Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
***Megan’s
P.O.V.***
After that horrible out-of-body experience, Wyatt and I couldn’t go back to sleep, so we ended up staying up the rest of the morning. I was terrified, and something told me that the vampire was coming. We were just laying down in bed the entire morning with each other.
“Wyatt?”
“Yes, Tink?”
“I can’t help but think the vampire is coming, and he’s coming soon,”
“It’s just your nerves,”
“No, it’s not. It’s my gut. He went after a human and turned her. He’s in town, and he’s going to be looking for me, or in this case, Rylee, and get the inkling that he’s coming tonight,” Wyatt sat up and looked at me like I was crazy. “Don’t look at me like that, Wyatt. Sam is almost three months old, and he looked to be about that age in my premonition,”
“But that hasn’t come true,”
“It’s not supposed to, at least not the exact version of it. I just can’t help but feel the evil in the air. I think we should be prepared,”
“Tink, you’re just tired from lack of sleep and the crazy ordeal you just went through,”
“NO, WYATT!” I shouted at him. “I am telling you, he’s coming, and I think he’s coming tonight!” Wyatt let out a deep sigh and I pleaded with my eyes.
“Okay, if you’re that worried, I’ll have my mom take Sam somewhere safe, and I will triple the patrols starting at sundown,”
“Thank you,” he kissed my forehead, and I watched his eyes cloud over. A few minutes later, Grace came in and took Sam with no questions asked. She just gave us a reassuring look telling us that she would protect him with her life.
After Sam was secure with Grace, Wyatt and I got up and called everyone to his office. Wyatt spared no details and told everyone what has been going on since day one with my clone, including Ronan who was not happy at all. No one was happy, but there was nothing we could do about it now. In addition to telling everyone about the Rylee clone, we also told everyone about the human version of Megan and what I had experienced the night before, and why I believe that the vampire is nearby, “We got it, Wyatt,” Kendrick said.
“Yeah, I’ll let my dad know to beef up security,” Jason replied.
“Melody, pumpkin, call your mother and you go with her. Michelle, you as well,” Ronan said. “If the vampire is coming, then I highly doubt he is coming alone. We need to get all of the saferooms in the castle ready, tell pack members to get their personal bunkers ready as well, and let the pack know that everyone who is not battle trained to hide away starting at sundown,”
“What are we going to tell the pack members?” Angelo asked.
“We’re going to tell them it’s a drill, to be safe. To make sure everyone is up to par with safety precautions. Since we haven’t had a rogue attack in almost a year, I don’t think anyone has been having drills. This is a good time to have one and tell them that they must remain hidden until sunup the next morning,” Ronan responded.
“Kendrick, Keaton, and Angelo, you three give out the orders for the drill. Since it’s still early in the morning, this gives the pack plenty of time to prepare and execute at sundown,” Wyatt told them. All three of them nodded and left the office. “Milan, find several of the other strong female fighters and use them as decoys against the vampires. If he does come with reinforcements, it’s highly plausible he will try and take hostages to force Rylee’s hand, or even Megan’s at that,” Ronan told her. “You got it, Uncle Ronan. I know a few that are trained vampire slayers,” she replied and left.
“I need to go speak with Dylan and we will work with Felix to get the border patrol secure,” Ronan said and also took his leave.
“Irene, you go to the hospital and make sure that Dr. Andrews has everything he will need to treat vampire bites and injuries just in case,” I tell her, and she nods her head. Everyone has now left the office only leaving me and Wyatt.
“Do you feel better now that we have plans in place?” he asked me while making me sit on his lap. I nodded my head. And just when I thought we could get some relaxing alone time, the door to his office flew open, and in came my clone. “Wyatt, what the hell!?” she shouted.
“Rylee, please, not now,” he said to her rubbing his temple.
“I thought we were passed all of this! I thought we were fixing us!”
“Rylee, I told you, there is no more us. I’m sorry, but my life is with Megan and our son,” I saw the tears in her eyes. Even though she was a clone, her feelings were real, and I could feel them as if they were my own. I knew what she was feeling, because, at one time, I was her, fighting for my bond with Wyatt. “Why? Why can’t it work between us?” she asked softly.
“Because we both made a choice. Yes, my memories of us are gone, and yes, I made a choice to sleep with Megan before you left, but the fact of the matter is, you also made a choice, and you left. You can’t leave for almost eight months, and then come back because you heard a rumor that I found a new Luna and come back expecting things to go back to the way they were,” he said to her. What was crazy about him saying this, was that he meant every word of it, at least to her. I knew for a fact that he would never say that to me, the real Rylee because it’s not how he feels deep down. But it’s what he has to play in order for the clone not to do something stupid.
“I know that, and I regret it,” she answered with tears dropping from her eyes. I felt her regret because it was my regret. I regretted rejecting Wyatt and leaving the pack. But doing so also helped Wyatt and I grow stronger. I felt horrible for my clone because even though she wasn’t a real person, she still had real feelings, and those feelings I knew all too well.
“Rylee, I need you to put aside your feelings and regret, and get ready,” Wyatt tells her.
“Get ready for what?”
“Lorenzo contact me, and he feels that Alessandro may be on his way,”
“Oh god,” she immediately stopped crying.
“Don’t worry and don’t panic. You’ve trained for this. You’re more than capable of protecting yourself, and this pack if he is to come. Remember, he’s ranked vampire according to history and there’s no telling how many of his kind he will bring when he comes for you,” she nodded her head and took a deep breath to calm herself. “We may no longer be mates Rylee, but I mean it when I say that I don’t want to lose you. Not only because of what the legend entails would happen, but because I do love you. I always will,” “We just can’t be together…” she sobbed. Wyatt shook his head and I hung mine in regret. I hated hurting my clone, but the fact of the matter is that once all this over with, Svetlana will more than likely dispose of her. She turned to leave but stopped a moment. “For what it’s worth Wyatt, I am sorry,”
“I know you are dearest, and I am too,” Wyatt said with the utmost sincerity. If I weren’t the real Rylee, and she wasn’t my clone, I would almost be a little jealous of how sincere he was being with her. She nodded her head and left his office. As soon as the door closed fully, we both let out a sigh.
“You should win an award,” I tell him, and he looks at me lifting his brow. “You make everything so believable,”
“It’s because I’m being 100% honest. I’m trying to see it from the fact that you are Megan, and she is Rylee. That way, my feelings are wholehearted, and I am being truthful to everyone,”
“Wait, are you saying that if I wasn’t the real Rylee, and that I was actually my clone, and you had a child with another, you would actually accept the rejection and leave me?”
“Yes, because I would have had a child with another. Had I had the affair, and no child, then I would take you back in half a second flat. There would be no doubt in my mind I would take you back and make you Luna again, but that’s not what happened in this case,” “Wow,” I was stunned and completely speechless at his honesty.
“Tink, you’re an Alpha by blood, and you know how our laws work. Had my mistress actually had my heir, I would have to make her Luna and take her as a chosen mate,”
“What if this had happened before you came to Halfmoon and found me?”
“I would have had to have rejected you,” he said honestly. My eyes widened in shock.
“But, you didn’t believe in that when it was happening with Keaton!”
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