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

Chapter 36

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Lyla

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“What?” my eyes widened as my heart began to pound again. “What did you say?”

“That table is asking for you and Mrs Grayson,” Sarah repeated eyeing me strangely. “Are you fine though,

you…”

“Why?” Nanny cut her off, “What do they want?”

Sarah shrugged, clearly just as puzzled as us. “They didn’t say. They insisted I call the m

ger and also ask

Lyla to come.”

I and Nanny exchanged worried glances, both of us feeling a knot of unease settling in the pit of our stomachs.

“Why are we even afraid?” Nanny scoffed speaking in our native tongue as she leaned towards me. “It’s not like we did anything and you don’t have to worry either, they don’t seem like they’re from Blue Ridge.”

I nodded, I wanted to tell her about the weird feelings. va I have been getting by just staring at both men but I

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pushed it aside. We had a business to run, after all.

“Well,” Nanny switched to English, straightening her apron. “Let’s see what this is about.”

As we made our way across the café to Xander’s table, I tried to steady my breathing. I could feel a strange pull toward Xander, the same way I had felt today when he had sat next to me. Unlike his father, it wasn’t fear… it was a strange attraction – the drooly type. It was as if an invisible thread connected us, tugging at my very core.

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When we reached the table, Xander’s face lit up with smiles. “Lyla!” he exclaimed, flashing me a disarming smile. “I didn’t know you worked 1. I was just telling them you’re my classmate.”

I gave the newcomers a hesitant smile, wondering why Xander felt the need to say that. He was making it sound like a family introduction.

“Yeah, I’ve been working here for a while.”

Before the conversation could go any further, Nanny,

cut in with a businesslike tone. “What can we do for

you?”

Xander’s father – Mr Dunree sitting across from him

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order for tomorrow morning –

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woman next to him nodded, her perfectly manicured nails tapping on the table. “We’re having a celebration tomorrow morning. We

and reached into her designer bag and pulled out a folded piece of paper, handing it to Nanny. “Here’s what we had in mind.”

list, her

it. The items

from the snippets I could see and the order needed to be ready

the event were later in

sighed and nodded. “That’s understandable. I am a dummy for thinking this can be done in a

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should have placed the orders ahead of time.”

seeing their crestfallen expression, quickly added. “There’s another café across town that

I’d be

with eyes filled with gratitude.

Miriam chuckled. “I’ll

moment,” she turned and started going back to the

wasn’t following

paused and

me in a stern voice. “What are you

Let’s go.”

raised his hand as if to stop me. “I was hoping I could talk to Lyla. Do you have

staring at

in surprise, caught off guard by the request. I hadn’t expected, Mr Dupree to single me out and the sense

voice tense.

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why do you need to speak to her?” she demanded

in his eyes. “My,

her mother,” Miriam replied, giving

cold look.

Dupree’s expression shifted, softening with a hint of sympathy as he rose to his feet and bowed slightly towards

concern.”

of. Extending his hands towards Nan peace, he said. “I’m Xander’s father. Xander just joined Lyla’s school and they’ve gone quite far in their curriculum. I was wondering if Lyla could tutor Him. I’ve spoken to their teachers and they

that, though the idea of tutoring Xander felt slightly pleasing to me and

Dupree warily but nodded. “We’ll

let you

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the conversation ended.

to the counter before the three people who had joined Xander’s table left. As I resumed serving other customers, the strange feeling was back. Occasionally,

would meet.

down tables, mopping the floors and wiping down the machines. Xander and his father were the only customers left and

Sarah left earlier, so I had to tak dumpster out back. Finally, with the floors swept and everything

large trash bags and headed for the back door the cool night air washed against my skin as I closed my eyes, loving the

dumpster when a low growl

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familiar voice drawled from the shadows. “Hey, look it’s

just three now. They emerged from the darkness; their eyes glowing in the dim street light. They blocked my path

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