My Miracle Luna
Their Gemini Wolves Chapter 61

{Lanie's P.O.V.}

Why did I get the feeling I knew she would pull a stupid stunt like that? Oh wait, that's right. Because I already saw it happen. Not only did I witness Damon confront Brent, but I also saw Lorelai challenge me. I knew there was nothing I could do to stop it since it was something that was supposed to happen. Or was it? Either way, I knew that whatever the reason, it should work out in my favor. After she announced her challenge through the pack link, I noticed the fighting had completely stopped. Everyone shifted back to their human form, at least, those of us who had shifted into our wolves. We all covered ourselves up as quickly as possible.

Chad and everyone else looked-what's the word? -baffled, I think it is. I heard Chad mumble to himself that this wasn't good, but I wasn't sure if he was talking about me or her. Was there some other hidden meaning behind his words? If I were a weak wolf, he might think that I would potentially lose to Lorelai, seeing as how I had no fighting experience. But, for one, he didn't look all that worried about it. I would think that her challenging me would be a cause for concern but given how calm he looked right now along with the way Richard and Jackson were both lifting their eyebrows at Lorelai, something told me that I was going to be okay.

"Did she just challenge the Luna?" one of the pack members asked.

"She did, and she linked the entire pack about it," another answered.

"Is she stupid?" a different person questioned.

"She must be. Why else would she challenge the Luna?" someone else replied.

"STOP MUMBLING! IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, SAY IT TO MY FACE!" Lorelai screamed at the pack members after changing back to her human form, boiling with rage.

"Goddess, I'm glad the Alpha didn't take her as his chosen mate. Hearing her scream like that all the time would blow my eardrums sky high!" someone pointed out as they covered their ears from Lorelai's screeching.

"You seriously need to quit f*****g screaming. We're not deaf!" an older member flat-out told her. Lorelai looked like she was about to scream again, but someone sobbing caught everyone's attention. Startled, we all turned to see where it was coming from and saw a pack member crying over the body of the elderly woman that Damon killed.

"Oh, goddess," Richard whispered as he went over to tend to the pack member. Out of instinct, the rest of us followed as well. He was cradling her and sobbing into her neck. "Johnny, I'm so sorry," Richard tried to comfort him. Johnny said nothing and continued to sob over his dead mate. Seeing this really angered me, and I felt my skin burning. I don't know what came over me, but I stood and turned to face Damon. Without thinking, I punched him across the face with all of the force I had. I heard something crack, and he cried out in pain.

"You bitz, you broke mah jaw!" he shouted at me the best that he could

"YOU MURDERED HIS MATE! YOU'RE A f*****g MONSTER! SHE DID NOTHING TO YOU!" I screamed at him, more like roared at him. I actually scared myself, hearing my voice get that loud.

"Nutting?! She vobed to kwill me!" he shouted the best he could.

"BECAUSE YOU DESERVE TO DIE!" I snarled and punched him again. "You call us weak and undeserving, yet you resort to attacking and killing innocent pack members that YOU and your sister called in here!" I went to punch him again, but someone stopped me. I turned around to see Torrance.

"Luna, please, do not strike my son again," she begged. I clenched my fist and pulled my hand from her grip. I didn't punch him again, but I turned around and addressed Lorelai instead.

"If you want to challenge me, then so be-"

"That won't be necessary." Everyone whipped their heads towards the doorway as someone else entered the room.

"Jonah?!" Richard exclaimed and stood to his feet. "What are you doing here, old friend?"

"Well, it appears that the Luna of Blue Lake had a vision, and her first call was to me." "Rylee had a vision?" I asked.

"Yes, young Luna. Your sister had a vision of you being attacked by a pack member. She informed me that this pack member had already struck you once in the past and that her brother was the one who attacked her in sleep while she was visiting here a few months ago. It appears that her vision did not indicate that a challenge had been made," he responded.

"Jonah, you didn't have to come all this way," Richard insisted.

"Well, it's a good thing that I did, Richard. Were you planning on stopping this challenge?" Jonah asked him. I turned to face him, confused.

