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.”

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

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

come back?” I

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

parents and how they would react. Now, I’d brought nothing but further disgrace. I knew they

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

be fine by

“Fine, if you need anything,

smile. “I’ll

out of 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

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

humiliate us in front of everyone – the

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sorry –,” I tried to speak, to defend myself but my father’s slap landed across my cheeks before I could get the

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

shouted, tears running 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 you wanted a perfect representation of your perfect family, why didn’t you send your perfect daughter? Why

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

landed across my cheeks

with those humans make you forget your manners?” My

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

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

sprawling onto the cold floor. “Get out! Get out of my sight!” he bellowed

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