Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“I honestly can’t say for sure, but it would make the most sense.” I grabbed my hair and shook my head at just how f****d up that sounded. I looked up at him and lifted a brow. Reading my thoughts, he immediately shook his head at me. “No, Rylee, I will not reach out to them. I can’t.”
“You can’t or you won’t?”
“I can’t. Even if the kingdom is always in the same place, the gate to the kingdom is not. It is moved every few minutes, and only those who have been granted access can find it. I lost that access the day I resigned as guardian of the gates.” “So, there’s no way you can find it?”
“None whatsoever.” I glared at him a moment, and for once, he was actually telling the truth.
“We need to figure out which Alpha and Luna gave birth to the girls when they were reincarnated. Since they were infants when they were taken from the kingdom, they’re not going to have any memories to be given back, and I think that’s why no one ever bothered to go after them or save them. There was literally no risk of them giving away the location of the kingdom when they got older.”
“I agree that they may pose no risk to the kingdom’s location, but it doesn’t mean that they’re still not valuable,” William replied, and I nodded my head. I exhaled a deep sigh, I finally understood why Lexie and Lanie were so special to these traffickers. I knew now more than ever that whoever had them, would not rest until he got them back.
“I have to tell the others.”
“Rylee, you can’t!” William shouted at me.
“I’m not going to hide this important information from everyone! Especially Wyatt!” I shouted back. “Do you understand that these girls’ lives are in serious peril and now we at least have enough information to know why!? God, for once in your life William, stop thinking about yourself and your past! This isn’t about you! This is about two innocent wolves that were taken from their home and were raised in cages like they were f*****g animals! Not only that, but these traffickers will also stop at nothing to get them back given how special they are!” I yelled at him.
Suddenly, something dawned on me. “Oh my god, that’s why you came back from your world tour. The moment you had our premonition you knew who they were, or at least had an idea. That’s why you were so eager to meet them.” William lowered his head and didn’t even deny it. “You know, I would think that after two years of knowing each other and the fact that we’re each other’s only living relative, aside from my son, you would respect me enough to tell me these things when they first come up. But I guess that’s too much to ask.”
“Rylee.”
“Don’t… You obviously don’t care about me as much as I thought you did. You and Olivia are free to leave Blue Lake whenever you please. I won’t ask you to be part of the pack because you don’t know what being part of a pack even means. Let alone being part of a family.” I turned my heel and walked out of the forcefield and back to the castle.
I didn’t have time to wallow in his pity party. I had a pack to run, and two innocent lives to keep safe. If William wasn’t going to help me figure out where the kingdom was or get the girls back there before they were found by the traffickers, then I was going to do it myself.
After cooling off, I went to Wyatt’s office to fill him in on what William told me, but when I got to his office upstairs, he wasn’t there. I lifted an eyebrow in confusion because he has been glued to this place ever since he found out the next Alpha’s meeting was being hosted at our pack. I quickly mind linked him to see where he was.
Wyatt?
Hey, Tink, what’s up?
Where are you? I’m at your office, but you are nowhere to be found.
Sorry baby, I’m in our room.
Oh, okay.
I shut off the link and made my way to our room where I was surprised to see Wyatt dressed in a polo, clean jeans, and his hair was slicked back.
“Ummm… Going somewhere?” I asked.
“Yes, but you are coming with me.”
“Huh?”
“Wear something comfy but nice, I’m taking you on a lunch date before s**t gets really busy with the upcoming Alpha’s meeting. With everything that’s been going on the last couple of weeks, I think you and I need some time together.” “Wow, really!?”
“Yup!”
I squealed in excitement since it’s been a while since Wyatt took me out on a date that didn’t include Sam. I already saw that his diaper bag was missing which only meant that Grace and Ronan had him. I quickly changed into a floral top, skinny jeans with a brown belt and some knee-high boots that Milan bought me for my birthday. After eleven years, I finally had a birthday party, and it was the best thing ever. The only thing that could beat it was alone time with Wyatt. This date was going to be so romantic.
I don’t know how Wyatt’s definition of “a date” got lost in translation, but sitting in his truck, eating take-out diner food at the park was not my idea of a romantic date. I was picking at my food, completely disappointed. I stared at Wyatt as he stuffed his face, but he didn’t notice anything was amiss because all he did was glance at me, smiled big, and went back to his food. After another minute or so of me not eating, Wyatt finally noticed.
“Dearest, is everything okay?” he asked with his mouth full.
“Nothing, the food is great, I was just expecting something a little more … Eh…”
“A little more what? I thought you liked Cornerstone Barrel?”
“I love Cornerstone Barrel, their skillets are great, but when you said we’d be going on a date, I was expecting it to be a little more romantic.”
“How is this not romantic? We have great food, music to fit the mood,” he said as he turned on his radio to his default music of choice, which was heavy metal, “… and we’re at the park with an amazing view of the city.” I scoffed and turned off the music. “Okay, one, heavy metal music is not romantic, and two,” I paused when something outside of his window caught my attention, “… I think we’re being robbed.”
“What?” Wyatt turned around and sure enough, some crazy human pointed a gun at Wyatt’s head.
“Wallet, keys, and give me your purse lady!” he demanded, but instead of Wyatt doing as he said, he held up his hand to him and turned his attention back to me.
“Define a romantic date for me, dearest, because I thought I was doing alright here for a second.”
“Wyatt, I don’t think this is the time for that,” I said while my eyes darted back and forth between the gun pointed at the back of his head and his face.
“Hey, pretty boy! Did you not hear me?” the gunman shouted.
“Hold on,” Wyatt said to him without giving him any eye-contact. “Rylee, seriously, define your idea of a romantic date.” I was in shock and couldn’t answer him because this seriously was not the best time for this.
“Wyatt!”
“What?”
“A crazy man is pointing a gun at your head!” Wyatt grunted and turned his attention back to the gunman.
“Do as I say, or your girlfriend is going to watch you bleed out.”
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