My Miracle Luna
Chapter 78

{Wyatt's P.O.V.}

After we separated Layla and Terrine to opposite sides of the dungeon, Kendrick and his family took care of Terrine, while I took care of Layla. Before I did anything, however, Milan decided that one hit from Melody wasn't enough, and gave Layla a beating the abdomen until she was coughing up blood. "Milan, enough, I can't have you killing her already," I say to her.

"What!?"

"I still have to interrogate her," Milan rolled her eyes and backed away. I walked over to Layla, but just close enough to have a conversation with her without yelling. I couldn't say the same for Kendrick and his brother because they were already shouting. "Layla, I'm going to you ask a series of questions, and I want you to answer me honestly. If I don't like your answer, Angelo is going to pump you full of wolfsbane and silver nitrate,"

"Wyatt, please,"

"Question number one, did you drug me the night I slept with you?"

"No,"

"Question number two, did you try to kill Rylee when she first got here?"

"No!" I nodded to Angelo and he plunged the syringe into the nape of her neck. "AHHH!!!" she started to trash and scream but couldn't do anything because she was hanging several inches off the ground by her arms.

"Remember what I said would happen if I didn't like your answer?" she was panting and crying. "Let's try this again, DID YOU try to kill your Luna by shifting into your wolf?"

"Yes,"

"Why?"

"She attacked me first!" I looked at Angelo and plunged another syringe. This time into her hip. "AHHHH!!! OKAY! OKAY!!!"

"Why did you try to kill Rylee!?"

"BECAUSE I HATED HER!!! SHE TOOK YOU FROM ME AND SHE HAD YOUR MARK ON HER!"

"Were you behind the human kidnappings?"

"What? How did you..."

"Answer the question!" I shouted and signaled Angelo again..

"PLEASE NO! I'LL ANSWER!" Angelo stopped with his arm in the air ready to stab her with the needle. Milan was on the other side of me filling up some more. She looked a little too happy doing it. "When I found out about Rylee being Alpha Ash's first mate, I went to Halfmoon to leverage them. I told them that if they helped me get rid of Rylee..."

"YOU WILL REFER TO HER AS 'LUNA'!!" I commanded.

"I told them if they helped me get rid of the Luna, that I would make sure you never remembered her,"

"What was your original plan?"

"We tried to use real rogues, but there weren't enough of them, so we hired a dark witch to create a potion that would turn humans in rogues. She said she knew of another witch that had a potion that would help weak rogues become stronger, so she stole it, and changed it to cater to human DNA. When we administered the potion, she would say a dark spell. It's only supposed to last 24 hours, then the subject dies,"

"Who kidnapped the humans?"

"Emma and Ash did. They would seduce or drug them and take them back to the bunker where the dark witch would be waiting,"

"Who killed Victor's girlfriend?"

"Emma did,"

"Where are the remaining humans!?"

"A bunker located just northwest of Halfmoon's primary packhouse. It's actually hidden in the hills behind the trees. You can't see it until you actually go to it," "How many total?"

"Just over 70,"

"Wyatt, that means some of the missing persons we found are false positives then," Milan said to me and I just nodded.

"Milan, go tell my dad and have him call the Elder's council," she bowed her head and left. Though I'm sure she wasn't happy she was going to miss out on the fun. "Were you behind my accident?"

"No, I just need you incapacitated. I didn't know the witch was going to cause you to get into an accident,"

"Where were you when it happened?"

"I was the driver in the other car, the one that was waiting at the embankment,"

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why did you f**k up my life!?"

"f**k UP YOUR LIFE!? I WAS TRYING TO MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER! ONLY I'M WORTHY ENOUGH TO BE YOUR LUNA!" She screamed in my face. "You always said you wanted someone pure to be your Luna! I was pure! I gave you my purity, Wyatt! But the next morning, you weren't even in my room anymore! You didn't leave a note! You stopped talking to me! You gave me the cold shoulder!"

"It was a one night stand! I told you from the very beginning that I wanted my mate!"

"RYLEE WASN'T PURE!! SHE WAS MATED TO ASH FIRST WHICH MEANS SHE f****d HIM TOO!!" Angelo didn't even wait for my command. He stuck her with another syringe. Her screams were echoing in the dungeon.

"Rylee was the purest of the pure. She was pure when I found her, and she stayed pure until the morning I marked her. The same day you tried to kill her,"

"No, she wasn't! Ash said..."

"Ash lied to you, you stupid b***h," I snapped at her. "Rylee wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole! He rejected her the morning of her birthday and she accepted it immediately thereafter,"

"No, no, no, she's the one who lied! She's a lying conniving b***h!"

"Layla, there's one thing you need to know about Rylee and me. You see, I didn't just find her at Halfmoon, I was reunited with her,"

"What?"

