Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
I spun back around to face Wyatt but was met with the incredulous faces of all our pack members who just witnessed everything.
“Whoa, did the Luna just do that?” a pack member asked. Everyone just nodded in silence.
“Uhhh… Surprise?” was all I could say.
“Okay, I know that this comes as a major surprise to you all, and we will address it in the interim; however, we still have work to do,” Wyatt intervened. “Pile up all of the bodies. Humans in one pile, wolves in another. Dad, I want you to call Jonah, and tell him what’s happened here. Kendrick, call Golden Moon and let Chad know that we have everything under control here. I’m going to need to check in with Dorian,” Wyatt commanded. Everyone reluctantly went to do as he ordered. I took a deep breath and dropped to my knees. “Whoa there, I got you,” Wyatt said as he caught me just before I hit the ground.
“I’m okay, I’m just tired from using that much energy. I don’t think I’ve ever used so much power,” I said as I tapped his arm.
“Rylee, what got into you back there?” he asked me, obviously concerned.
“I was angry, Wyatt. Angry that we were being hunted, and that someone of our own kind did this to us. Our own pack member betrayed us and had Leah not had her visions when she did, we wouldn’t have come home on time to save our pack. Our pack members would be dead, and it would be because of people like them!” I shouted and pointed to the makeshift holding cell I created.
“I know, I thought the same thing. But you were about to burn them all alive, Rylee.”
“They would have done it to us! Maybe they already have!”
“But that would have made you just like them,” he said and cupped my cheek. “As a Luna, you need to know what course of action is best. Killing in the heat of battle is one thing, but burning people alive isn’t what a Luna does, and definitely not what a good person does.” I took a deep breath and nodded my head. He was right. I would have stooped down to their level and that’s not what I wanted.
After the Elders arrived and took our statements, they decided they would look into Xavier’s pack. We were shocked to hear that Dorian’s pack with Amber and Ronnie had already taken care of the situation there. But we were saddened to hear that Xavier, Heide, and their pack had been slaughtered by Marvin.
The plan to have Dorian’s men and women go ahead the night before to set up around Xavier’s pack worked perfectly. Marvin’s men were taken out by Lucas’s snipers, and those that weren’t shot were taken out by the rest of his pack members on the ground. Marvin was captured by William and Dorian and was currently being transported to Blue Lake for interrogation. Olivia and her sister, Opal, whom I never knew even existed, had their own magical war, but in the end, Olivia surpassed her. Olivia put Opal in a deep sleep so that she could also be transported here. Apparently, Opal and Svetlana have an ongoing rivalry, and when Svetlana heard Opal had been captured, she asked that we give her custody. Wyatt agreed. Svetlana had heard about Chad becoming the new Alpha of Golden Moon, and the Wyatt made sure that she promised to leave Killian be. She said that she had no use for him since he wasn’t a pureblooded Alpha; that inheriting wasn’t the same as being born of ranked blood.
After Marvin arrived at Blue Lake, he was conscious but badly injured. Wyatt refused to provide him medical aid and had him thrown into the dungeons along with the few survivors of his pack. The humans that he had with him at Black Moon had all been killed by Dorian and his pack. Although we had hoped Dorian and the others would stop by to say their farewells, they ran into their own issues back home and needed to return to their pack quickly.
I let out a deep sigh after things were situated and cleaned up. It was over finally, at least this part of our lives was. The trafficking ring that Marvin controlled was one of the biggest according to Dorian and, with him out of commission, it took a major blow and would take decades to repair. More than likely, it would never repair because of the extent of the damage that we had caused. That, in and of itself, gave me hope that we would be safe, for now.
Now, all we had left to do was to interrogate Marvin and come up with his punishment. But first, I needed answers, and so did Lexie and Lanie. Is Marvin their father? Did he violate my mother? Why Lexie and Lanie? Why my mother? I had too many questions, but I was determined to get all of the answers.
***Marvin’s P.O.V.***
I refused to believe it had come to this. All of my meticulous planning was flawless. Everything had fallen right into my lap thanks to that imbecile Xavier. He genuinely thought he could negotiate his daughter’s freedom by selling out the Blue Lake Luna along with the visiting females of Desert Moon. I had heard of them in the past and was biding my time before I made any moves to capture them. The Blue Lake Luna, now, she was a rare gem indeed. The last living Primordial and a female one at that. I heard of their existence throughout time but never imagined that one was alive in this day and age.
I wanted her for myself. She would undoubtedly produce more of her kind. I underestimated her powers. I underestimated the powers of the females of Desert Moon. They all knew of my plans before I even had a chance to come up with a contingency plan. And now here I am, shackled with silver chains in the dungeons of Blue Lake. This wouldn’t stop me, however. I would find a way out, and I would get my revenge.
“Wakey, wakey f**k face!” I heard someone shout. I lifted my head to see an unknown face.
“Who are you?” I seethed.
“Who? Me? The name’s Keaton. I’m the second Beta. And this here is my buddy Maddox. We’re here to welcome you to Blue Lake, officially,” he said and pointed to the man behind him. Was he joking? “Hmph. You two are mere pups. Do you honestly believe that you scare me?”
