Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“I GREW UP AS A CHILD SLAVE, REMEMBER!! No one ever taught me the rules of the mate bond. Anything I knew is what I heard from others talking about it. No one taught me the Mate Bond Politics growing up at Halfmoon, Wyatt!” she snapped back. “If that was the case, then how did you know you had to reject me at the border of the pack then!?” I retorted.
“That’s werewolf 101, a*****e! We’re taught from a young age that if you want to leave a pack without being banished, you have to do it at the border! I rejected you because I needed to save my life and Sam’s! YOU ATTACKED ME!”
“IT WAS THE SPELL I WAS UNDER, RYLEE!!”
“You never would have been under a spell had you just f*****g banished Layla in the first place!”
“YOU’RE THE ONE WHO HID THE FACT SHE ATTACKED YOU!!”
“I didn’t hide anything! I told you it was her! I told you that Michelle was protecting me from her! I only asked that you leave it alone because she wasn’t worth it! That was a mistake on my part, I won’t deny that. But you could have killed her the minute you found out she did something bad to us. And yet, you didn’t. You kept her around for your personal revenge, and that’s how I ended up as Megan. It was YOUR idea to keep me in disguise!”
“You didn’t have to agree with me!”
“I DIDN’T AGREE WITH YOU! THAT’S THE f*****g POINT!” she screamed, standing to her feet. “I told you it was a bad idea and that I had my apprehensions, but you told me to trust you. So, I did. Look where that got us.” I ground my teeth, searching for something to come back with, but I had nothing to say for myself. “Just admit it, Wyatt! You royally f****d up because your pride was hurt over the fact that someone got the better of you,” she snarked and crossed her arms while sitting back down.
I grunted in pure frustration and pushed my chair back. I got up and paced the conference room. I didn’t want to deal with this right now because we had more pressing matters to attend to. But thinking about what Selene, Allie, and Dorian said, it was obvious that I really didn’t have my priorities in line. Rylee and Sam should be my first priority. As a man, as a wolf, and as an Alpha. Yet, I kept finding reasons and excuses to put them second, or even last.
Rylee was right. I let my revenge against Layla get the better of me and practically turned myself into her personal puppet. Not that anyone could blame me, but I should have known better. I was immature and angry. My anger clouded my better judgment, and it made me lose sight of what was most important. Finding Rylee, returning her to the pack and convincing her to undo the rejections she made that fateful day. But I was so engrossed in Layla’s retribution and my desire to emotionally torture her, it slipped my mind. Then everything came rolling in like a thunderstorm, and I completely forgot about it all.
It was no wonder that our bond was weakened. Not just because I had become an overbearing mate, but also my oversight of what should have been the most important in my life-my mate bond with Rylee. I stopped pacing, having come to the realization how much I had truly f****d up. I dropped my head and let out a deep sigh.
“You’re right,” I said softly, but loud enough so she could hear me. “What?”
“I said, you’re right. You’re right, Dorian’s right, Allie’s right, Selene is right. Everyone is f*****g right. I f****d up. I royally f****d up as an Alpha, but more importantly, I f****d up as a mate and as a father. I should have done more to find you sooner, especially after finding out you were pregnant at the time.” I admitted. “You and Sam should have always come first, but I didn’t do that, and I’m sorry dearest.” I sat back down next to her and took her hands in mine. Thankfully, she didn’t pull away. “I’m so sorry, Rylee. I’ve been a horrible mate. I should have been supporting you in everything but instead, I criticized you and made you hide who you really are. I shouldn’t care what people think about you and your abilities. But after you left and rejected me, I couldn’t bear the thought of ever losing you again.”
“Wyatt, why didn’t say any of this sooner? I asked you over and over again throughout all last year if you were okay, and you told me yes. You said it was the stress of having to deal with the Elders.”
“I know, I know. I should have been honest with you. But I thought that you would get mad at me for holding onto all of those feelings still, to this day.”
“Why would I get mad? I would have understood. I rejected you and I practically rejected our pack. Yes, I get it, you were under the influence of dark magic; but I forgave you for everything, Wyatt. I won’t lie and say that it doesn’t hurt anymore. You know, the fact that you tried to strangle me and flirted with other she-wolves to spite me, but I never once blamed you for any of that. I was honest with you from the day you showed up at the condo to find me. I don’t understand why you couldn’t do the same?”
