Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
I know, and that’s what I hate. The fact that we had a window of opportunity to be normal.
“No, Rylee, you didn’t,” I looked up and saw William. Since it was the weekend, he didn’t have to go to work.
“What do you mean I didn’t?” I asked him confused.
“You didn’t have a choice or a window of opportunity to be normal,” he said and sat down on the bed next to me. “Rylee, there are no pre-requisites to being what we are. You are born a Primordial, and you will always get your powers on the night of the full moon after your eighteenth birthday,” “What? But Wyatt told me that…”
“It’s not his fault. He was lied to. Whatever ancient text the elders gave Ronan was filled with lies. You don’t have to mate or be marked before the full moon, or even have to shift under it. As my descendant, you are born with your powers. They are just dormant until the full moon after your eighteenth birthday,”
“Why would the elder’s lie?”
“I don’t think it was the elders’ fault either. It’s whoever wrote the text that twisted the facts. I don’t think it was done in any ill will; nonetheless, you were never going to be normal,” I scoffed at the fact that my life was indeed chosen for me before I was born. “Why?” “Why what?”
“Why me? Why did I have to be a Primordial. Why did the moon goddess and the other higher powers choose me? Why am I ‘ the chosen one’!? My life has been one roller coaster after another after my family was killed. My family kept me grounded and I was loved not just by parents, but by my nana, and the rest of the pack. I was this annoying little stick of dynamite, and my life was damn near perfect. Why did Eric kill my parents!? Why did I become a slave?! Why did I have to find my true mate only to lose him for a second time!? Why!? WHY WILLIAM!? This is partially your fault! You’re my ancestor! You’re the reason I’m alive and going through all this bullshit! Had you not lied to me from day one, or should I say ‘omitted the facts’ as you and Olivia always like to f*****g say, I would be home right now!” I was crying at this point and I wasn’t sure if it was from hormones, me being pissed off, or a combination of both.
“Rylee, I don’t choose when my descendants are born, and if I had a choice, none of you would be born. I’ve been alive since before Christ was born, and I have seen all of my descendants perish. None were given the gift of immortality, or as I like to call it, a curse. If I had a say in any of this, none of you would have been born, because then none of your ancestors before you would have died the way they did. Males being thrown out of their packs, hunted by witches and other supernatural creatures for their powers, females with broken bonds that result in their ultimate demise because of that vermin Alessandro, and then there’s you. The chosen one,” he paused and looked at me with guilt, admiration, and what looked to be pride. “Rylee, if I had a choice in your lives, you never would have been born either. I would rather Alessandro suffer for eternity with never finding the bride he so desires than you see you have to go through any of this, but as I said, it’s not my choice and I had no say in the matter,”
“None of that excuses the fact that you lied to me all this time. Why couldn’t you just tell me upfront from the moment we met!?” I shouted at him. He couldn’t answer and just hung his head.
“Rylee, Lorenzo did what he thought was best, and you honestly can’t fault him for that. His whole life he has trained and built relationships with his descendants, and they all ended badly. He changed tactics with you to see if would be better…” “Does it look like it turned out any better!?” I shouted at her.
“You’re right, it’s not any better,” William admitted. “Because of the fact that it’s not any better has made me realize that I have no say in the matter whatsoever. I changed my tactics to try and keep you out of harm’s way. As I said, I would rather Alessandro live eternity alone than ever know of your existence, which is why I never bothered telling you or Wyatt anything in detail, but I also never expected someone to rob him of his memories just as you conceived,”
“I get the feeling all of that was going to happen either way. You said so yourself, you only get premonitions when you’re supposed to,” I said to him and wiped away the stray tears. Damn hormones.
“Be that as it may, I think a lot of it had to do with the choices I made, and for that, I am sorry. I should have told you everything upfront, then maybe things wouldn’t be the way are now, at least not as messed up the way they are. Rylee, you are like a daughter to me, and technically, you actually are, and I hate that things have turned out the way they have, but all we can do now is move forward, and be honest with each other, all three of us,”
“He’s right Rylee, there is no use in crying over spilt milk. What’s done is done. What happens from here on out depends on the choices we each make, and the first choice you need to hurry and make is what you’re going to do about calling Grace, or not,” I just looked at her, hating the fact that this entire conversation led back to that. Sometimes I wondered if they say all these meaningful things just to try and sway my decision on something.
I thought about it for a minute or two, trying to decide would be the best course of action, but just as I made a decision, my pup kicked me and really hard.
“OW! SON OF A b***h!”
“Rylee, what’s wrong?” Olivia asked.
“My pup just kicked me, and really hard! What the hell is wrong with you!?” I shouted down at my pup, and almost as if he or she was answering me, he or she kicked again and was moving all over the place. “What is wrong with you!?” I shouted again. I received an answer with a blow to my kidney or was it my spleen, I had no idea, but it hurt like a b***h. There was no denying that my pup already had super strength.
Just then, the doorbell rang making stop me complaining. The three of us looked at each other.
“Are you guys expecting anyone?” William asked us and we both shook our head.
“You?” Olivia asked and he shook his head. “Rylee, did you order something online?”
“I haven’t ordered anything in over a month,” I answered. The doorbell rang again.
“I’ll get it,” William walked out of the room and went to the door. As soon as I heard open, what I heard next made my heart stop,
“Where is she, Lorenzo!?”
***Wyatt’s
P.O.V.***
I was at work catching up on some contracts that needed my signature and corporate meetings that I had put off while searching for Rylee. I personally hated working on weekends, but I needed to get as much work done as possible. Plus, I needed to get away from Layla. I wanted to f*****g ban her from my floor, but Kendrick and Jason talked me out of it saying it would be too suspicious and it would cause unnecessary drama. I wasn’t sure if they were right, or if they just enjoyed seeing me trying to avoid her like the plague. I went with the latter. Fuckers.
As I was working, Svetlana came in. And I don’t mean she teleported like she normally does, she actually walked in the front door and up to the elevator to my office according to the reception desk. “Svetlana, this isn’t like you,” I tell her as she comes into my office.
“Well, it is not like I can teleport in front of humans, that would be very bad for all of us,” she said.
“And here I thought you didn’t care about the consequences of using magic so openly,”
“Pish posh, I may be a prideful dark witch Alpha, but I am no fool. I do not wish any harm to the supernatural world. Where would I get my business from? Humans? Please,”
“Hmph, I never expected that from you,” I tell her and lean back in my chair.
“What can I say, I am full of surprises,”
“Indeed you are. Now, why are you here?”
“I think it is time you fetched your mate Alpha, her due date is fast approaching, and you need to make amends with her and soon,”
“I guess there’s no time like the present,”
“Do you need me to go with you?”
“No, this is something I need to do on my own. Just do me a favor, and make sure Layla isn’t anywhere in the office. Lately, a couple of security guards have spotted her lurking around the building,”
“I would not be here, let alone have used the front door, if she were nearby, Alpha,”
“Just be sure, I can’t have her ruining my reunion with Rylee,”
“She’s not here, at least not now. We should both be leaving just in case she does show up,” I nodded my head and we both headed out. Svetlana left first, and thankfully security said that they haven’t seen Layla. I got into my car and made my way to Rylee’s condo. It was time to get my girl back and nothing was going to stop me.
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