Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“How’s Milan? Did anything happen while we were away?” Wyatt asked.
“Nothing as of yet, but we looked into Sierra like you asked, and Luna Allie was right. She had been sneaking around the pack grounds without being noticed. We checked her cottage, but she’s nowhere to be found. We searched everywhere, and even my dad and his old unit tried to track her down, but she’s gone. We think she may have left the pack,” Jason explained.
“That f*****g b***h! See, you should have just killed her, Wyatt!” Melody shouted.
“Melody, you go inside and check on your daughter. Rylee, give Sam to me, and you all figure out what we’re going to do if we are, in fact, attacked,” Grace said, taking Sam from me. “Goddess, what have you been feeding him while you were away?” I just shook my head at her.
“Jason, did you do as I asked?” Wyatt looked at him.
“I did. Have you heard anything from Dorian yet?”
“Not yet, but I know they plan to arrive at Xavier’s pack territory right before it’s time. If Leah’s vision is accurate, then whoever attacks us will be in direct contact with Marvin,” Wyatt replied. “How can you be so sure that it’s him?” Ronan asked.
“Because he’s the only one that stands to gain anything from us. All he knows is that Lexie and Lanie aren’t here. Xavier wouldn’t be ballsy enough to tell Marvin that the girls are now mated and the future Luna and Beta of Richard’s, or I should say Chad’s pack. He would be sentenced to death,” Wyatt answered.
“You’re right. Let’s take this inside and get ready. If Dorian’s Beta female is legitimate, her vision should come true within a few hours, and we need to be ready,” Ronan said. We all nodded and we went inside. Wyatt turned to me, and I knew exactly what he was going to say.
“Don’t even think about it, Wyatt. This whole keeping me a secret thing is over. Our pack is in potential danger, and I refuse to just idly stand by anymore,” I said putting up my hand to his face. “Also, when this is all over, we will have a pack gathering, and we will tell the entire pack everything about me. If they become fearful, or anything other than accepting, we will handle it, as Alpha and Luna. If they don’t like how we run things, they can leave on their own two feet and go find another pack. But I will not hide anymore, and you will no longer coddle me, got it?” Wyatt bit his tongue and grunted.
“Fine, but try not to kill anyone unless absolutely necessary, okay?”
“Ummm… Explain what you mean by “absolutely”, because these people, whoever they are, are coming to cause harm to our home and family. That warrants killing them, does it not?” I countered.
“She has a point,” Melody sounded off. “You’ve been holding her back, and you’ve been a shitty Alpha. We get it, you guys had your wires crossed and things weren’t 100%, but they are now. That means you need to quit being a f*****g p***y about everything and be the f*****g Alpha you were before that b***h Layla and her bullshit. Call Svetlana and get her to work her voodoo. She’s turned a new leaf, hasn’t she?” Wyatt lifted his brow at her, annoyed with the fact that she butted into our conversation. It looked as if he wanted to protest, but Kendrick and Jason also shook their heads at him.
“Bro, you need to let this whole protection thing go. Rylee is back, your bond is whole, and the pack will soon be back to normal when this is all over. But in order for Rylee to truly be the Luna, she needs to be herself,” Kendrick added in.
“And so do you,” Jason concluded. I looked at Wyatt and he knew he was out-numbered.
“Okay! Fine! f**k! You guys win!” he threw his hands up in the air. I smiled and looked at the others with gratefulness and appreciation that they were on my side. “Look, we all need rest and preparation. Go upstairs and in two hours, Jace and Ken come to my office. We need to make sure we dot our “i’s” and cross all of our “t’s” if we’re going to get through this.” We all nodded and went upstairs.
As promised, Wyatt got up two hours later and went to his office to meet Jason and Kendrick while I stayed in bed and stared at the ceiling. After what felt like another few hours, I looked at the clock and it was 3:30 in the afternoon. Desert Moon should be at Xavier’s pack by now. It was almost showtime. I got up, changed into comfortable and loose clothing, and then went straight to Wyatt’s office.
He and the guys were nose-deep into papers, planning when suddenly my vision blurred, and I felt immense pressure in my head. Images flashed before my eyes. The pack border was breached, and almost a hundred werewolves and humans were coming into our territory. The images stopped and I fell to my knees.
“s**t! Rylee!” I heard Wyatt’s voice. “Are you okay, dearest?!” I caught my breath and could finally see again.
“We have to hurry! The borders are about to be breached!” I shouted and jumped to my feet.
“Jason, sound the alarm! Ken, get the soldiers ready!” Wyatt commanded.
Kendrick ran out of the office like a bat out of hell and Jason ran to the wall and hit the panic button which alerted pack members to stay indoors as well as head to the safety bunkers of their homes and within the castle. As soon as I recovered, I raced out of Wyatt’s office too.