“I didn’t want you, or anyone else to think that I was affected so much by all of that. But I was. When Svetlana gave me back my memories, and all the horrible things I did to you came rushing back, I wanted to claw my own heart out. I went from being sad, to hurt, to f*****g pissed off, and I forgot what was really important.” I looked into her eyes as she stared back at me softly. “Getting you back should have been my first order of business when I got my memories back, but I made my personal vendetta with Layla my first priority and that’s where I went wrong. I’m sorry, baby. I’m so f*****g sorry.” Rylee let out a deep sigh and nodded her head.
“I’m sorry too, Wyatt. I should have been more upfront with how suffocated I felt by you. Maybe, had I been more open and put my foot down sooner, we could have avoided all of this fighting.” I nodded my head and rested my face on the back of her hands as I continued to hold them. We sat there in silence, taking in just how messed up our bond had really become.
After a few minutes of sitting there, Rylee spoke first.
“So, how are we going to do this?”
“Do what?” I replied without looking at her.
“Are we going back to Blue Lake so I can fix this mess and take back my rejections? Or do we wait until this whole thing with Marvin is done?” That was a good question, and I didn’t really know the answer. Before I could even respond, the door burst open, and Kendrick came scrambling in.
“I’m so sorry, I know you guys are trying to work things out, but we have a huge f*****g problem!” he shouted at us, completely out of breath. “What is it?” I asked.
“The Beta Female from Desert Moon had two visions, at the same time,” he answered. “Our pack and Golden Moon are going to be attacked simultaneously!”
“WHAT!?” Rylee and I shouted. We looked at each other and knew that we needed to put this conversation on the back burner. We stood up and followed Kendrick through the Golden Moon packhouse to where everyone was gathered. When we arrived, I saw Allie and Sin on either side of Leah taking care of her. Leah was covered head to toe in sweat and looked exhausted.
“Oh my god, is she okay?” Rylee asked.
“She will be,” Allie answered. “The stronger her visions, the more energy it takes out of her.”
“Why didn’t I get a vision?” Rylee asked herself aloud.
“Because,” said a familiar voice. We turned around and in came William and Olivia. “Rylee, we didn’t get the premonitions because our powers work differently than the Beta Female of Desert Moon,” he said. “Who are you?” Brandon asked.
“Greetings Desert Moon. My name is William Corvino. I am Rylee’s forefather and the first Primordial to ever exist.” All of our mouths collectively dropped. He just downright outed himself. Everyone who didn’t know his real identity, had their mouths hanging open. “Wh… William, what are you …” Rylee stuttered.
“It’s alright, Rylee,” he told her. “It’s time that I also stop hiding. I feel that my personal apprehensions are what pressured Wyatt into doing the same with you. It’s time that I came clean with the world,” he said and smiled. He looked around at everyone and grinned. “I’m not only the first Primordial to ever exist, but I am also immortal. I was also the guardian of the Lunar Kingdom at the time Lexie and Lanie were abducted. I killed the god responsible for the attack, and then left because I was ashamed that someone had gotten the better of me.” He looked directly at me when he said the last part. I guess he and I were the same in a sense. Everyone was stunned and completely silent.
After a few minutes passed with no one saying a word, Chad broke the silence. “Okay, not that this history lesson isn’t great and all, but what does any of that have to do with us being attacked?”
“I will explain, but first, Ms. Leah, can you tell me exactly when the attack is going to happen?” William asked her.
“Umm… It’s kind of hard to say,” she answered.
“How do your visions work?” I asked her.
“Umm… Well, my power is to get visions of imminent danger. But over the last couple of years, they’ve become more and more real. Almost as if I’m experiencing it first-hand. It’s why I’m so exhausted when I come to. My body feels as if I actually lived the vision.” “Your powers have grown, Beta Leah. The same as any other blessed wolf, your powers grow as you grow. For you, your visions have now mixed with Astral Projection,” William told her. Everyone looked at him with wide eyes.
“Wait, are you saying that Leah can now project herself into her future self and live the actual vision?” Allie asked.
“Precisely.”
“I swear to everything that is holy, our lives are turning into episodes of Charmed every day,” Allie muttered, making everyone chuckle.
“Beta Leah, think back to your vision. Is there any specific detail that told you the day or time the attacks occurred?”
“Uhhh…” Leah squinted her eyes and bit her bottom lip as she thought about her vision. “Wait …” she said and started to look around. “Is there a clock on the outside of the packhouse here?”
“No, there isn’t. Why?” Chad asked.
