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.”

as I offered him another strained smile. Nathan was one of the few people in my life who didn’t look at me like I was broken. He didn’t see

no male child and the only one that has managed to keep in touch with

you come back?”

off with a soft sigh “Let me take you home,” he offered, leading me gently toward the exit. “You shouldn’t be

parents and how they would

of our house, his hand lingering on mine for a moment longer than necessary. “I can come in with you and explain

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

wanted to say something else but nodded “Fine, if you need anything, just

“I’ll be

sight, the front door swung open and I froze as my father’s furious face came into view. He stormed down the steps, his eyes

father roared, grabbing my arm roughly, yanking me inside. I winced as his

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 his title

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

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

ask to go for that stupid gala. It was all your idea. How can you blame me for it? If you wanted a perfect representation of your perfect family,

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

across my cheeks in successions,

those humans make you

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

father pause… 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, I might as well live up to

as he shoved me hard, sending me sprawling onto the cold floor. “Get out! Get out of my sight!” he bellowed

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