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

52 If truly, I’m the Moonsinger…

Lyla 0

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I stirred slowly, feeling every part of my body aching as if I had just run a marathon.

–

The familiar scent of Xander’s house greeted me before my eyes even fluttered open. The soft silk of the bedsheets brushed softly against my skin, I scanned the room I wasn’t home yet and Xander or should I say the ‘Dark One‘ was perched at the edge of my bed, watching me intently.

I tried to push myself up and immediately, he was by my side, his eyes filled with warmth as he assisted me to a sitting position.

“Easy,” he murmured, gently supporting my back, not before stuffing pillows behind me and placing me gently on the stuffed pillows. “I was worried I hit you too hard. How are you feeling? he asked. His voice was gentle, but I recoiled from his touch, feeling alarmed and bewildered at the same time.

“What did you do to me?” I demanded, my eyes narrowing in suspicion as I stared at him.

His expression flickered with hurt as he sighed, running a hand through his dark hair. “Nothing harmful,” he said with a pleading tone. “I didn’t hurt you, Lyla. I just put you to sleep. I didn’t want you to leave while you were angry. I mean you can be angry but be angry and stay. I know I have kept a lot of things from you and I’m sorry. I promise I’ll answer any question you have for me.”

His tone was sincere, but I scoffed.

“Right, putting me to sleep because I’m angry? That sounds like something a reasonable person does,” a bitter laugh escaped my lips. I sat up fully now, pushing away from the dizziness that still clung to me. “I really have a knack for ending up with the wrong men, don’t I?”

my words, gazing

“I am nothing like him, Lyla!” he shook his head looking pained by at me earnestly. “You shouldn’t have been with him in the first place, you… lost your…” he inhaled sharply “You allowed him to have you first… but it’s not a problem,” he added quickly. “You’re a beautiful woman and…”

or boy… sitting in front of me, from all the stories we’ve heard, was supposed to be some big bad evil, why was he acting like this to me? Was

because he had me first?”

“Is that why

brows.

that, we promised that we would give ourselves to each other on our wedding

it was filled

that? Oh!” I chuckled

I truly Fm

me. “She had that look when I first told her I loved her. Usually, it’s almost impossible to get everything after

away, Xan… what

you want!” he responded immediately.

it is lodged in my body? You came for it,

me go?”

flickered across his face. “Lyla, what are you talking about?

don’t…”

cut him off, my tone sharper now. “That’s why you’re here, isn’t

tone filled with saccharine “You came for my power, didn’t you? That’s why you’ve been hovering around me, making me think you cared about me. You didn’t really want me. You wanted whatever it is. you think I am. So, take it. Take it and leave me

heavily reaching out to touch my arm but this time, I recoiled more forcefully, curling away from him. My retreat stung and his face darkened with hurt.

hoped that life with you would be an upgrade better than the shitty existence I’m used to. I thought things might finally work out. But no,” I spat, “I fell in love with a centuries–old evil, who only wants me for powers that don’t exist.” Suddenly, the air around us thickened with tension. Xander’s expression shifted in an instant, his eyes glowing an unnatural

just as quickly as his rage had appeared, the anger drained from him. He approached my bed as if trying not to startle a wounded animal.

at him sceptically. “Then what

be together. He sat on the edge of the bed now, careful to maintain some distance between us. “You probably don’t remember, but we were on the verge of sealing our union before the Moon Goddess turned

real. If only Ramsey had been as half as

the Mo