Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
“I’m guessing you haven’t heard from Kendrick either?” I asked her, and she shook her head. We both let out a deep sigh.
“Come on you two, I’m sure that Wyatt and Ken had a busy day today. I’m sure they’re both okay, and that they will call you or text you two tomorrow,” Jason said to us.
“Jason is right you guys, don’t be so down that they missed one day. You know that it’s not realistic for them to call every day or night,” Milan added.
“Rylee?” I turned around to see Ronan and Grace.
“What’s wrong sweetheart?” Grace asked.
“I’m worried about Wyatt, he didn’t call or text all day today,” I tell her.
“Oh, honey, I’m sure he’s fine. He’s probably just busy with work. I know how you’re feeling, I was the same way the first time Ronan had to leave me for several days visiting other packs around the country for Alpha business. There is no need to worry,” she said and kissed my forehead. I nodded and went back to my dinner. Wyatt would be upset if I didn’t eat property while he was away.
“Melody, baby girl, I know you’re worried about Kendrick, but he’s with your brother, so stop sulking,” Ronan said to her.
“Ugh, I hate being away from him. I don’t know how you did it, dad. How could you be away from mom all those times when going away on business?”
“It was hard on all of us, but I also had to be away from you and your brother. But it’s the unfortunate downside with being an Alpha and a company CEO. It’s just something you two have to get used to. It’s not like you two can’t travel with them when it’s somewhere domestic,” he said to both of us. Melody and I looked at each other and just sighed and nodded our heads.
“Girls, I know it’s an adjustment, but I promise it does get easier with time,” Grace said and held both of our hands.
“There’s something that I wanted to speak to you about Rylee,” Ronan said to me. I looked up at him as I took a bite of my pasta. “I spoke with Alpha Richard, of the Golden Moon pack gave me a call,” “Who’s that?” I asked.
“He’s one of the Alphas that were at Halfmoon when Wyatt found you,” I made an O shape with my mouth. “He’s a wise and non-violent Alpha that opened an investigation into Elder Scott of Halfmoon. I think you will be glad to know that he’s been stripped of his elder status, and has been banished,”
“Why?”
“Because as an Elder, he turned a blind eye when Eric brought you into his pack and turned you into a slave when you were merely a pup. What Eric did is highly illegal, and given that an Elder had knowledge of the crime, but stood by and let it happen, he disgraced himself as an elder, so the other Elders voted against him,”
“Wow, I didn’t even know something like that could happen,”
“Richard is also working to bring down Halfmoon for what they did, unfortunately, that investigation will take much longer. It’s going to have to go all the way back to when Eric challenged your father. Even if the challenge was legal, the Elder’s now believe that it was a ploy to just kill Mitch and his pack,” “Does that make a difference?” Melody asked.
“It does. If Eric went into the challenge, solely just to take over, then that’s fine, even him slaughtering the pack afterward is actually considered legal,” he said and then looked at me apologetically. “However, if Eric’s initial intent was to kill Mitch and the pack to gain power, then the status of the challenge can be taken back, and Eric could be executed for twisting our laws to fit his own agenda. It could be seen as premeditated murder, and add on the fact that he had a child slave, Eric can be executed, and Ash will be stripped of his title, and Halfmoon will be dismantled,”
“Darling, do you really think Eric would use a challenge to get away with murder?” Grace asked.
“I honestly wouldn’t put it past him. He always hated Mitch, and he was even jealous of him when Megan turned out to be his mate,”
“Why would he be jealous?” I asked.
“Because your mother was an Alpha female. Many Alpha’s coveted her, and wanted her to be their chosen mate, regardless if she wasn’t their destined one. But she turned them all down and said she was waiting for her destined mate. One of those Alpha’s included Eric. He lusted over her for a few years. He had no idea that she was mated to your father until an Alpha gathering at Golden Moon took place. It was one where Luna’s were allowed to attend, so your father brought her. Eric didn’t have a mate yet, so when he saw her there, but clinging to your father, he was outraged, and swore he would get back at Mitch one day,”
“But why hold a grudge for so long? He eventually met his mate, and had kids of his own,” Milan said. “Actually, Nicole isn’t his destined mate,” Ronan said.
“WHAT!?” we all exclaimed.
“Eric’s father forced him to take Nicole has a chosen mate. I found out not too long after Rylee was born, and it became a hot issue amongst other Alphas. We all had our destined mates, while Eric had to settle for a chosen one, and one that he didn’t choose,” “Wow, no wonder Eric always seemed to be unhappy,” I said out loud.
“Well, I for one hope that the investigation goes in favor of guilty of premeditated murder. What better justice will there be for Rylee than having the person responsible for her family’s death met with the same fate, and his pack in shambles,” Jason said. I smiled at Jason and he winked at me.
“Remember sweetheart, this investigation will take time, and you may be called upon during the investigation to give a statement,” Ronan said to me and I nodded. He patted the back of my hand.
Knowing that Eric was now under investigation made me happy. Maybe there would be justice for my family after all. I just prayed that it turned out in my favor.
***Wyatt’s P.O.V.***
I felt like I had been hit with a two ton truck. My head was pounding, and I could feel dried blood on the back of my head. I grunted and groaned, and when I tried to move, I realized that I was restrained. I looked around and also saw that I was three feet off the ground, and upside down.
“What the f**k?” I groaned.
“Damn, took you long enough to get up,” I look to my right and see Kendrick in the same position that I’m in.
“What the f**k happened?” I asked.
“Well, long story short, I went hunting, caught a doe, was ambushed by someone, hit my head on the ground, and then was punched in the face, then I woke up here. You?”
“I went to go find your a*s, was hit in the back of the head, and then woke up here, next to your a*s,” I tell him. “Where the f**k are we? And why the f**k are we upside down?” “f**k if I know man, I woke up about two hours ago like this, and you were passed the f**k out. Whoever has us hit you pretty hard,”
Kendrick and I tried to break the restraints, but we were too weak, but they weren’t silver which was a good thing. I lifted my upper body to get a look around right side up for a few seconds and realized we were inside some kind of holding cell, but it was made of wood. I slowly went back down, and Kendrick did the same to see if he could get a sense of where exactly we were.
“By the smell of things and sounds, it looks like we’re still in the forest, but we’re really far away from any kind of civilization, and the bit of light shining through indicates that it’s the next day,” he said and lowered his body down again.
We hung around because there was nothing else we could do. We stopped trying to break the restraints in order to conserve our energy. We would only lift our bodies up if we felt the blood rushing to our brains became unbearable. After night fell again, we heard the door to our home away from home open.
“So, I see that you two are awake,” we heard a voice.
“Who the f**k are you? And where are we?” I asked him. Without giving me an answer, he hit me in the gut and hard.
“I do not think that you are in a position to be asking questions,” he said to me and circled us a few times. “Why are you here?” Kendrick and I didn’t answer. Then he hit Kendrick in the gut.
“f**k!” Kendrick shouted.
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