Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“No, they don’t! All of this would have been so much easier had we just got all of the packs together and raided Silver Lake’s territory to get rid of Eric when we first figured out where he’s been hiding!” I shouted and stood to my feet. I stomped around the room. “Rylee, then everyone would have died.” I stopped mid-step and turned around to face William.
“What?”
“Rylee, after Olivia and I left and got settled in the Kingdom, I did some research into what the girls said they saw when they went to the past.”
“What do you mean?”
“The poison that was used to kill your father.” I felt like I was slapped across the face when he mentioned the poison. I had almost forgotten about it. “Unfortunately, I’m not permitted to spy on other supernatural beings, but I am allowed to put out feelers and do research on my own, and so I did. Turns out the poison Eric used is called Dimethylmercury, and it’s almost 85% lethal.”
“85%? So you’re saying that there’s a 15% chance someone could survive if exposed? That doesn’t seem too bad.”
“Unless they ingest it in high doses, or it’s directly exposed to the heart or brain,” he replied.
“Oh.”
“Yeah. And a small birdie told me that Eric seems to have an abundance of this poison at his disposal. Courtesy of the dark witch who is working with him.”
“What?” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Eric had more of this poison. “When you say abundance …”
“I mean, enough to wipe out this entire pack, and then some.” The goosebumps that overtook my body were nothing like I had ever felt before.
“Why is he so obsessed with trying to kill all of us!?” I was utterly exasperated.
“I don’t even think he knows why he has become so obsessed, to be quite frank with you, Rylee. That man is disturbed. So is his entire family.” I nodded my head and just sighed. I wasn’t even the least bit shocked to hear that all of them have completely lost their minds. You would think that Nicole would have rejected Eric by now and taken Emma and Ash and just left to be rogues. At least, they would have had a fighting chance to survive.
“I don’t understand why they can’t just go away? I mean, they’ve literally escaped death because of the betrayer from the Elder’s counsel, and yet, they’re hiding out practically in plain sight. Do they not realize that staying and planning to kill all of us is just going to further warrant their deaths? Say that they are successful in killing all of the Alphas; the word is going to get out. No one is going to take him seriously. NO ONE.”
“You’re not wrong, but you know as well as anyone that that man can care less if he’s putting his own life at risk or that of his family’s,” William insisted as he stood up.
“Wait, where are you going?” I asked.
“Rylee, you know I can’t stay long. I have work I need to do.”
“But!”
“Rylee,” he cut me off and opened his arms. I went to him and hugged him. “I’m always here for you, but you can’t expect me to come all the time, nor can you expect me to stay either.”
“I hate that you can read my mind,” I pouted. He chuckled and kissed the top of my head.
“Don’t be hard on Wyatt when this is all over, but also, don’t take your anger out on his clone. Clone or not, that’s still a form of Wyatt.” I hated that he was right but just nodded my head. He pulled away and looked at me with a smile. “I’ll be nearby,” he said and left. I let out a sigh and just slumped.
I just wanted to take a long bath after this, but my alone-time was disrupted with knocking on the door. I went to the door and was surprised to see Milan. “What are you doing here?”
“I have a bone to pick with you!” she said, pushing the door open and letting herself in.
“Come in,” I said sarcastically and closed the door behind me. I turned to face Milan, and she was glaring at me. “What?”
“Are you the real Rylee!?”
“What!?”
“Are you the real Rylee!?” she asked again. I gaped at her, completely offended at the fact that she thought I was a clone.
“Of course I am!? What the hell, Milan!”
“Prove it.”
“Seriously!?” I exclaimed. She held her ground. I grunted in frustration but decided to entertain her crap anyway. I stripped out of my clothes and shifted into Kaleigh.
Are you happy now, you crazy b***h? I mind-linked her.
“Yes,” she replied. Kaleigh shook her fur and stretched her legs for a minute before giving me control again. When I shifted back, I glared at Milan.
“What the hell!? Why would you think I was a clone!?” I shouted as I put my clothes back on.
“One can’t be too careful, Rylee. Wyatt’s clone is driving me insane!” she complained and rubbed her temples.
“Why?”
“He doesn’t know that I have kids! And he’s been reprimanding me for missing training for the past couple of days he’s been here. I have two babies to take care of! I’m still breastfeeding, dammit!” “What do you want me to do about it!?”
“You’re the Luna and his mate! Get him to back off!”
“Milan, the only way to get him to back off would be to tell him you have kids, duh!”
“I’m not telling the clone I have kids. You saw what happened with your clone a few years ago. She nearly lost it when things stopped making sense. My suddenly having twins really isn’t going to make sense.”
“Ugh!” I grunted for what felt like the hundredth time today. This whole clone thing was already disrupting our everyday lives, and on top of that, I had to prepare for this damn Alpha’s meeting in more ways than one, and I couldn’t even tell anyone about it. I rolled my eyes and hung my head. I don’t care what William said; I’m going to kill Wyatt when all of this is over.
If I was having this many problems with my Wyatt clone, I could only imagine how the other Luna’s of the region were doing with their clones. Unfortunately, the male species was known to glaze over the finer details, which only made things ten times more aggravating.
I was even more worried about Lanie. I knew for a fact that they did the adoption after they had given Svetlana the DNA samples, which means Chad’s clone wouldn’t know about it. I could only imagine the amount of stress she’s under as a new Luna and new mom. .
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