Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“We were there! But for some reason, we were all transported and ended up in that damn birdcage. We were full size at one point too!”
“Hold on, I don’t get it. Why would Eric have everyone sent here if he was going to hide in plain sight at Silver Lake?” I asked.
“Guys!” We all looked down to see Kendrick flailing his arms. “We overheard Morgan on the phone earlier, and she said that the plan was in motion. They were hoping that all of the Alphas would follow Wyatt to Silver Lake to try and save the hostages, and then Eric would be free to use the poison he used on Rylee’s dad on all of the Alphas!”
“But they didn’t come with us, at least, not yet,” Wyatt answered.
“Yeah, they’re waiting for us to head to Silver Lake before joining us,” Chad added.
“Exactly! Morgan knew that you guys would be coming here first! She had sensors all over the Halfmoon territory. She told Eric that his plan to catch you all at Silver Lake was a bust, so he left you guys to her and Ash while he and Nicole go around from pack to pack to kill the Alphas and Lunas while their guards are down!” We all snapped our heads towards Richard.
“Richard, we need to warn everybody!” Wyatt cried out. Richard and Svetlana didn’t even hesitate to teleport out of there.
“Everyone in the cage! We will take you all back to Blue Lake until we can figure out a way to-” I was stopped mid-sentence when pressure started to fill the inside of my head. The images played at warp speed, but I saw them ever so clearly. As soon as they stopped, I couldn’t stop myself from saying his name out loud. “Ronan.” I didn’t even pause to think before I ran out of the shack. The trees were still surrounding us, and I knew the rogues were still waiting. I didn’t have time to deal with them one by one. I need them out of my way and dead. The fireplace in the shack was still going. I used my power of fire manipulation and threw raging fireballs at all of the trees, making them explode. I knew that the shards of wood would impale the rogues behind them, either killing them or injuring them beyond repair. Their screams could be heard echoing into the skies.
Once I cleared a path, I shifted and ran full speed back towards Blue Lake. I could hear Wyatt calling out after me, but I didn’t have the luxury of explaining to him what I had seen in my premonition. I had to make it there to stop Eric. He already took one father from me; I was not about to let him take another. .
***Third Person P.O.V.***
At last, the moment had arrived when Rylee was able to close the book on Ash Patterson. But this was no cause for celebration, for a far greater threat still loomed in the distance. Ash only had a small part to play in the grand scheme of Rylee’s misfortunes, and the one responsible for toying with the lives of so many people she cared for was about to make his move. The million-dollar question was whether her Primordial prowess would be enough to put an end to this madness.
Wyatt and the others found themselves in familiar territory as they stared blankly off into space, trying to figure out why Rylee had disappeared without warning. She sprinted off, full speed ahead, and they didn’t realize what had happened until the dust settled. Before they knew what hit them, a thin veil of unease had overshadowed their short-lived victory.
“Hold on, did I miss something?” Chad asked.
“Did I hear her right? Did she say your dad’s name before running out of the shack?” Jason asked while turning to look at Wyatt. It took a second for Wyatt to register what just occurred, but upon the realization that his father may very well be in danger, Wyatt wasted no time of his own shifting into Blade and taking off after Rylee. Even though his speed was supernatural in wolf form, it was still no match for Rylee’s. He could only hope that his legs would carry him home in time to save his father from imminent danger. As the others felt a sense of d?j? vu while watching Wyatt’s retreating form, Chad took point and ensured all of the hostages currently in a shrunken state were safe and sound within the birdcage. He handed off the cage to Lanie, and she clutched onto it while everyone else that remained shifted into their wolf forms. Havoc lowered his body to the ground, allowing Lanie to climb on. She held the cage firmly against her body while leaning forward slightly to hold onto Havoc’s fur. As soon as she was settled, everyone immediately took off to head towards Blue Lake’s territory.
Meanwhile, Rylee was running at full throttle and testing the limits of her super-speed, just short of going Mach-1. Kaleigh was maneuvering through trees and bushes, jumping over logs and boulders that would have otherwise been in her way with unmatched agility. The adrenaline pumping through her veins was the only thing preventing her from colliding with the inanimate objects obstructing her path. Kaleigh burst through the edge of the woods and began the ascent of hills and mountains that would lead her back to Blue Lake. As she made her way to the top, she looked towards the sky and saw the crescent moon still hidden behind the blue hour clouds. That was the only indication she needed to know she was not too late, for, in Rylee’s premonition, she saw Ronan’s death just as the moon revealed itself from behind the overcast of black and blue. The scene replayed once more in her mind-a dagger in his chest and Eric laughing over Ronan’s dying body, whispering evil nothings about how he killed Ronan the same way he killed Mitchell. Although neither Nicole nor Emma were seen, she had no doubt that they were there as well.
With Wyatt pushing Blade to his max, they soon found themselves bursting through the forest’s edge, only a few minutes behind Rylee. Wyatt was stunned at how fast Blade was running.
