Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“YOU f*****g BASTARDS!!!” Damon roared and shifted into his wolf, throwing Trent and the rest of the men, who were holding him down, off him. They were scattered across the room, and some had even landed on top of Richard and Jackson. Women screamed and retreated while at the same time letting go of Lorelai. She, too, shifted into her wolf and wasted no time in lunging at Lanie and Lexie. I pushed Lexie towards Brent, and I grabbed Lanie and pulled her back to avoid the attack. Nova, Lorelai’s wolf, crashed into the coffee table, and it shattered under her weight, impaling her with some glass shards. It was enough to injure her, but not enough to kill her.
I placed Lanie behind me and shifted in Havoc while Brent shifted into Chaos and Mav into Arkos. An all-out war broke out in the rec room, and the pack members ran for their lives, knowing they were the targets because of how they voted. Damon got a hold of the older woman by the leg and pulled her back while chomping down on it. She screamed as he literally launched her across the room. Her body hit the wall at the wrong angle, breaking her neck and killing her instantly. You could hear a cry from inside the packhouse -she was someone’s mate.
Lorelai got up from where she landed and had her sights on Lanie. Lanie didn’t waste any time as she, too, shifted into Atlanta and stood her ground. She shifted faster than ever before, and she was ready for a fight. Atlanta was bigger than Nova but not by much. Havoc stood in front of Atlanta to protect her.
Chaos was now in a standoff with Damon’s wolf, whose name I can’t remember. Lexie had also shifted back into Brooklyn, and I was surprised to see I had shifted into Zahara. Before Brent and Damon could even start their fight, a scruffy, cream-colored wolf jumped on Damon’s back and bit into his shoulder. Damon wailed in pain and rolled over to crush the other wolf into the ground. He didn’t kill him, but he knocked the wind out of him. Damon went to stomp on the cream-colored wolf, but Chaos tackled him, and they started to grapple.
Last chance, Chad! Leave that b***h, and take me as your chosen!
Stop this now, Lorelai! I’m trying to give you and your brother one last chance to be with your mother!
We don’t want it! She gave up the right to be our mother the moment she slapped us!
How can you not see that she only cares about your wellbeing!? Your father didn’t! He came back for his own selfish reasons!
He came back for me! What difference does it make!
No, he didn’t! He came back for himself. He abandoned you, Damon, and your mom for someone who wasn’t his mate! You say that he coveted the mate bond, yet he didn’t respect his own with the woman who brought you into this world on her own! Damon was already alive, and your dad had no problem leaving him behind for a woman who wasn’t meant for him!
My mother is lying! My father would never! He loved me and Damon! She’s just jealous that he loved us more than her!
How can you say that about your own mother!?
Stop chastising me, Chad! It’s beneath you! All of this is beneath you! She’s beneath you! TAKE ME! CHOOSE ME! LOVE ME!
Unlike your late father, Lorelai, I actually do covet the mate bond. I love Lanie! I even loved Terrine! She was my first mate. I loved her with every fiber of my being, but just like your father, she betrayed our bond to have a rank! And now, look where she is!? She’s six feet under, goddess only knows where! She left Killian without a mother because she was selfish! But you know what the irony of it all is? Had she stuck with me, she just might have become Luna!
I DON’T CARE ABOUT TERRINE! OR LANIE! I ONLY CARE ABOUT MYSELF! AND I WANT YOU!
Lorelai, stop this bullshit and stand down! I don’t want to hurt you!
You can’t hurt me! You love me! I know you do!
There was no getting through to her. She was completely non-compos mentis, and it was going to be the death of her. She reared back on her hind legs, but her sights weren’t on me, they were set on the person behind me-Lanie. I, LORELAI LEDGER, HEREBY CHALLENGE THE LUNA FOR THE RIGHT TO MATE WITH THE ALPHA, CHAD MCEVOY!
Lorelai had announced her challenge through the pack link, and the fighting came to a screeching halt. Paws were mid-air, and mouths were wide open with jaws hitting the floor, both human and wolf alike. This was not good. .
