My Miracle Luna
Chapter 30

{Wyatt's P.O.V.}

After leaving Zaragoza, Kendrick and I made our way to Vatican City. I had no intention of keeping this trip a secret from Rylee, but I needed to be sure I could actually find out more about her and all of the potential dangers that we may face if anything were to ever happen to our bond. I had the utmost confidence in it, but even I knew that there was the potential 'what if' that could happen.

Once we landed, we headed over to the library down the road from Sistine Chapel. As soon as entered the holy grounds, we could instantly feel eyes on us. Though werewolves were not products of the devil, like vampires, witches, and demons, we were still considered to be dangerous and those who were righteous and holy like monks, nuns, and priests could sense that we weren't human. It made for a compromising situation when we were approached by a priest. "You should not be here," he said to Kendrick and me.

"Father, we are here to just do some research. We mean no harm," I tell him.

"I'm surprised the heavens even allowed you to enter these sacred grounds,"

"It's because we're not spawns of evil, even you know that father," Kendrick said. The priest looked at both of us, almost studying our souls.

"Father, you obviously know of our kind," I say to him.

"I do, very intimately,"

"Then perhaps you can help us,"

"Why would I want to help you?"

"I didn't say anything about you wanting to help us, I said that you can help us,"

"Speak,"

"Have you heard of the rare wolf called the Primordial?" His face when I said this was one of shock and amazement. "So, you have heard of it," I state. He fixes his composure and has us follow him. We get to a room on the other side of the library that he has to be unlocked with a special key.

"Come," he says and we follow him inside. He locks the door behind us and turns on the lights. He leads us down a spiral staircase, down a long corridor, and into another room while flicking on different lights along the way. "Dude, why do I feel like we're playing a role in National Treasure,"

"Shut up, Ken,"

When the priest turns on the final light, Kendrick and I jump back, both of almost shifting right then and there when we came face to face with a werewolf statue. It was humungous and it almost looked like it was alive at first. Once Ken and I realized it was only a statue, we controlled our wolves.

"Father, what is this?" I asked him.

"This is the first known Primordial, William. Discovered in 5000 B.C. He was quite the leader, he was known as a true Alpha, that was until he came into his powers. According to legend, William lost control and became hungry for power that he lost his humanity. He was never able to take the form of a human again. Anyone he turned, all met that same fate,"

"I'd never heard of such a thing," Kendrick said while circling the statue.

"Primordials were some of the most feared of your kind, and most if not all possessed great power, some more than others,"

"That I already know, father, what can you tell me about a female Primordial?"

"Ah, females, are even rarer. Only two have been recorded to have existed, and both were met with the same fate,"

"Death, by a vampire,"

"Yes, Alessandro. There are tales that say he is still waiting for the perfect female to make his bride. Though I doubt the heavens would allow another to exist,"

"I read in a book that there would be one more, one that would be powerful enough to stop him,"

"I have read this as well; however, there has been no word of another female coming into existence," "That's because she's supposed to be dead," I answer. The priest looks at me with wide eyes. "Are you telling me she exists?" he asks with concern in his voice.

"She does, she's my mate,"

"She must die!"

"WHAT!?" I grabbed the priest by the throat.

"Wyatt! Let him go! Come on man, he's a priest!" Kendrick was doing his best to break my hold on him. I finally dropped the priest as he coughed for air.

"You are not an ordinary wolf, you are an Alpha," he says while catching his breath and getting up off the floor. "You say this Primordial is recorded to be dead?"

"Yes,"

"Then it needs to remain that way. I'm sure you read that your bond as mates is what keeps her hidden from Alessandro," I nod my head. "Then there is nothing else I can tell you. Everything you know is already written in any text," "Come on man, this was a waste of time. Let's get home to our girls," Kendrick said and pulled my arm.

"Wait," we both stopped and looked at the priest. "I may not be able to tell you anything more, but there is someone who might. Go Parco dei Castelli Romani, and seek out a man named Lorenzo Rossi, he may be able to assist you," "Let's go, Kendrick,"

Once we found our way out of the library, Kendrick and I rented a car and made are our way to Parco dei Castelli Romani. It was about an hour's drive. The entire trip there, Kendrick and I didn't say a word. I was still boiling from the fact that the priest had the nerve to tell me that Rylee needed to die, all because of what she was. Rylee didn't ask to be born, the moon goddess made her, and she and high powers are the ones that were giving her powers.

When we got to Parco dei Castelli Romani, I parked the car, and we made our way on foot. We stopped multiple people asking for this Lorenzo Rossi, and most people had no idea who we were talking about. Kendrick and I split up and walked around asking anyone that looked like they were from the area, but it was mostly tourists. After about two hours of asking around, I finally found someone that was native to the area,

"Sai dove posso trovare Lorenzo Rossi?" (Do you know where I can find Lorenzo Rossi?)

"Vai nella foresta," (Go to the forest)

"Grazie," they nodded their head and walked off. It was strange, but it almost as if this person weren't even real, but I shrugged it off. I met back up with Kendrick. "Hey, anything?" he asked.

"Yeah, a native told me to go into the forest,"

"The forest?"