"Well, we have more pressing issues to deal with, unfortunately," Richard replied and nodded his head towards Johnny, who was still holding his dead mate.

"Who is responsible for this?" Jonah demanded with a slight growl. Everyone stared at Damon on the ground, who was still holding his jaw in place after I had broken it. "Was it warranted?"

"NO!" everyone yelled at the same time.

"Elder Jonah, we had a pack vote to execute Damon and his sister because of their insubordination towards the ranked members, as well as physically attacking them. But, when the vote was made, they retaliated and started to attack pack members," Jackson explained. "It was in the middle of the attack that this young female challenged the Luna," he continued while pointing at Lorelai.

"I see. Well, again, it's a good thing that I showed up when I did. I was able to witness most of this event, and I will be making a decision on how to handle everything and everyone!"

"Can he do that?" I asked Maverick.

"He's an Elder, sweetheart. Of course, he can," Mav answered her.

"Elder?" she looked up at him.

"They're the big bosses of werewolves. Jonah is the head honcho or the boss above all of the big bosses." I just nodded her head.

"First off, I wanted to squash this ridiculous challenge made by her!" Jonah announced right away while pointing at Lorelai. "WHAT?! You can't-"

"SILENCE, YOU IMPUDENT FOOL!!!" Jonah roared. I jumped and clung to Chad. J hid behind Maverick, and Lexie was holding onto Brent's arm.

"It's okay, don't be afraid. He's louder because he's an Elder. Lanie, baby, you can let go now," Chad whispered to me. I glanced down and saw that I dug my nails into his arm. I looked up, and tears immediately filled my eyes. "Whoa, hey, don't cry. It's okay. It was a fear response," he reassured me and rubbed my back.

"As your fellow pack members have stated, you are as stupid as they come! You cannot challenge someone for their mate once they have already been marked! In addition, you cannot challenge to mate with someone who doesn't even want you!" Jonah spoke harshly to her. "And you, you piece of trash!" Jonah continued while looking down at Damon. "Your past crime should have earned you the death penalty; however, Alpha Wyatt spared your life out of the goodness of his heart, yet here you are, causing problems again. You murdered a pack member without justification, and in doing so, you have sealed your fate! YOU WILL BE EXECUTED! Take him to the dungeons and arraign him! He will be executed tonight!" Trent and the other guards standing by didn't even hesitate to grab Damon, kicking and screaming, and dragged him out of the room.

"NO!!!" Lorelai screamed.

"GODDESS, WILL YOU QUIT f*****g SCREAMING!?!" Lexie shouted at her.

"SHUT UP BEFORE I MAKE YOU SHUT UP!!!" she screamed at Lexie.

"SILENCE!!!" Jonah roared at her again. "You have no sense of respect for your ranked members! Your insubordination is more than enough cause to banish you from this pack!"

"Jonah, the pack has voted to have her executed as well," Richard reminded him.

"Then execution it is."

"NO!! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!! CHAD! STOP THEM! CHA-" her begging was cut off by Jonah hitting her across the back of the head.

"THANK YOU!!!" the pack members praised him.

"Take this filth to join her brother. They will be executed together."

"Yes, sir!" Two of the male pack members picked her up and took her to the dungeons as well. After they were all gone, Jonah turned to the rest of us.

"I really hope this is not how the pack has been run since it was given to you lot?" he said, eyeing Chad and the others.

"Jonah, it's work in progress. We had a situation earlier this evening that caused some undue stress for us, and that appears to have contributed to the Ledger siblings lashing out," Richard answered.

"I heard what happened. Dead bodies falling out of thin air."

"I'm certain Wyatt told you about this?"

"No, actually, I didn't even know it happened to Blue Lake until young Luna Rylee called to inform me of what was going to happen here."

"Wait, are you saying it happened somewhere else?" Jackson chimed in.

"Yes, it's happened to four other packs. Apparently, previously banished pack members had taken refuge with Patterson, and for one reason or another, he killed them and sent their bodies back to their packs." "Why though?" Brent questioned his motive.

"To send a message," Jonah replied.

"What kind of message?" I asked.

