” I questioned him. He barely looked back but didn’t say anything. No one did, for that matter. It was eerily silent. I looked at Jason, who just shrugged his shoulders. We continued to follow him and the others, and we stopped in front of a hospital room.
“Beyond this door is the mole that betrayed us,” Chad announced, looking at the door.
“Okay? Are you going to tell us who it is?” Jason asked.
“It’s someone that we all know very well. And before you ask, Wyatt, yes, we did verify this accusation, and he’s been placed under arrest. I just have to ask that you refrain from trying to kill him. We need him alive.”
“What?”
“You’ll see.” Chad turned to Richard, who nodded, and they opened the door. The individual I saw lying in the hospital bed, handcuffed with silver, made all of the hair on my body stand up.
“What the f**k?!” Jason exclaimed when he too saw who it was. “Yo, isn’t that Jackson, the former Beta!?” I just nodded. Jackson’s head immediately turned to face us, and he only rolled his eyes before turning his head in the other direction. I was about to charge in when Chad closed the door.
“Open the door, Chad!” I shouted.
“Wyatt, this is my pack. Do not command me; I’m an Alpha too. I asked you to refrain from killing him because we need him alive. I will not repeat myself.”
“I don’t understand. Why did your former Beta betray your pack!?” Keaton asked.
“Was he leveraged?” Angelo suggested.
“Not by Eric if that’s what you’re asking,” Lanie replied. I snapped my head towards her. “Yes, we leveraged him into telling us what we wanted to know.” “What did you leverage?” Maddox asked.
“His mate.”
“LANIE!” I exclaimed.
“Hey, it’s his own fault. He’s the one who decided to get into bed with Eric. He betrayed us. We tried to do it the easier way, which was to have Lexie send Chad and Brent back in time to see where Eric had supposedly escaped from. But that didn’t work, so we came down here and demanded answers.”
“He refused to give them,” Lexie interjected.
“So, you leveraged him by using his mate against him?” I asked.
“Not really. She leveraged herself technically,” Lanie responded. “When we told her what we were thinking, she didn’t want to believe us at first. But, then we explained why we thought what we did, she decided to get to the bottom of it herself. It was all her after that.”
“What did she say? Or do, for that matter?” Keaton asked.
“Since they’re mates, she can obviously tell when he’s lying. It also didn’t help that she asked the same questions we did, but he gave slightly different answers than what he had told us. That’s how we knew for sure that he wasn’t a victim but rather a participating party. Nina threatened to reject him and tell their kids if he didn’t come clean. If he admitted to what he did, then she wouldn’t reject him or tell. But she did tell him that they were done as mates. Even if she didn’t reject him completely, she would never accept him again,” Richard explained.
“So, he’s the mole?” I asked to be sure. Chad and Richard nodded.
“What did he tell his mate?” Jason asked.
“He told her that he was approached by Eric a couple of months ago. Not too long after the attempted attack that should have taken place during the ceremony. Jackson said that Eric offered him a large sum of money and said that if he helped kill Richard and me, then he would give Golden Moon to him.”
“Wait, are you saying that he did all of this for power?” Keaton asked.
“You told me that he was happy to retire,” I said.
“That’s what he told us, and it was partially true. But as soon as he did, he realized that he was no longer needed and was completely cast aside while Richard was training to become an Elder.”
“Jealousy? Are you serious right now?” I griped.
“It’s what he told Nina,” Chad answered.