"Rylee has been my fated mate since I was eighteen. I knew Rylee Duquesne, the heir to Silver Lake was going to be my Luna. My parents knew it, her parents knew it, and I knew it. I've known her since she was born. My mom was her mom's best friend. When she was ten, and I was eighteen, I saw her again, and I felt the mate bond between us. Because we're both pureblood Alpha's we were drawn to each other. But I thought she died when Halfmoon slaughtered Silver Lake, but the moon goddess was on my side because eight years later, I found her again,"

"No, no, no,"

"So, that's why even though I forgot Rylee for those weeks my memories were gone, my heart and my wolf knew that she was my mate, and I fell in love with her again. Even though she rejected me,"

"Wait, what you when your memories WERE gone?"

"Oh, did I forget to mention, I've had my memories back for months now,"

"WHAT!?! That's not possible! That can only happen if..." she paused, and I just smirked. "The dark witch, she reversed the spell!?" "Yeah,"

"WHY!?! I SOLD HER MY SOUL!!!"

"She's been on my side, or should I say Rylee's side he moment she found what Rylee is,"

"What do you mean what she is?"

"As you know, Rylee had powers, and we explained it as her being a blessed wolf, but the truth is, she's not just a blessed wolf, she is THE blessed wolf. Rylee is what's called a Primordial, a very rare and powerful wolf. Rylee is a true Alpha, and our dear friend Svetlana has been waiting for her for quite a long time now. They share a common enemy, and you know the saying, 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend,"

"NO! NO! NO! NO! THAT STUPID b***h!! SHE'S BEEN LYING TO ME!!"

"Yes she has, and it's because I've asked her to,"

"What?"

"Layla, I've known that you were the one behind all of this since before I even got my memories back. Svetlana came to me and offered me a truce, and she even helped me find Rylee,"

"WHAT?!?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY FIND RYLEE!?!" I guess it was time that this b***h learned the truth. I mind linked Milan to bring Megan down to the dungeon. A few minutes later, they both came down, and I saw Keaton and his dad leaving. Not too long after, Kendrick left as well.

"Angelo, get Owen and leave, I don't want him to know just yet,"

"Yes, Alpha,"

"Should I get the popcorn?" Milan said sarcastically and I just looked at her. "What?"

"What is she doing here!?" Layla shouted referring to Megan.

"You wanted to know what I meant by finding Rylee, did you not?" I replied.

"What does this b***h have to do with that cunt!?!" I gave her a backhanded slap. "Wyatt, did you just hit me?"

"If you refer to her as anything else but Luna, I will do more than just slap you," I say while holding her chin and gritting my teeth. I saw the tears in her eyes, but they did nothing for me. I let go of her face and backed away. "Now, I'll tell you what Megan has to do with Rylee, or better yet, I think we'll show you," I turned to Megan, and I watched as she tore one of Olivia's calling cards. About a minute later, Olivia appeared in the dungeon,

"Why am I in a dungeon?" she asked.

"Olivia, I need you to drop it," Megan said to her

"Drop what?" Olivia replied. She looked around and saw what was going on. "Ohhhh...I see, okay," she stepped back and snapped her finger, dropping Rylee's cloak. "WHAT?!?!" Layla screamed. "N-n-no! NO! NO! NO! IT'S BEEN YOU THIS WHOLE f*****g TIME?!?"

"Yes, it has," Rylee responded. "Tricking you into thinking that I was just some she-wolf Wyatt met was all too easy, Layla. I could have easily came back in my true form, but we all knew if I did, you would have stopped at nothing to try and hurt me and our son. So, it was Wyatt's idea for me to come back in my disguise, to get you to show your true colors,"

"WYATT!!! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS ME!?!"

"I didn't do s**t to you! You brought this one yourself when you decided to put your wants above everyone else's safety! My safety! I COULD HAVE f*****g DIED! RYLEE COULD HAVE DIED AND SHE WAS PREGNANT!!!" I roared at her.

"YOU!! THIS YOUR FAULT!!!" she screamed at Rylee. "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GO AWAY!?!? YOU BELONG WITH ASH!! TRASH BELONGS WITH TRASH!!" she screamed, and I slapped her again. "Wyatt..." she whimpered. Rylee touched my arm and I immediately calmed down. I saw the flash of jealously across Layla's face when she saw that our bond was strong again. "GET AWAY FROM HIM!!! WHY!?! WHY DID YOU BRING HER BACK!?!"

"Because I love her, and we belong together! I told you already, she and were fated mates long before you and I even knew each other," I answered. "Want to know why I know that? It's because even when I didn't have my memories, and she was in disguise, the fates brought us together. I met her as Megan while she was still pregnant with Sam, and I was drawn to her. I was in love with Rylee, but I was drawn to Megan because Megan is Rylee,"

"NO!!! AHHHH!!! WHY!?! WHY WON'T YOU LOVE ME LIKE I LOVE YOU WYATT!?!"