"That I am not sure, young Luna, but we can't take it lightly. Whatever Eric is planning, it's going to be big, and he's made this threat to all packs within the region. We must be vigilant and prepare." "Prepare for what?" J shyly asked.

"I'm sorry, who are you?"

"Jonah, this is Xavier's daughter. The one who was kidnapped twenty years ago," Richard answered.

"Ah, young Jennifer. My sincere condolences on the loss of your family."

"Thank you."

"And to answer your question, prepare for a war that will be coming, and soon. Eric Patterson wouldn't send the bodies of deceased pack members if he weren't planning on striking soon."

"Wait, that reminds me," Richard remembered suddenly. "After this happened, I called Wyatt, and he theorized that Eric did this to force all of our hands."

"Force our hands to do what?" Chad wondered.

"Gather all of the Alphas in one centralized location."

"He's trying to manipulate everything to go his way. He wants to force us to do what he wants by using fear and anger," Brent declared.

"Yes, it appears that way," Jonah agreed and scratched his chin. "There has to be a way to take control of the situation without letting Eric know we are onto him."

"Wyatt has a plan, but I don't think you're going to be very happy about it."

"Alpha Wyatt, you cannot be serious!" Jonah shouted at the screen. After we had handled the situation with Lorelai and Damon, all of the ranked members and Jonah moved to the conference room to call Wyatt and Rylee. They had also gathered all of their ranked members along with several others from their pack.

"I couldn't be more serious. He wants to kill all of us, so why not let him think that he has?"

"Wyatt, let me get this straight. You want to call upon the dark witch, who helped you before, and have her create clones of all the Alphas in the region!?" Chad questioned.

"Yes."

"Luna Rylee, do you agree with him?" Jonah asked her.

"Yes, I do, Elder Jonah. I won't deny that his idea is crazy but using a clone to trick the enemy worked for us before. But instead of just doing it, we're informing you guys, as well as the other Alphas to gather their thoughts on the matter. Svetlana will always be an ally to Blue Lake, regardless of whether she's a dark witch or not. And with the loss of our light witch, we need someone just as powerful as Olivia to help us. One who isn't afraid to bend the rules."

"What loss?" I asked her.

"Olivia and William are gone," Rylee told me with a sad expression. "But we don't need them. We can do this on our own, with a little bit of help. But just as Wyatt said, this is going to take everyone's cooperation and for everyone to be open-minded." "You want us to work with the dark witch who tried to take my son because she thought he was of Beta blood!" Chad shouted.

"But she didn't. She agreed not to take him!" Keaton replied.

"ONLY BECAUSE HE'S MINE AND AN OMEGA! But what's going to happen if she finds out that I'm an Alpha now, and my son is my successor!?"

"She already knows, and she doesn't give a f**k, Chad," Kendrick insisted.

"What?"

"She's known for some time. She doesn't care. Even though you're technically the Alpha now, Killian wasn't born with ranked blood. He's still useless to her," Rylee added.

"You're positive!?"

"YES!" they all yelled at the same time.

"Where is this dark witch?" Jonah asked.

"She's nearby, waiting for instruction," Wyatt answered.

"How can we trust her!? She's a dark witch!?" Maverick exclaimed.

"Have you not heard the saying 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend"?" Wyatt asked him. "Svetlana is a dark witch. We have already established that. But she has sworn her alliance to Rylee. So even if she backstabs someone else, she won't betray Rylee. She knows that Rylee could kill her without even blinking if she did."

"And what does she need from us?" Jonah asked.

"DNA. A hair sample or a drop of blood." Jonah looked at Richard who shook his head. Jonah smiled and then looked at Chad.

"Sir, why are you looking at me?"

"Chad, you're the current Alpha. It's going to be your DNA that will be used. So, ultimately, it's your decision to make," Richard told him.

"But I ..." I pulled on his arm to get his attention. He looked over at me.

"Chad, I may not know everything that has happened with this dark witch because I wasn't around then, but I do know that I trust Wyatt and Rylee. Everything that they've done for us has been nothing but supportive. I trust that this plan is going to work." "Did you see something?" he asked me.

"No."