“RYLEE, WAIT!” I heard Wyatt’s voice, but I wasn’t about to let these fuckers have the upper hand. If there was anything about Leah’s vision that was significantly different, it was that I was here now. Maybe that’s why Leah had her vision; to remind me what my priorities as the Luna of Blue Lake were.
It wasn’t only Wyatt who had his priorities out of order, I did too. I was so worried about Lexie and Lanie, I made a decision to leave my pack again to protect them when they would have been perfectly safe with William and Olivia. I made the decision to abandon my pack for a second time, and it could have cost us had Leah not received those visions. I made a mental note to thank her after all of this was over.
I made it to the border where I saw the most enemy commandants enter from in my premonition and waited. Wyatt came up next to me and a few seconds later, I heard our pack warriors taking their positions. I scanned around and saw more than enough of them surrounding the pack on the other sides of the territory as well. It was strange not seeing Milan, but she needed to be a mother first and a fighter later. Though I was certain she would be upset she missed this. As we waited, a small gust of wind came through, and I picked up the smell of foreigners. They would be here any second.
“Wyatt, you trust me, don’t you?” I asked without looking at him.
“I trust you, my Luna.” That’s all I needed to hear before I let go of his hand and stepped in front of him. When I felt the presence of others not too far ahead of me, I emitted a force with overwhelming strength and levitated over a dozen trees. I could hear shouting and incoherent words. I raised the trees about 20 feet in the air before slamming them back down into the ground, and screams of pain and terror broke out everywhere. There were humans in the trees. Hunters.
Removing the trees also took away the wolves’ hiding places and exposed most of them. They were caught off guard, and our pack members who weren’t fitted with weapons immediately shifted, including Wyatt. We had the upper hand because we used the element of surprise. They began to scramble, and Wyatt lunged for the closest wolf he saw. This triggered everyone, including me.
I gave Kaleigh control and shifted as well. As soon as we did, a wolf pounced on us and bit into her shoulder. Kaleigh yelped in pain but used her powers to throw him off. The wolf recovered and watched as Kaleigh healed instantaneously. His eyes held nothing but shock. Kaleigh’s eyes started to glow, and she kept the wolf in place with our powers as she slashed her claws across his throat, slicing him open. She didn’t even wait to watch him die before she took off to kill another.
Kaleigh had complete prowess now that we no longer had to hide who we were. We felt invincible. We saw a pack member being overrun, three against one. She rammed into one of the enemy wolves with all of her strength and broke his ribcage. He whimpered in pain as she bit into his neck. When she felt him die, she turned and went to take out another. She grabbed her tail and swung her as hard as she could, smashing her into the trunk of one of the fallen trees. It didn’t end well for the enemy as she was impaled by a branch right through the heart.
The relieved pack member was able to dispatch the final wolf. When he was finished, he bowed his head to Kaleigh; something a lot of pack members hadn’t done before. Kaleigh bowed back. As she did, we heard a massive growl and knew immediately that it was Blade. Kaleigh looked around and saw Blade was face to face with three humans, all with guns pointed at him.
Without even thinking, Kaleigh roared and sped across to where he was and pounced on all of them. She crushed one with her weight, while the other two were knocked over and rolled around. Blade grabbed one by the head and ripped it off of his body while Kaleigh ate the heart of the other. When they were both done, Blade and Kaleigh looked into each other’s eyes and nuzzled one another. They needed this too.
Rylee, are you okay?
I’m fine, Wyatt. What about you?
I’m perfect.
I could just see the smile on his face when we mind-linked each other.
“RETREAT!!!” we heard someone scream. We watched as the few remaining humans and wolves ran for their lives. I didn’t want any survivors. Not if it meant that this trafficking group would come back for revenge.
I quickly shifted back and saw a small fire burning a few yards away. I made the fire even bigger and spread the flames to cut off their retreat and created a ring of fire around them.
“What the f**k!?” I heard the humans scream as they began to panic. Wolves started to shift back and you could hear their screams from feeling the flames.
“Rylee! That’s enough!” Wyatt shouted at me.
“NO! THEY CAME HERE TO HURT US! IF THEY LIVE, THEY’RE GOING TO COME BACK! I WILL NOT ALLOW THAT!” I screamed and moved the flames inwards.
“Rylee, this is not what we do! They’re done! We can capture them and turn them into the Elders! Killing during an active attack is one thing, but not this!” I glared at him. “You asked if I trust you, and I meant it when I said that I did. But I need you to trust me now too.” I softened my glare and realized he was right. I turned back towards the fire and expanded it but kept it up. I surveyed our surroundings and saw nothing I could use. So, instead of building a wall, I split the ground underneath them and created a hole 20 feet deep. They screamed as they fell in, but none of them died. I’m sure some of them had some broken bones, but they’ll live. I then used three of the trees that were still intact and covered the hole.
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