"One, because I never had feelings for you, even remotely. Two, I almost died because of you, and three, those without a soul don't even know the meaning of love,"

"So, what, you're going to kill me, for her!?"

"He's not going to kill you," Rylee said before I could answer, "I am,"

"Rylee!?" I grabbed her shoulders. "What are you doing?"

"This is between me and her, Wyatt. She tried to kill me once already, she almost killed you, and then she took you away from me. Even though we found each other again, she still put a wedge between us. Our son could have grown up without his father because of her and thinking about that just makes my blood boil. This is as personal for me as it is for you, but I also won't allow you to kill a woman. That's not who you are,"

"Rylee, I'm an Alpha, it's part of my job to hand out executions, when they're necessary,"

"I'm an Alpha too, and I'm this pack's Luna. It's also my job to make these decisions, and my decision is final," I let out a big sigh and nodded my head. Rylee turned her gaze to Layla. I watched as Layla was levitated off of the chains and back on the ground. "What the f**k?" Layla said surprised. Just then, her chains broke.

"Shift," Rylee commanded

"What?"

"I SAID SHIFT b***h!" she said in her Luna tone. I had never heard it before. Layla's wolf adheres to the command and she began to shift. Rylee shifted as well but what caught me by surprise was that Kaleigh was still baby blue.

"I thought her wolf was supposed to be pink," Milan said to me and I just shrugged my shoulders.

"Her wolf has changed form because she has come into her full powers," Olivia said.

"What? So, Kaleigh being a different color doesn't have to do with the magical cloak,"

"No, it does not. Her wolf was always meant to change colors, it's the one thing that's different about her. Pink was her premature stage, this baby blue is her mature stage," Milan and I just looked at each other not knowing what to say. We would have to table this discussion for after the fight.

Because I still wasn't marked, I wasn't able to communicate with her, but I made sure that she could hear what I was thinking,

Rylee, you can do this. Whatever you do, do not let up. She won't hesitate to kill you if you give her the chance.

Kaleigh huffed once indicating she heard me. I watched as they circled each other. Layla's wolf Athena was bigger than Kaleigh, but I knew that Kaleigh was powerful because she was a natural-born Alpha. She also the biggest advantage because she could hear Layla's thoughts.

Athena made the first move, which I could tell Kaleigh was anticipating and dodged. The cell we were in was small for two wolves, so Athena ran straight into the concrete wall. She quickly shook it off and lunged for Kaleigh again. I already knew Kaleigh and Rylee had this won. Layla was fighting with anger and wasn't think about her moves. She wanted to get Rylee. Rylee on the other hand was calculating her moves, reading Layla's thoughts, and waiting for an opening.

Was it unfair that Rylee could read minds, sure it was, but we're all way past playing fair after all the s**t Layla did to break us up,

"Rylee, do not you use your powers!" Olivia shouted.

"What are you doing!?" I shouted at her.

"She cannot use her powers. The more she uses them, the better chance the vampire can hone in on her location," I grunted having forgotten about that. I watched on as Kaleigh and Athena were full-on boxing now. Athena slashed at Kaleigh and made contact, but she healed almost instantly. That alone caught Athena off guard, which Kaleigh used the opening to s***h back, making Athena whimper from the pain.

Kaleigh jumped on her back and suck her teeth in Athena's neck. The cries that came out of Athena were real, as Kaleigh used her super-strength to inflict as much damage as possible without killing her right away. Kaleigh jumped off and kicked Athena with her hind legs making Athena collide with the concrete wall. I guess all that training with William was finally coming in handy for her. I suddenly got a mind link from Layla, Wyatt! Please! Get her to stop hurting me!!

You brought this on yourself, Layla. You want to be Luna, well then, you're going to have fight for it. You always bragged that you were stronger than her, so prove it.

Wyatt! I'm sorry!

Too late for that.

I cut off our link and blocked her out. She tried to run from Kaleigh who was stocking towards her, but Kaleigh caught her by the hind leg and pulled her with full force. I heard the bones breaking as Kaleigh practically chomped down. She pulled her again and then threw her into the other wall. I knew for a fact that since Rylee couldn't use her powers, she was going to brute strength.

Is it wrong that I want our mate right now?

No, it's not Blade, because I do too.

Kaleigh was moving with grace and fluidity. Almost as if she were dancing. Her steps were calculated and planned. She never did anything without thinking, while Layla had been acting on impulse and impulse alone. Her impulse was the main reason why she would never make a good Luna. That and she was cocky and full of herself. It wasn't a secret that she was disliked by many, but instead of trying to fit in, she always did things her way. She always made it seem like she was better than everyone, and she bragged about being Luna one day. I often wonder where her mate is and if she ever did meet him. But I guess I'll never know.

