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

31 The girl who disowned her

parents…

Lyla

Sunlight streamed through the curtains, casting a warm glow across my bedroom. I stirred, my eyes fluttering open as I gradually came to consciousness. For a moment, I lay still, enjoying the comfort of my bed and the peaceful quiet of the morning.

It had been weeks since I’d last set foot in school and today will mark my long–awaited return.

I stretched lazily, feeling the dull ache on my back. Although I had healed completely, I still felt an occasional twinge on my back. I trudged to the mirror in my room and stood before it, gazing at the girl who stared back at me. The girl who left school all those weeks ago was not the same one preparing to return.

A soft knock sounded on my door before it was pushed open. When I turned, it was my Nanny, Miriam at the door. Her eyes widened when she saw me and

immediately, she rushed to where I stood.

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“Lyla dear, are you sure you should be standing? Remember…”

“I’m fine, Nan!” I replied with a smile “Honestly, I am. I feel better than I have in days plus I’ll be going to school today and if I ever need to catch up on school work, I have to resume today.”

“Your health comes first, Lyla,” she sighed steering to the bed “How about you resume next week? I already spoke with your teachers and a lot of them are willing to let you retake most of the tests done in your absence.”

“That’s why I need to go to school, today. I cannot miss another of those mid–term tests, remember our exams are around the corner, ther a lot for me to catch up with.”

“Fine!” she sighed patting my hand gently “But how are you feeling…” she paused as if contemplating if she should ask me or not. “When you first arrived, you looked so… sad, broken, worn out and maybe it’s just my imagination or I am worrying but… what happened when you got home? Do you think you can tell me

now?”

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“I already told you, Nan!” I rose from my bed and crossed the room to my reading table, stuffing my school bag with books. “I disgraced my parents at the Gala and I decided to disown them to save them from

further embarrassment. End of story.”

“You already told me that, but how did you get injured?”

I had deliberately skipped that part because for me to be in the Northern Forest which was far away from home, I must have been on my way to the White Mountains. But I didn’t want to keep the truth away from Miriam. She was my best friend and we always tell each other stuff.

Still, would she believe me

told her I had found my

mate and he was the Lycan Leader?

you later!” I gave her an apologetic smile “When I’m ready and that’s because I do not want

sighed rising from the bed too. “Hurry up then, we don’t want to be late for school today.”

later, I came out of the shower and reached for my phone, intending to

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who disowned

sank slightly as I saw he still

text since last

been in constant communication

but for some reason, he has been

I thought to myself wondering what could

time for his phone. Pushing

for the first time in years and I’ve done

settled on my face as I rummaged through my clothes, rejecting the baggy sweaters, oversized hoodies and jeans I’d once hidden behind. Instead, I selected a fitted black leather jacket with silver zippers glinting in

girl who disowned her parents…

with a subtle V–neck, that hinted at my cleavage. The fabric was soft against my

source of ridicule from my classmates because of how weird I always looked with it. I’d often kept it pulled back in a messy bun or

light layer of makeup, nothing. too dramatic but just enough to enhance my natural look. By the time I was

I entered the kitchen, my Nanny looked up from the pot she had on the stove, nearly dropping the

her eyes wide “Lyla? Is that

chuckle, feeling at ease at her

who disowned

“Yes, Nan… it’s me.”

head, a smile spreading across her face. “You look… different and in a good way. Grown up. I hardly

looking like the girl with the world’s burden

don’t you think it’s a bit too much? Are you comfortable like

added grabbing a slice of toast from the counter and an apple. “I’ll meet you at the café after school,” I called behind my

the house.

staring at me… not in the humankind of ‘She’s hot‘ or ‘Who’s that girl‘ kind of way but in the ‘What

marched forward. Everything had changed since that day since my father

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disowned her

turned out to be cold and cruel.

a deep breath as I approached the school gates, with my head

to my locker, some people pointed at

The freak?”

in corners and crying

morning lesson and continued to my class – let them stare, I thought. I was used

settled on my desk at the back of the glass, ignoring all the whispers around me, when Mrs