Blade, when did you get so fast?
I don’t know. But I think I can go faster! Seriously?
Let’s find out.
With a little push and the will to accelerate even more, faster was what they got. Blade’s supernatural pace became even more extraordinary as he climbed the very same hills and mountains that Rylee had just traversed not too long ago. This is crazy! Blade, what is going on?
I think it’s our mate.
What do you mean?
I think you finally accepting her fully and giving her free reign allows us to share her abilities. This isn’t my speed. This is her speed.
Riding in the back of his own mind, Wyatt was speechless to hear this. He and Blade were sharing Rylee and Kaleigh’s speed? If that was the case, then what else could they possibly be able to share as mates? That was something that they would have to test later. Right now, Wyatt’s number one concern was the safety of his family. Rylee bolting the way she did after a premonition only meant that something terrible was going to happen, and it needed to be stopped right away. Wyatt feared the worst, but he wouldn’t go there until he absolutely needed to.
Rylee cleared the final hurdle and stood atop the mountain that overlooked the Blue Lake’s signature lake. She was met with silence; however, that silence was fleeting as the alarm that signaled a challenge echoed through the night sky. She looked towards the castle and had a clear view of the front of it. That’s when Rylee saw the front doors burst open, and two wolves attacking each other emerged. She knew for sure that one was Harvey, Ronan’s wolf, and the other was Dracul, Eric’s wolf. Or, as she liked to call him, Dracruel.
Kaleigh glanced up at the sky as she could sense the clouds were beginning to move-and not in the direction they needed to. A sense of full-blown panic set in as she realized the moon was about to be fully exposed, which meant that she needed to move quickly. Rylee pushed Kaleigh to her top speed in no time at all as she barreled towards the fight. She could see that Dracul had overpowered Harvey and that he had also shifted back into Eric. This was it; this was what she saw in her premonition. As she made her way onto the field in front of the castle, she leaped over the pack members that were outside bearing witness to the challenge, roaring with pure rage. Just as the syringe pierced the skin above Ronan’s beating heart, Kaleigh tackled Eric, knocking the syringe out of his hand and onto the ground. Eric rolled multiple times across the ground, snarling the entire time until he came to a halt.
“NO!!!” he screamed at his failed attempt to kill Ronan. He looked up from his place on the ground and saw the light blue wolf, realizing immediately that it was Rylee. “YOU!?!” Kaleigh snarled in response and stood between Eric and Ronan while Grace and Dylan helped Ronan to his feet. “YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN A DOLLHOUSE!! HOW ARE YOU HERE!?!” Eric cried out and was in complete disbelief that his plan to kill Ronan had been intercepted by someone who was nothing but a mere child in Eric’s eyes. Rylee shifted back into her human form so that she could confront Eric face to face. As soon as she did, someone wrapped her up in a blanket. She knew without even looking that it was Milan. But before confronting the man who ruined her entire childhood, Rylee turned to Ronan.
“Are you okay?” she asked him, her eyes softening with genuine concern.
“I’m fine. It barely pierced the skin. Nothing was injected,” Ronan reassured her. Rylee looked him over once more and saw that he was, indeed, 100% fine. If any poison had entered his bloodstream, he would have been keeled over and dying that very second. She turned her attention back to Eric, who was seething.
“HOW!? My planning was meticulous!” Eric shouted as he flailed his entire body, grabbed his hair, and screamed like a teenage girl.
“The next time you plan on attempting to kill everyone in the region, make sure that the most powerful wolf in existence isn’t part of that region,” someone else answered. Rylee turned to see that Wyatt had also made it back in time.
“What are you going on about? Most powerful wolf in existence!?” Before anyone could say another word, the sudden appearance of over a thousand werewolves caught everyone’s attention. “What!?”
“ERIC PATTERSON!” a powerful voice boomed. Every single head that was attached to a body snapped in the direction of the voice, and there stood the twelve Elders that made up the council of the region, with Jonah at the point, Richard at his right, and Svetlana his left. All the werewolves bowed their heads in respect. Jonah and Richard stepped aside opposite one another as an unknown individual was thrown onto the ground in front of the crowd. “Jonah, who is that?” Wyatt asked.
“This here is the assistant M.E. of the council that helped Eric and his family fake their deaths and escape!” Jonah answered. Rylee snarled at the puny man at the feet of the Elders. “He has already confessed to his crimes, but seeing how his decision greatly affected everyone here, we have decided to give you all the choice to determine his fate!”
“DEATH!” all of the Alphas present shouted as one monolithic voice.
