Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“Okay,”
“Hi, welcome to Popeyes, what can I get for you today?”
“Hi there, my niece and I would like to get the sixteen-piece family pack,”
“Spicy or mild?”
“Mild, she can’t have spicy while she’s pregnant, bad acid reflux,”
“Oh, I know the feeling,” the girl said. “What kind of sides did you want?”
“We would like to have mashed potatoes, red beans with rice, and can we add a side of the coleslaw?”
“Sure thing. That comes with six biscuits, is that okay?”
“Perfect. Megan sweetie, did you want to add anything else?”
“Ummm…Oh, what’s the blueberry and lemon cheesecake pie?” I asked when I saw the dessert on the menu.
“Oh, that’s a new product, it’s really good,” the girl said exaggerating her face when she said that.
“Can I get two of those?”
“Make that three,” Olivia said.
“Sure, is that going to be all for you?”
“Can we get some cups for water?” I asked.
“Sure thing, is that all?”
“That’s all,” Olivia answered.
“Your total today is going to $42.19,” Olivia pulled out her card and gave it to the girl. After she got the receipt and our order number, the girl gave us our cups and we went to go get water. I found a table to sit at, while Olivia waited for the food. About ten minutes later Olivia came and I wasted no time in digging in.
“Ohhh…I forgot how good this place was,” I moaned after taking a bite of the chicken. I stared down at the food couldn’t help but smile thinking back to the first time Wyatt and Kendrick introduced me to it. Thinking about that day made my eyes water, but I quickly fought back the tears and kept eating.
“Megan, have you had a chance to think about what we talked about yesterday?”
“I have, but I still don’t know if that’s something I want to do just yet. I don’t know if she will be willing to help after what I did,”
“I think she would, because well, she’s the grandmother, and from what Wayne has told me, she was very fond of you and even bad mouthed the father behind his back,” I just chuckled at that statement. Grace was never afraid to let her words flow freely whether it was out loud or in her mind, which those words would eventually be said out loud anyway. “We still have time before you to make a final decision,” I nodded and continued eating. I honestly did wonder if Grace would be willing to help me. ***Wyatt’s P.O.V.***
After Svetlana gave me back my memories, my mind has been all over the place. My actions against Rylee during the time that I didn’t remember her were haunting me all day and night, and I wasn’t able to sleep. I seriously couldn’t believe what Layla had done. It was no secret that she like me, but I never thought she would completely lose her sanity and team up with a dark witch to get rid of Rylee.
I should have listened to everyone and banished her because of her toxicity. Plus the fact that she tried to kill Rylee that one day and Rylee covered it up because she didn’t want Layla to get in trouble. Of course, Rylee would be too na?ve and let something like that go. Had she told me then, Layla would have been banished, and none of this would have happened. Then again, knowing how unstable Layla is at this point, it probably still would have.
The fact that Layla, Ash, and Emma were behind the human kidnappings is even more outrageous. All because Ash wanted Rylee back at Halfmoon. I knew he would eventually try something to get Rylee back, but never in a million years did I think he would go such extreme measures and put his entire pack in danger that way. It’s no wonder no other packs were attacked. It also makes sense that there have been no attacks since Rylee left.
My afternoon thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door, I reluctantly got up and opened it,
“Son how are you holding up?” my dad asked. I opened the door for him to come in. I closed the door and locked it before answering, “Honestly, I feel like a s**t dad. I can’t stop thinking about how I treated Rylee,”
“Wyatt, that wasn’t the real you. Your mind was manipulated for Layla’s own personal greed because she thought that getting rid of Rylee and making you stop loving her would open the door for her to try and wriggle her way into your life and replace Rylee, but we all know that’s not how mates work. The moment Rylee rejected you, you knew that she was your mate, and you believed it. Even when you didn’t know who she was, you still loved her, because your heart knew what the truth was even though your mind didn’t,” “Our bond should have been unbreakable,”
“Unfortunately, when Rylee’s mark on you was taken away, it left your bond with her weakened and I think that’s what Layla was counting on. That and making your mark on Rylee invisible also put doubt in your mind. I believe had you been able to at least see your mark on Rylee, it would have helped you believe she was your mate,”
“Kendrick told me that Rylee said she couldn’t feel any of the sparks that a mate would normally feel when they touch their mate when she hugged me at the police station,”
“I think that may have been another physical element that was suppressed while you were under the spell, just like not seeing your mark on Rylee,”
“Dad, I don’t know if I can live without her. Eight years, I lived thinking Rylee was dead, but when I found her, it was like something inside of me came to life. I’ll never forget the moment she told me she loved me. It was when I showed her the picture of us when she was ten, right before her pack was killed. She realized who I was, and who I was to her, and when I told her I loved her, she immediately said it back. I felt as if my heart was going to explode from pure happiness. What if I never get hear her say those words again? What if we can’t find her? What if we do find her, but she can’t forgive me for everything that I did to her?”
“Wyatt, you need to stop asking all of these ‘what ifs’. You’re going to drive yourself insane asking questions about the unknown. What we do know is that Rylee is with Lorenzo, and you said yourself last night that Lorenzo knows a witch, and Svetlana may have an idea of who it might be. For now, we just have to wait for her leg to fully heal before she can go out and do her research,” I hung my head as I sat on my bed. I grunted in frustration and laid back hating that we had to wait for Svetlana’s leg to heal. I hated being away from Rylee, but I had no choice but to wait.
“What do you think we’re having?” I asked.
“What do you mean?”
“The baby. What do you think we’re having?”
“My best guess is that you two are having a boy since your sister had a girl,” he said, and I could tell he was looking at me. “What do you want to have?”
“I remember telling Kendrick that having a son would be nice, you know, someone to take over when I’m ready to retire, but a little girl that I could spoil rotten would be awesome too,”
“Son, you do realize that there is a high possibility that your pup is also a Primordial right?” I sat up on my elbows and looked at him. “Wyatt, you’re a pureblooded Alpha, and so is Rylee,”
“Yeah, I have thought about that. Kendrick brought that up too. Honestly, dad, I’m terrified knowing that there is a high possibility my pup is like their mother. I mean, according to Lorenzo, more than half of the male Primordials born lost their pack, were exiled, or even killed because of how powerful they were, and don’t get me started on the fact that there is a crazed vampire trying to keep the females for himself,”
“Well, everyone who knows about Rylee and why she was born believes she is the one who is supposed to kill the vampire. If that is the case, then that might pave the way for her kind to live and flourish,”
“I just want to find her and fix everything, dad. I love her more than life itself, and I don’t know what I’ll do if she doesn’t forgive me,”
New Book: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
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