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

Chapter 32

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Lyla

A wave of apprehension washed over me. There was something in his gaze that sent a chill down my spine.

His eyes, dark and penetrating, seemed to look right through me as if he knew secrets about me that even I,

didn’t know.

He looked like he could be a businessman or

something else…I couldn’t say but what unsettled me more was how he stared at me, as if he had been *waiting for me to notice him. I felt my pulse quicken

a quick tremor passed through m

my head, I wanted to look away but I just cou.’t why was he

here? Was he a new teacher?

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Suddenly, something said sharply in my ear, startling me as I bolted up from my seat.

“LOOK AWAY!”

I finally managed to tear my eyes away from the man, only to notice I was standing and everyone in my class was staring at me strangely including Mrs Caldwell

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and Ms. Hayley.

“Is everything alright, Lyla?” Mrs Caldwell asked eyeing me strangely. “You look like you’ve just seen a ghost.”

My eyes went back to the entrance of the door, the man was still there and his eyes were still on me. I

wanted to tell the teachers what I saw but they were humans and I could be the only one seeing it, I didn’t want them to think I was stupid.

“I…” I trailed off stuttering. “There’s an empty seat next to me and I was wondering if the new student would like to sit here,” I said quickly with a strained smile.

“That’s so sweet of you, Lyla! Ms Hayley beamed with pride and turned to the man at the door “I told you Mr Dupree, our school is ‘the best pla or your son, you don’t have to worry about him fitting in.”

The man nodded but didn’t say anything.

“Xander, go ahead and take the empty seat next to Lyla and let’s go back to our teaching.”

Xander nodded and waved at the man by the door

before making his way towards me. I forced myself not to look at the mysterious man by the door. The man

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be his father – he looked far too young and Xander seemed like my age.

finally slid into the empty desk beside me. The man by the door lingered for a moment longer, his eyes still on me, before

holding my breath. Something about that man wasn’t right. And Xander – I turned

being caught before

off about him, too, though I

quite figure out

with me bare

ntinued the

ontributing

other

desk without looking at

Caldwell.

feel it too? I wondered. “We’re

read it?”

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smooth. “It’s a good book, but it’s a little too… idealistic, don’t you think? Offred was a fool. She should have known better than to chase a dream that was never real in the

as though he wasn’t just talking about

–

His words made me uneasy,

kept drifting back to

dream I had when I was sick, and I wondered if it had to do with any of this. I reminded myself to tell

was coming, I

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step foot inside. In the past, I had

could feel eyes following me but I didn’t care. Finally, I settled on an empty table near the

really

happened to her?”

“She looks…different.”

food. I had just taken. bite of my sandwich when a familiar voice cut through the whispers.

Marissa said, her voice dripping with mockery “Look who’s finally decided to grace us with her presence. To join the

from my food. I calmly took another bite, the room was now quiet as everyone turned

atore at 110

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snapped, slamming her hand down on the table. “I’m talking to you. What’s the

usual group of friends. Her eyes raked over me, a

“Don’t you know it’s

must have a lot of nerve, Lyla, showing up like this and speaking to me in that manner. Did you think wearing some cheap new clothes or putting oil in your hair is going to

No darling, you’re still the

girls with her giggled, the

gh–pitched laughter

your clothes all you want, but you’ll never stop being the

school weirdo.”

ignored them and continued eating my sandwich. I could feel anger bubbling up inside me, but it was different now controlled, focused. I

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victim they expected me

and apparently frustrated decided to escalate things. With a dramatic flourish, she picked up her used food tray and dumped its contents onto my food. Her friends. followed suit. giggling as they emptied their trays into my

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