“Alpha Wyatt?” Richard addressed him. He didn’t answer, but instead, Wyatt looked down at Rylee and nodded his head. Rylee didn’t need to be told twice. Her eyes glowed bright silver, and her hair danced in the wind from her aura of immense power as she focused all of her energy on the betrayer. The crowd of onlookers gasped in astonishment and, most of all-fear. Without lifting a single finger, Rylee’s powerful telekinetic powers shattered every bone in the assistant M.E.’s body. Rylee gave him exactly what he deserved, a slow and agonizingly painful death. His screams could be heard for miles past the Blue Lake territory, which Chad and the others heard as they, too, made their final descent into Blue Lake.
“Oh my god, what is that?” Lanie asked out loud as the cries continued echoing. All of a sudden, the sounds of anguish completely stopped.
Whoever it was, just died a very slow and painful death. Chad said to her in a mind link. And something tells me that they deserved it.
Lanie couldn’t help but wonder if it had been Eric whose cries were heard just now, but she ruled it out quickly since she knew that killing him would not be so easy. That and she knew to expect a second cry to be heard if it had been him. Nicole’s cries at the loss of her mate. The palpable silence only confirmed that it wasn’t Eric that had died.
What’s wrong, Lanie? Lexie linked her.
I was hoping that it was Eric who just died.
Oh.
Does that make me a bad person?
No. That makes you normal. Eric’s a bad man. And a horrible werewolf. He ruined so many lives, and he deserves to die even more painfully than this other person did. I’m kind of glad it wasn’t him, though.
What? Why?
Because. I want to be there to witness Rylee kill him. Does that make me a bad person?
No. But that does make you sound psychotic.
Shut up!
Lanie couldn’t help but laugh a little over her jab at Lexie. It definitely eased her conscience and removed the guilt from her thoughts about wanting Eric to just hurry up and die. But she and Lexie were in agreement on one thing-she, too, wanted to bear witness to his death and the end of his terror.
As they ran over the mountain that led into the territory, a massive roar that didn’t belong to a werewolf could be heard reverberating through the skies. A blur of orange could be seen running parallel to them. What caught Lanie off guard was the fact that there was more than one blur of orange running with them.
“Ryker!?” Lanie called out. A roar could be heard as a response, and Lanie couldn’t help but smile, seeing that her friend had joined them. When the pack of wolves reached the base of the mountain, they were met by two weretigers, one being Ryker and the other was someone they didn’t recognize. “Uhhh … Ryker, who is this?” Lanie asked. Ryker rubbed his face into the neck of the other tiger, and they both purred with delight. Lanie gasped as her smile reached ear to ear. “Oh! Oh! Oh! I want to hear all about this. Especially since you were supposed to stay back and keep the packhouse safe! How in the world did you know to… Ah, never mind, we don’t have time for this!” she exclaimed, and they took off again to meet everyone at the castle where they bore witness to Eric’s ever- growing temper tantrum.
“WHAT ARE YOU!?!” Eric screamed at Rylee when he saw his alibi lifeless and looking like an overcooked noodle, his bones and his brain matter spilling out of his cranium.
“The most powerful wolf in existence. Either you don’t know how to listen, or your old age has made go deaf,” Rylee spat at him.
“You!? The most powerful wolf!? That’s not possible! You’re nothing but a street rat!”
“That you found in the rubble of my packhouse after you destroyed it. You always assumed that I was an Omega, and then you found out I was an Alpha. But what you were never told was that not only am I an Alpha, I am also a Primordial. I possess power beyond anyone’s comprehension, and what you saw me do just now is nothing compared to what I’m going to do to you!” Rylee wailed and lifted Eric into the sky as she closed his airways. She used her power of water manipulation and summoned a massive whirlpool from the lake, concealing Eric within it and essentially drowning him.
“LET HIM GO!!!” someone screamed. Everyone’s attention turned towards the voice, and there stood Nicole and Emma with Grace in their grasp, the syringe that Eric had dropped pointed at her jugular vein. “LET HIM GO, OR I WILL KILL HER!” Nicole screamed again, pushing the tip of the needle even closer to Grace’s neck. Rylee knew that Nicole wasn’t bluffing, so she did what Nicole wanted and released Eric. But she never said she had to let him go nicely. Rylee shut off her powers as if they were a light switch, and Eric fell to the ground with the water splashing on top of him. Eric hacked up the water and coughed for dear life.
“Nicole.”
“You ungrateful little b***h. After everything that we did for you, this is how you repay us!?”
“Did for me? You mean did to me!”
“For you, to you, it doesn’t matter. We gave you a home! We let you eat our food. We even gave you a purpose. You should be thanking us for not killing you!” Emma interjected. Rylee glared at both of them, trying to find a way to get the needle away from Grace. Because of the close proximity and Nicole’s thumb on the trigger, just waiting to push in the injector, Rylee couldn’t risk scaring Nicole because it would surely make her thumb slip.
“Don’t even think about using your powers on me, you little hellion. I heard everything you said and saw everything you just did. If you even so much as lift a finger, I will plunge this poison straight into her neck!”
“If you hurt my mother, I swear on the Moon Goddess that I will rip your head off!” Wyatt snarled.
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