My thoughts were interrupted with a whaling cry shook the cell and I saw that Kaleigh had ripped off Athena's hind leg, the one that she didn't break.

"Oh, gross," Milan almost gagged.

"Wow, that was a clean bite," Olivia said, almost sounding impressed. Kaleigh then jumped on Athena again and latched on her neck. They rolled around on the ground as Athena tried to get Kaleigh off of her, but Kaleigh's had a secure bite, and it was one that could suffocate Athena, but she didn't. She let go and stood to her feet. She was prolonging Layla's suffering. Athena struggled to stand, as she was bleeding all over. If Rylee didn't kill her right away, she would probably end up bleeding to death. Athena stood on her remaining three legs, and she huffed. I thought she was going to try and charge again, but she didn't. What she did next surprised us all. She submitted.

"What the..." Milan said. "Did she just submit?" Kaleigh growled at Athena, and then they both shifted back. Layla was fully disfigured and covered in wounds. She was pale and turning blue at the same time from blood loss. "ATHENA!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!" Layla screamed.

"Oh, I get it," Milan retorted. "Your wolf submitted and went against you. She's recognized Rylee as her Luna and her superior. She basically saved her own a*s and screwed you over,"

"Her wolf has blocked her out," Rylee said. "Athena is asking for mercy,"

"She would never!" Layla shouted.

"She is speaking to me and she said that she regrets ever being paired with a selfish and manipulative human counterpart such as yourself. She also says that she wishes she could see her mate one more time,"

"So, you did have a mate," Milan said. "Let me guess, you rejected him in hopes that Wyatt would choose you,"

"Oh my god," Rylee gasped

"What is it?" I asked her.

"Her mate, Athena told me who her mate is," she looked at all of us with wide eyes. "I can't believe you," she said to Layla. "All this time, your mate, the one person who's wanted you, has been in front of you the whole time, and all you've done is f**k him over!? What is the matter with you!?"

"I DON'T' WANT HIM! I WANT WYATT!!!"

"He hasn't even accepted your rejection," Rylee said making all of us stare at her.

"Dearest, what did you say?"

"Her mate, he never accepted her rejection,"

"It's a pack member?" Milan asked and Rylee's face saddened.

"It's someone we know, very well,"

"What? Who!?" Milan and I asked.

"It's Darius, the castle guard,"

"Milan, go get him,"

"No, I......don't want to see him," Layla croaked. The blood loss was starting to get to her. "He's not my mate,"

"We're not doing it for you, we're doing it for him. He needs closure," I said to her. "Milan, go," Milan ran out of the dungeon and we just stared at Layla. I realized that Rylee was still naked, so I had Olivia conjure up a shirt for her. Milan came back a few minutes later with Darius,

"Alpha, you wanted to see...Luna?!?"

"Ah s**t, I knew I forgot something," I muttered to myself.

"Luna? How?"

"Later Darius," I said to him. Just don't tell anyone, that's an order.

"Yes, Alpha," he replied and looked at me.

"Darius, is it true? Was Layla your mate?"

"Yes, Alpha,"

"Why didn't you ever say anything to me?"

"With all due respect Alpha, it was none of your business,"

"Fair enough," I replied. Darius looked at a disfigured Layla, and all you could see was the hurt and pain in his eyes. Even after everything she did, and even with the way she looked right now, he still cared for her.

"You stupid b***h," Milan said to her. "You had a loving mate all this time, but you threw him away like he was nothing, and you f****d up so many lives. Just like Terrine, all of this could have been avoided had you just given in to the mate bond, but no, you shunned the bond, and now, you're going to die because of it,"

"Alpha before you kill her, there's something I would like to say to her," Darius requested. I nodded my head and Rylee and I stepped back. He kneeled down next to her and touched her cheek. Even though she was covered in blood, missing a leg, and had lacerations all over her body, the way he looked at her was obvious. He thought she was beautiful. "I forgive you, Layla," he said and stood up. "Damn," Milan said under her breath.

"Layla Martinez, I, Darius Hoffman, accept your rejection," with that said, Darius left the dungeon, but as he passed me, I could see the tears in his eyes. I shook my head feeling bad for him. "Alpha, do not worry, I won't speak to anyone about what I saw down here," he said as he walked away. We waited a minute until we heard the door close.

"You lost out Layla," Rylee said to her. "You could have had a loving mate, and could have been happy, but you chose to be greedy instead, and your actions have not only hurt the one person out there who loved you whole-heartedly but those that supported you your entire life. You don't deserve happiness or love, especially for someone who has no soul," Rylee went up to her and just shook her head. "It never should have come to this Layla. I hope both you and your wolf can be reborn and live a better life," with a quick flick of her wrist, Rylee snapped Layla's neck.

One enemy down, two more to go.