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

Chapter 50

50 Lyla’s discovery…

Lyla

A while later, I was done dressing up.

I went down the stairs checking my phone to see if there were messages for me but there were none – not even from Nanny. I opened my chat with Nathan, my last message was still unread and it’s been 8 months now. Was he angry with me? Did I do something?

Just as I reached the bottom step, my ears picked up the sound of raised voices coming from behind the room next to the staircase making me freeze.

I wanted to walk past or just go to

the kind that you

my room when I heard Xander’s voice. It was filled with rage – didn’t need to see it to confirm because you could feel it. That was strange, in our three months of dating, he had never lost his temper, what could be wrong?

Curious, I crept towards the source of the noise, pressing myself against the door. I didn’t need to strain my ears too much because Xander was actually yelling.

“I didn’t ask you to do that!” he shouted. “Why did you do it? Do know how scared she must have

been?

My breath caught in my throat. Were they talking about me?

Xander continued, his tone rising with each word. “If not for her unique abilities, she wouldn’t have been able to withstand that. She could have died!”

My brows furrowed as I tried to piece together what he was talking about. Unique abilities? Withstand what? Who was he talking about? My mind raced, trying to make sense of what I was hearing.

Another voice responded, sounding low and suppressed but equally angry. It was Mr Dupree.

“This is taking too long. We should have settled all of this a while ago and moved on to more important things.”

wondered, getting more

before, Mr Dupree continued “You’re veering off

Xander shot back. “I know what I’m

“In control? But you’re lodged between her legs all the time. You’re still her slave, even in this life. Wake up! You’re much more than

throat again. What were they talking about? This life? Slave? None of it made sense, and yet a chilling recognition ran down my spine it was as if I

a loud thud echoed through the room, as if something or someone crashed against a piece of furniture, followed by someone being hit and then a grunt of muffled pain before silence. My heart pounded in my ears, my instincts

50 Lyla’s discovery….

Someone was coming.

trying to move quickly up the stairs before the door opened but I had

out.

face him, my mind. scrambling for an excuse, an explanation anything to make

room behind him. His expression was unreadable but there was something in his eyes –

my foot hovering above the

I stammered, words failing me as I took a step back, instinctively, retreating

smile though it didn’t reach his eyes. “No

words, my heart thudding wildly in my chest. The room felt suddenly smaller, as Xander took a step towards me.

was coming downstairs and I heard… were loud; I couldn’t help but overhear. I’m

your voices

had slowly faded as he looked at me. That was when I noticed something else. His knuckles were bruised and swollen with smears of blood. My eyes travelled

I wasn’t afraid. It wasn’t the sight of the blood that worried me. It was how I felt at that moment I felt calm, and comfortable, as if this kind of thing

a hand across my face, smearing the blood but doing little to hide it. He sighed softly, his shoulders

minute to clean up,” he said in an

should have been scared, I told myself. By all accounts, this was a terrible situation, I had just overhead and seen Xander beat up his dad – like his dad… and I was here, watching the blood dry on

trying to shake off what I had just witnessed and started

passed the door to the room where the heated conversation had taken place, it was still slightly ajar revealing a sight that sent a chill down my spine.

and his face was twisted in pain and anger. But what made

as if he blamed me for what had happened like

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