The Alpha's Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger by Ejiofor Dorcas

Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Gala aftermath…

Lyla

“So pathetic,” someone sneered from the crowd.

“Did she think she could seduce the Lycan Leader with that display?” another voice mocked.

The tears that stung my eyes were equal parts from the physical pain of being dropped and the mortification of being the centre of attention for all the wrong reasons. The embarrassment was unbearable too.

Amidst the chaos, Nathan, dropped to his knees beside me, offering me his hands.

“Lyla, are you okay?” he asked.

I couldn’t bring myself to answer, so I nodded absently, my eyes still straying to the door Ramsey had disappeared. The memory of his burning gaze is still in my head. Nathan gently lifted me and guided me to a quiet corner.

“You shouldn’t be here like this,” he murmured. “It’s dangerous.”

“Well, I don’t make the rules,” I offered him a smile “My dad insisted I must come. I had no choice.”

People were still talking, pointing at me and laughing but for the first time, I didn’t care because in that fleeting moment with Alpha Ramsey, I had felt something that made all the pain, all the humiliation, seem almost bearable.

“But… thank you,” I mumbled. I glanced around me, my cheeks still flushed with shame “I’m sorry… for being such a misfit. You’re right, I shouldn’t have come. ”

Nathan’s grip tightened around my arm, his voice firm but kind. “Stop apologizing, Lyla. None of this is your fault,” his gaze flickered briefly to the direction Ramsey had gone, his jaw clenched. “That man… he’s a jerk. Don’t let him or anyone else make you feel like you’re less than what you are.”

the few people in my life who didn’t look at me like I was broken. He didn’t see me as the wolfless girl with uncontrollable pheromones but as the friend he’d grown up with, the one who’d

Beta and next in line as an Alpha since my dad had no male child and the only one that has managed to keep in touch with me since I left

did you come back?” I

known you were around…” he trailed off with a soft sigh “Let me take you home,” he offered,

Ridge pack was silent. I stared out of the window, my mind racing with thoughts of my parents and how they would react. Now, I’d brought nothing but further disgrace. I knew they would be furious but I had no idea how bad it

than necessary. “I can come in with you

head “It’ll make him angrier. Don’t worry, I’ll be fine by

to say something else but nodded “Fine,

smile. “I’ll

car and watched as he drove off. As soon as his car disappeared out of sight, the front door swung open and I froze

yanking me inside. I winced as his grip dug into my already bruised skin. “Do you have any idea what

the whole world. How do you expect

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my father’s slap landed across my cheeks before I could get the words out. The impact sent me stumbling back, my vision blurring with tears and

Leader? Are you trying to bring our entire family down with you?” my mother shrieked, as she kicked me. “I should never have birthed you. You’re a

that stupid gala. It was all your idea. How can you blame me for it?

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

slaps landed across my cheeks in successions,

at me? Did staying with those humans make you forget

father? Will you hit me again? Do you know it’s a punishable crime to hit your children

This was the first time I was speaking back but I think it was long overdue. I was the useless daughter

“Get out!

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