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 shared dreams and secrets under the moonlight

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

you come back?”

a soft sigh “Let me take

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

moment longer than necessary. “I

make him angrier. Don’t worry, I’ll be fine by morning. I only need to endure for a

else but nodded “Fine, if you need anything, just call me,”

smile. “I’ll

and I froze as my father’s furious face came

brat!” my father roared, grabbing my arm roughly, yanking me inside. I winced as his grip dug into my already bruised skin. “Do

you go and humiliate us in front of everyone – the whole world. How do you expect me to face those vicious Alpha wives? Do you want your father to be stripped of

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but my father’s slap landed across my cheeks before I

bring our entire family down with you?” my mother shrieked, as she kicked me. “I should never

from my eyes and nostrils now “I didn’t ask to go for that stupid gala. It was all your idea. How can you blame me for it? If

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

cheeks in successions, darkening my

staying with those humans make

my teeth and turned to him, a sneer on my lips. “Yes! What are you going to do about it, father? Will you hit me again? Do you know it’s a punishable crime to hit your children in the human

the fight leaving his eyes for a few seconds. This was the first time I was speaking back but I think it was long overdue. I was the useless daughter in any case,

hardened as he shoved me hard, sending me sprawling onto the cold floor. “Get out! Get out of my sight!” he bellowed “You don’t deserve

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