"That's what she said," I replied.

"Alright, let's go," we made our way into the forest, and as soon as we entered, Blade was starting to stir. Being in nature if one of this favorite pass times, and the fact that the greenery in this area was so lush, he was itching to get out. Calm down mutt.

I need to get out. It's been days since you've let me out.

We need to find this Lorenzo Rossi first. The faster we find him and get the information we need on our mate, the quicker we get home and we can go running with her.

Fine.

"Ken, keep your eyes and ears open. This is new territory for us, and we don't know who this guy actually is,"

"I'm not Ken," I look over and see that Ajax has taken over.

"Ajax, what the f**k!?"

"Forgive me Alpha, but I needed some fresh air,"

"Bring Ken back now. That's an order!"

"Yes, Alpha," I watched as he gave Kendrick back control.

"f*****g Ajax," he muttered, and I shook my head while rolling my eyes. We went further and further into the forest, and I found that we could no longer see the small town. We were completely surrounded by nothing but forest. "Wyatt, where the f**k are we supposed to fine a single person in the middle of a forest like this?"

"I don't know, but I'm not giving up until we do. I need answers, and I'm not leaving without them,"

We kept moving, and it was starting to get dark. Kendrick and I haven't eaten since we landed in Vatican City, and I knew both of us along with our wolves were starting to get hungry.

"Kendrick, we may need to shift to go hunting," I tell him.

"Leave it to me, we both know you're too damn big to go hunting on your own," I scoffed at his remark as he took his clothes off and gave them to me. Camping out was nothing new to us, and luckily it wasn't too cold at night in Italy at the moment. We could easily sleep in wolf form to keep us warm.

I waited for Kendrick to come back. I looked at my phone and saw that it had been over an hour since he went hunting. I know for a fact that it take doesn't him that long to find something to eat, let alone in a forest as lush as the one we're in, where there is plenty of small game. I tried to mind link him, but he was unresponsive. I got up from where I was sitting and went to go find him.

I followed the path that he took and followed his scent. I walked for about fifteen minutes following his scent, when I started to smell blood.

"Ken, are you there?" I called out to him. I was met with silence, and the smell of blood was getting stronger, while his scent was getting weaker. That wasn't a good sign. "Kendrick, where the f**k are you!?" still nothing. I kept going in the direction of the blood, and I found a fresh deer carcass. I looked at the fresh kill, and I could tell that it was Kendrick's doing, but where the f**k was Kendrick. I tried to mind link him again but still got no response.

Blade, tell me you if can sense Ajax.

No, I can't. His scent is weak.

I don't like this. Kendrick would never leave a kill like this.

As I was trying to track his scent, I heard a twig snap behind me, but before I could even turn around, I was met with a blow to the head, and immediately darkness took over.

{Kendrick's P.O.V.}

Alright, Ajax let's go get some dinner.

With pleasure.

I stripped out of my clothes and gave them Wyatt for safekeeping. Ajax shifted as he took over and took off into the forest. He was happy to be out, and I was happy being a werewolf because that meant we wouldn't starve to death.

Let's see if we can find a dear big enough to share. I heard that Italian dear meat is quite tasty.

You read my mind, Kendrick.

You know we technically share a mind right?

Don't be technical with me.

Ajax pranced through the forest trying to pick up the scent of any wildlife. About ten minutes later, he came upon a doe at a stream. It was drinking water and had it's back to us. I pulled back, and let Ajax have full control to go in for the kill. He stepped lightly and blended into the shadows. Even though he's a golden wolf, he knows how to blend, and he is very stealthy.

Slowly he crept up on the doe who was completely oblivious to the fact that it was being stalked. Sorry little deer, but you're going to be dinner for us. I said to myself and said a silent prayer for the deer. As the great words of Mufasa in the Lion King, it's the circle of life.

Ajax was about ten feet away and crouched down getting ready to pounce. As soon the deer felt our presence, Ajax pounced and the deer took off, but it ended up being so startled it lost it's footing trying to dodge some of the wet rocks around the stream and tripped. It allowed for Ajax to catch up, and he snagged it with his paws and swiftly killed it by suffocating it with a bite to the throat.

Good job man. That was an easy kill, and it didn't suffer too much.

I almost forgot the thrill of the hunt. We need to hunt more often.

We will when we get back home. Maybe you and Tundra can have a competition on who can catch a rabbit first.

Sounds like fun.

We looked down at the deer he just killed, and he picked it up with his mouth. As were making our way back to Wyatt, something caught Ajax's attention. He put the deer down and looked around. I concentrated using his sense, and I could feel that we were being watched. I shifted back into human form which was a horrible mistake. As soon as I did, something tackled me, and I felt myself hit my head and become delirious. The next thing I knew, I saw a figure standing over me, and a fist coming at my face. That was the last thing I saw. {Rylee's P.O.V.}

We were all sitting at the dinner table, but I found that I didn't have an appetite. I hadn't heard from Wyatt all day and seeing his empty chair at the table was making me incredibly depressed. I figured that he was busy with work and probably didn't have the time to contact me, but it still bothered me. I looked over at Melody who also seemed to be down.

"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.