Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“According to the GPS locator on this laptop, we’re in Brasov, Romania,”
“WHAT!?!?” we all screamed.
“Call the Alpha via Skype,” Milan ordered and Jax did. When Wyatt answered, he was relieved to see all of us on the computer, and Jason was practically crying when he saw Milan. I always knew he was more sentimental than she was when it came to their bond. “Wyatt, what happened to Dianna?” Megan asked.
“She’s holding on,”
“What? She didn’t turn to ash?!”
“She was about to, but Olivia and Svetlana are using magic to keep her from disintegrating,” he said.
“Wyatt, we’re in Brasov, Romania, send the company jet!” Milan shouted.
“Okay, I got you guys covered. The jet only has so much space, so I can’t go get you, but I’ll have the jet take off ASAP,”
“Wyatt, tell Olivia and Svetlana to keep Dianna alive. Something tells me that I can help her,” Megan says. Who is this Olivia and Svetlana they keep talking about? I looked at Wyatt through the computer, and I could see the look of deceit written all over his face. There was so much more to this, and I had the feeling everything would come to light when we got home.
***Wyatt’s
P.O.V.***
I knew that eventually, the truth would get out, and we would have to explain to the Rylee clone what was going on, but low-key, I was hoping that all of this would just blow over and Svetlana could get rid of her without her ever finding out, but unfortunately, that’s not the case here. I should know better than to wish for things to go the way I want them, but I’m a guy, that never works out.
So, here I am, in my office with the Rylee clone staring daggers at me. They’ve been back for a total of five minutes, and instead of me being able to be happy that they all returned practically unscathed, Rylee walked past me and went straight to my office and Megan went to the pack hospital with Olivia to try and see what she can do to save Dianna from turning to dust. The tension in the castle was ridiculous, but according to Milan, the tension that was on the jet was even worse. “Well, I’m waiting for an explanation!” Rylee shouted breaking me from my train of thought. I’m on my own in this. I bit the inside of my cheek and was mentally kicking myself for ever having suggested Svetlana make a clone. “I honestly don’t know what to say, Rylee,”
“How about the truth!”
“Okay, give me a starting point,”
“Why do people think I’m a clone?”
“Because you are,” I answered honestly without hesitation. Her facial expression was to be expected. “You were made from the real Rylee’s DNA which is why you have her powers or at least some of them,” “What do you mean by the real Rylee!?”
“Megan,”
“What!?”
“Megan is the real Rylee Duquesne, but in a magical disguise,”
“You’re lying,” she said in disbelief
“I wish I were, but I’m not. I had a dark witch create a clone of Rylee, in this case, you, because I thought it was a good idea at the time,”
“Say I believe you, and whatever bullshit this is, why? Why did you want a clone?”
“Honestly?” she nodded. I sat up straight and took a deep breath. “I figured that if Alessandro ever came looking for Rylee, he would find you instead, and take you,” her eyes widened in horror at my brutal honesty. “W-wh-what!?!” she exclaimed. “Are you telling me that I was supposed to be kind of sacrifice!?!”
“For lack of a better term, yes,” I answered, and she scoffed tears forming in her eyes. Did I feel bad that my honesty was hurting her? Yes. Do I feel like a d**k for coming up with this plan? Yes. Would I do it again? Probably. “How am I supposed to believe you? You don’t even have all of your memories of us! I came back and you still don’t remember anything!” “Rylee, that’s not true,” “What?”
“I’ve had my memories back for months now. I got them back before Megan, or I should say the real Rylee gave birth to Sam,” she furrowed her brows at me. “You were created months after she gave birth in her true form. Rylee, gave birth to Sam because she was pregnant when she left the pack,”
“What…Are…Are you saying…That…”
“Sam is the product of me and Rylee Duquesne, not Megan Campbell,”
“No, no, no, you’re lying! I’m not a clone!” she screamed and cried.
“Rylee, have you noticed the fact that you don’t have a wolf?” I asked and she stopped crying. “That’s because Kaleigh, Rylee’s wolf wasn’t cloned, only the human counterpart was. That’s why I came to the conclusion that even if had Alessandro taken you, he would have known you weren’t real, and he would have come back for Megan, the real Rylee. I don’t know what plan Svetlana concocted with you, because I wanted to be kept in the dark, but that was my plan, and it obviously was the wrong one,” as I was talking she kept shaking her head and crying.
“I don’t know a Svetlana!” she shouted.
“Right, you don’t. You probably know her as Stephan,” she looked at me with wide eyes. “Stephan is Svetlana in a magical disguise as well. Alessandro killed her clone, so she has been hiding out as a man until he was killed. Her creating a clone of herself is where I got the idea to create you, a clone of Rylee,”
“STOP! STOP! STOP! YOU’RE LYING!!!”
“I’m sorry, I wish I was, but I’m not, and I can prove it,”
“NO!! I DON’T BELIEVE YOU!!”
“Rylee, I am sorry, but everything I’ve said is the truth, and no matter how much you deny it, you know deep down inside what I’ve said thus far is the truth. I know you know that things haven’t been right with us, your relationship with everyone else, the fact that I have a son with someone who ‘supposedly’ isn’t my mate, you having no wolf, your memories only going back so far, and the fact that a small handful of pack members seem to be uncomfortable with you,” she let out a small gasp at the final statement. “It’s because they know the truth. They’ve known the truth and have been putting on an act since day one. Since the day I brought Megan and Sam home,” I could see her face falter as it seemed she finally believed everything I was saying.
“So everything I felt for you…everything you felt for me… Was it all a lie?”
“No, it wasn’t. I do love you, clone or not, you’re as much as Rylee as the real Rylee is, but the fact of the matter is, you’re a clone, and you can’t stay,”
“What? Why?”
“Because Megan has to go back to being Rylee,”
“Why can’t she just stay Megan, and I can stay me. You can have both of us,”
“As much as I would love that, believe me, I would, that wouldn’t be fair to either one of you, especially you. You would never have all of me because I will always know that you’re a clone,” “This is so unfair! Why do I have to suffer because of your damn choices!?!”
