Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“Yes, she is,” William answered and smiled yet again. “Which is why it will be up to her to help Lexie and Lanie control their powers, as their sister in the mortal realm. But it will also be her duty as the matriarch of our kind to guide her children to control their powers as well.” We all nodded our heads, but Rylee was still frozen in her seat, her eyes once again bugging out.
“Dearest, are you okay?” I asked as I gently nudged her. She didn’t respond and her eyes tripled in size. “Rylee, what’s wrong?” Her eyes were focused on William, and I followed her gaze only to find him smirking at her.
“No,” she whispered without ever breaking eye contact with him.
“That’s what I was told,” he replied.
“But… I… The timing!”
“Don’t get mad at me, get mad at her,” he said, throwing his hands up in defense.
“What’s going on?” I asked, looking between them.
“Rylee’s pregnant!” Lanie squealed and started to clap her hands. We all looked at her with wide eyes. “What?”
“How do you know that she’s pregnant!?” I asked her, turning my attention to Rylee who seemed mortified at what Lanie revealed.
“Rylee just said so,” Lanie answered as if it was obvious.
“Baby, Rylee didn’t say anything yet. You just blurted it out,” Chad told her.
“What?” Lanie asked in utter shock.
“She didn’t say anything. You answered on her behalf, little one,” Ryker repeated.
“Lanie, can you read my thoughts!?” Rylee asked.
“No, I can’t read your thoughts. I swear you announced you were pregnant!”
“NO, I DIDN’T!”
“I think I know what just happened,” William chimed in. He paused a minute and we all gave him the ‘keep talking’ look. “Lexie’s power sends people to the past, at least, those who have unanswered questions about certain events and why they occurred. Lanie’s power appears to be Time Skipping.”
“TIME SKIPPING!?” everyone exclaimed.
“I don’t think anyone noticed but a few moments ago, while I was having my cryptic conversation with Rylee just now, Lanie’s eyes became white as snow for about half a second.”
“They did!?” Lanie asked.
“Yes, and it appears that you skipped to a scene in the future that had yet to occur. The skip allowed you to see and hear the moment Rylee would announce that she believes she is pregnant to Wyatt when he asked what we were discussing.” “Lanie, you can jump to the future!?” Chad asked her. Lanie shrugged her shoulders and gaped back at him.
“Lanie’s power is the opposite of Lexie’s. Lexie’s has to do with the past, and Lanie’s has to do with the future. Though, it seems that Lanie’s power allows her to skip to the future and right back again.”
“But, she was still sitting here when that happened, or if it happened I should say. How could she skip to ten seconds in the future and come back without leaving?” Chad disputed.
“Her subconscious. It’s a form of astral projection. Because it was only a few seconds into the future, she didn’t have to physically go. If it were further into the future, then her body would leave, as we did when we traveled to the past courtesy of Lexie. However, just as we cannot change the past, we must never know anything about the future. This was a small blip, as one might call it, so there were no repercussions. But, if anyone ever does travel further into the future, or if Lanie ever does, what you see and hear must remain a secret. We cannot risk potentially changing an outcome that could alter everyone’s lives.”
“But, isn’t that the same as me or you having a premonition? Or Leah of Desert Moon having visions of imminent danger?” Rylee asked.
“No, our visions are for us to prepare for an event that will occur within minutes to come, or perhaps a few hours. What Lanie’s powers can do is quite literally allow her or someone else to travel to the future where events have already been solidified in time. Lottery winnings, stock market crashes, and situations such as births and marriages. Information that someone can use for all of the wrong reasons and cheat in life. Someone like …”
“Someone like Eric,” Rylee concluded. William just nodded.
“Oh, um, speaking of Eric. Rylee, there’s something we need to tell you,” Lexie said. “And it has nothing to do with future events, only what happened in the past,” she quickly defended when William scowled at her. “What?” Rylee asked.
“When we traveled to the past, we ended up at Halfmoon. We were inside Eric’s office,” Lanie answered.
“What!?”
“Yeah, and we, uh, we’re pretty certain that this was right before he attacked your pack. Marvin was there too.”
“MARVIN!?!” everyone exclaimed.
“Uh-huh, and um. We, uh, overheard them talking about Eric planning to attack and kill your dad so he could take your mom from him,” Lexie continued.
“We already know that Eric faked a challenge to kill her dad though,” I reminded them.
“Right, but that’s not what we learned,” Lanie responded to me.
“What did you guys learn?” Rylee asked. The expression on the girls’ faces told me that they were afraid that the information they had was bad. I gently took Rylee’s hand in mine to give her comfort because something told me that she was going to need it. “Will you spit it out already!?” Rylee snapped. The girls jumped a bit before gathering their composure and gulping.
“He, and by he, we mean Eric, he … poi… soned… your dad,” Lexie said very carefully. “What?” Rylee gritted.
“Um, he poisoned him, with something that we can’t pronounce,” Lanie replied.
“Yeah, he had told Marvin what it was, and even Marvin freaked out and backed away from him. Eric said that the poison could kill a werewolf in a day with just one drop in the bloodstream,” Lexie said.
“Uh-huh! And he said that if it was directly injected into the heart, it would kill a wolf instantly. We think that’s how he killed your dad!” Lanie answered and quickly backed away to hide behind Chad. I could feel Rylee starting to tremble with pure rage. “Holy f**k! Could this guy be any more deranged!? Faking a challenge was bad enough but he cheated by using poison to gain the upper hand! What a f*****g disgrace!” Chad yelled. I could see the tears in Rylee’s eyes threatening to fall, but they weren’t tears of sadness, no, these were tears of absolute anger and hatred. Her eyes turned into pools of black obsidian, and I knew that she was on the verge of losing control of her anger.
“William!” I called out to him, and he could see it too. He immediately pushed Rylee onto her back, snarling at her to keep her and Kaleigh at bay, but it seemed that it wasn’t working. Rylee’s anger was getting the best of her, and she forced William off her. She threw him back so far and so hard that he went straight through the wall. The next thing I knew, she was gone. “f**k!” I shouted and tried to go after her. But with her speed, Rylee could be halfway to China in less than a minute. “William!” I called out to him again. Without even answering, he went after her.
“Where did she go!?” the others ran out and asked as they came up next to me.
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