“Scare you? Nah. Not after the s**t you’ve been caught doing. Selling our own kind for money. Kidnapping, child endangerment, and let’s not forget the blindsided attacks on not one, but two packs outside of your jurisdiction,” the boy named Keaton sneered. “Let’s also not forget the fact that he aimed to kidnap females of another pack as well,” Maddox added on.
“Oh right, Dorian’s pack. Yeah, let’s just say you’re lucky he’s not here. He’d probably just snap your neck and be done with it. At least for us, our Elders and our Alpha have given us the green light to give you this welcome. But don’t worry, we’ll go easy on you. Our Gamma wants to have a few words in a little bit. I mean, after all, you did plan to kidnap his newborn pups. Suffice to say, he’s not happy.” I scowled at these two boys. What did they think they could do to me?
“I am an Alpha! You have no right to lay a hand on me!” I exclaimed and tried to lunge for them, only to get caught by the chains. They both keeled over in laughter. “What’s so funny!?”
“The fact that you think you’re still an Alpha,” Keaton said while holding his stomach. “Guess you haven’t heard, Martin. Your Elders in Canada found out what you’ve been up to and, with the help of our Elders here in the U.S., they’re working on dismantling your pack. Without a pack, you are not an Alpha.”
“IT’S MARVIN! YOU, INGRATE!” I roared.
“Marvin, Martin, doesn’t f*****g matter. By the time we’re done with you, no one is going to recognize your face,” Maddox replied. “Beta, shall we?”
“Let’s get the party started.” Keaton walked over to a table and removed the sheet that was covering it. On the table were tools and weapons. He immediately gravitated towards a whip with silver ball bearings. “This has always been my favorite,” he said and opened the cage door. I saw Maddox hit a button, and I was pulled off the floor and hung just mere inches off the ground. Keaton made his way behind me and, without a word, I felt the sting of something piercing my back.
“Ah!” I wailed out. He whipped me again, and again, and again, and again. He had whipped me ten times before I could even fathom what happened. I felt the burning from the silver, and my blood was trickling down my back.
“Damn, this fucker is stubborn,” I heard Keaton’s voice from behind me.
“Eh, we can fix that,” Maddox said. I watched as he went to the table and picked up a pair of pliers. He walked over to me and grabbed my hands. “Let’s see if he can handle this.” ***Rylee’s P.O.V.***
I was pacing back and forth in my office. It had been hours since Marvin and the others were brought back to Blue Lake. Wyatt refused to let me anywhere near him, at least, not until the guys were all done “welcoming” him. I knew all too well what that meant, and I wanted no part of it. I wasn’t squeamish about the blood and gore, but Wyatt was afraid that if I even got the slightest inclination Marvin did violate my mother to birth Lexie and Lanie, that I would kill him without asking any questions.
I knew he was right too. I didn’t need to ask questions to get answers. I could easily force him and his wolf to speak the truth or retrieve the answers from his mind. Men like Marvin who get off on others’ pain never stopped thinking about the things that they have done to hurt others. If he did, in fact, kidnap my mother and cause her harm, then he would constantly think about it. And I would kill him without any remorse.
As I was deep in thought on how much I wanted to rip Marvin’s head from his body, I got a link from Wyatt.
Dearest, are you ready?
As ready as I’ll ever be.
I left my office and went straight down to the dungeons. When Owen opened the door for me, the smell of blood, bile, and feces immediately overwhelmed my senses ten-fold. I reflexively gagged. I f*****g hated having a sensitive sense of smell. I swallowed a few times in an attempt to get my stomach to cooperate. Once I was finally able to move past the smell of death, I made my way down the stairs. I hadn’t been down here since the day I killed Layla. I never thought I would ever find myself in this place again and yet, here I was.
I walked past the cells where the hunters and surviving members of Marvin’s pack, army, or whatever they were a part of, were being beaten and interrogated by our pack members. I was surprised to see Justin and Victor down here, but they seemed to be fitting in nicely with the other guards of our pack. I half expected to see Jason down here too, but it seems that he was with Milan and their pups. From what I heard, Allie ripped him a new one and told him that he didn’t have his priorities in order. I guess he was heeding her advice and kept away from this. Jason wasn’t just the Gamma anymore; he was a father.
When I arrived at the designated cell, what I saw made the feeling of wanting to hurl return full force. Only this time, I couldn’t keep it down and yacked right in front of the cage, getting everyone’s attention.
“s**t, Rylee,” I heard Wyatt’s voice. I looked up at Wyatt, and he was covered in blood. I vomited again upon seeing him. “f**k, maybe I should have waited before calling you down here,” I heard him say as he tapped my back. “Someone, get the Luna a bottle of cold water, and get an Omega to clean up the mess!”
“I’m fine, Wyatt,” I said and waved him off. I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand when I had nothing else to throw up. I looked at Marvin, at least, what was left of him. “Is he even alive?” I asked. “Barely.”
“Wyatt, I need him to be coherent!” I shouted at him.
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