"Then how do you know?"

"Because I have faith that my mother wouldn't have brought us together if we weren't meant to be together for the rest of our lives."

"But we don't know how long that is."

"I do," I reassured him with a smile. He put his forehead against mine and took a deep breath. After a minute or so, he nodded his head and looked back at everyone. "Alright. I'm in. Let's do this, Wyatt."

"Perfect. I've already spoken to the other Alphas who received gifts from Eric. They're in too."

"What about the rest of us?" Brent asked.

"As of right now, our assumption is that Eric's primary targets are the Alphas. Even though Rylee's vision a few months ago showed us otherwise. We think his plan is to kill all Alphas to render the packs unstable so that he can take over. Eric may only be a mid-level Alpha, but he is still stronger than high-level Betas, and he knows that," Wyatt responded.

"So, we make clones of the Alphas, what do the Betas do in the meantime?" Jackson asked.

"You're going to go about your lives as if nothing is different. Once Svetlana has created the clones, we will need all Alphas to go into hiding. Your clones will have most of your memories, so they won't seem out of the ordinary." "What about me!? And the other Lunas!?" I asked. "You don't expect me to sleep with a fake, do you!?"

"You're going to have to," Rylee answered. My jaw dropped and hit the table.

"Don't worry, little sis, the bond will still be there, and it won't feel any different. Trust me, I know," Wyatt tried to comfort me.

"But isn't that like, cheating?" Lexie asked.

"No, because the clone is being created directly from Chad's DNA. The mate bond might seem a little weaker than normal, but it's not cheating because the clone is a carbon copy of the real Chad. That goes for any of the Alphas."

"Even if you were to kiss or have s*x with the clone, it's not cheating, Lanie," Rylee explained to me. "When Wyatt made out with my clone, I didn't feel anything. That's how I figured out what she was. I thought she was some fake just trying to take my place, but she was an exact replica of my DNA, so there was technically no betrayal. That's actually how we were able to defeat the enemy back then. And that's how we're going to do it now." I pouted but nodded my head.

"So, just so we're clear on this, Chad is going to go into hiding after he gives his DNA to the witch along with the other Alphas, which I'm assuming includes Wyatt?" Brent asked. They nodded their heads. "Okay, then the clones will show up to the pack, we act as if nothing is different, then all of the Alphas agree to an Alpha meeting?" They nodded again. "Cool, so, uh, where's this meeting supposed to take place?"

"That hasn't been determined yet, but it will be whenever the clone Alphas have a conference call to determine it. Once we get a location, we will make sure that the news reaches Eric or whoever his minions are, so they can tell him directly." "What minions? He's probably killed all of them!" Maverick shouted.

"Doubtful, but we will make sure he finds out one way or another. Just make sure that only those you trust with your lives know about what's going on. If the wrong person finds out, this could blow the entire operation," Wyatt said firmly.

"Don't worry, everyone in this room is trustworthy. After the s**t we just went through today, I don't know who else to trust," Chad replied as he gripped my hand. I went to squeeze his back, but I suddenly found myself in the middle of nowhere. I looked around and saw nothing that I recognized.

"Chad!?" I called out.

"Lanie, what are you doing here!? You're supposed to be hiding!?" Chad told me, but this wasn't my Chad. This Chad was different, but yet, still the same? Wait, could this be the clone?

"I was worried about-"

"Shhh!" he shushed me and pulled me aside.

"Lanie, I get that you're worried about Rylee and her pup, but you have to stay hidden. Nicole and Emma are looking for you and Lexie."

"Why?"

"What do you mean why? They're trying to kill you! Emma doesn't want little sisters, let alone one's that are related to Rylee. And Nicole, well, it's obvious why she wants you dead." I started to respond when I found myself back in my chair next to Chad. "Lanie, where did you go just now?" Chad asked.

"My stars, what just happened?" Jonah reacted, totally confused.

"Lanie, what did you see!?" Rylee asked me. My mouth just hung open, and I didn't know how to answer her. I was still trying to figure it out myself. "LANIE!?" I circled my eyes to everyone. "Ummm... I think we're in trouble."