***Lanie’s P.O.V.***
Why did I get the feeling I knew she would pull a stupid stunt like that? Oh wait, that’s right. Because I already saw it happen. Not only did I witness Damon confront Brent, but I also saw Lorelai challenge me. I knew there was nothing I could do to stop it since it was something that was supposed to happen. Or was it? Either way, I knew that whatever the reason, it should work out in my favor. After she announced her challenge through the pack link, I noticed the fighting had completely stopped. Everyone shifted back to their human form, at least, those of us who had shifted into our wolves. We all covered ourselves up as quickly as possible.
Chad and everyone else looked-what’s the word? -baffled, I think it is. I heard Chad mumble to himself that this wasn’t good, but I wasn’t sure if he was talking about me or her. Was there some other hidden meaning behind his words? If I were a weak wolf, he might think that I would potentially lose to Lorelai, seeing as how I had no fighting experience. But, for one, he didn’t look all that worried about it. I would think that her challenging me would be a cause for concern but given how calm he looked right now along with the way Richard and Jackson were both lifting their eyebrows at Lorelai, something told me that I was going to be okay.
“Did she just challenge the Luna?” one of the pack members asked.
“She did, and she linked the entire pack about it,” another answered.
“Is she stupid?” a different person questioned.
“She must be. Why else would she challenge the Luna?” someone else replied.
“STOP MUMBLING! IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, SAY IT TO MY FACE!” Lorelai screamed at the pack members after changing back to her human form, boiling with rage.
“Goddess, I’m glad the Alpha didn’t take her as his chosen mate. Hearing her scream like that all the time would blow my eardrums sky high!” someone pointed out as they covered their ears from Lorelai’s screeching.
“You seriously need to quit f*****g screaming. We’re not deaf!” an older member flat-out told her. Lorelai looked like she was about to scream again, but someone sobbing caught everyone’s attention. Startled, we all turned to see where it was coming from and saw a pack member crying over the body of the elderly woman that Damon killed.
“Oh, goddess,” Richard whispered as he went over to tend to the pack member. Out of instinct, the rest of us followed as well. He was cradling her and sobbing into her neck. “Johnny, I’m so sorry,” Richard tried to comfort him. Johnny said nothing and continued to sob over his dead mate. Seeing this really angered me, and I felt my skin burning. I don’t know what came over me, but I stood and turned to face Damon. Without thinking, I punched him across the face with all of the force I had. I heard something crack, and he cried out in pain.
“You bitz, you broke mah jaw!” he shouted at me the best that he could
“YOU MURDERED HIS MATE! YOU’RE A f*****g MONSTER! SHE DID NOTHING TO YOU!” I screamed at him, more like roared at him. I actually scared myself, hearing my voice get that loud.
“Nutting?! She vobed to kwill me!” he shouted the best he could.
“BECAUSE YOU DESERVE TO DIE!” I snarled and punched him again. “You call us weak and undeserving, yet you resort to attacking and killing innocent pack members that YOU and your sister called in here!” I went to punch him again, but someone stopped me. I turned around to see Torrance.
“Luna, please, do not strike my son again,” she begged. I clenched my fist and pulled my hand from her grip. I didn’t punch him again, but I turned around and addressed Lorelai instead.
“If you want to challenge me, then so be-“
“That won’t be necessary.” Everyone whipped their heads towards the doorway as someone else entered the room.
“Jonah?!” Richard exclaimed and stood to his feet. “What are you doing here, old friend?”
“Well, it appears that the Luna of Blue Lake had a vision, and her first call was to me.” “Rylee had a vision?” I asked.
“Yes, young Luna. Your sister had a vision of you being attacked by a pack member. She informed me that this pack member had already struck you once in the past and that her brother was the one who attacked her in sleep while she was visiting here a few months ago. It appears that her vision did not indicate that a challenge had been made,” he responded.
“Jonah, you didn’t have to come all this way,” Richard insisted.
“Well, it’s a good thing that I did, Richard. Were you planning on stopping this challenge?” Jonah asked him. I turned to face him, confused.
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