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

Chapter 65

65 The extra mile…

Nathan

I lay on my threadbare cot, counting the cracks in the ceiling for what felt like the millionth time.

I had no idea how long I’d been here, I stopped keeping count after two years. The dungeon air hung thick with the stench of mould and decay…this place usually was meant to hold offenders like rogue wolves but Ramsey after seeing I wouldn’t talk in the holding cells, had commanded they bring me here.

The pungent smell of sweat and blood is enough to make anyone give in but I held my ground. The thought of Lyla, staying safe from her vile mate kept me going. I’d die a thousand times before I give him the tiniest information about her.

I shifted in my bed, groaning softly as my muscles ached from the cold. My skin where the iron cuffs held, was beginning to burn again but I had long since stopped noticing the discomfort. After years in these grim conditions – not being able to tell day and night apart, I had gotten used to the endless hours of silence and waiting.

Through the crack in the wall, light filtered through, casting strange shadows across the damp walls, where moss grew in patches like nature’s halfhearted attempt to decorate my prison.

‘Ragnar, I called out to my wolf. “Do you think they’ll come today? It’s been almost two weeks with no sign of them.”

“Maybe they’re not back from the ceremony. We overheard a guard saying something about it some days ago, right?”

“Yeah, maybe!” I was used to either Lenny or Ramsey coming to ask me about Lyla three times a

week.

“We should ask for some blankets and candles the next time Beta Lenny comes. It’s getting colder these days. We deserve that much after staying here for four years,” Ragnar said again.

Four years. Four years of the same routine, the same questions, the same silence from my end. The chains around my wrists and ankles had become almost like old friends- uncomfortable, unwanted but familiar. The cell, barely eight feet by ten, was my world, each corner holding memories of nights spent plotting, planning and sometimes just surviving.

–

The sound of footsteps echoing down the corridor barely registered I’d learned to tune out the regular patrols. But this time, it was different. The heavy iron gate at the corridor creaked

open

and the sound of boots echoed down the narrow corridor.

I didn’t even bother to lift my head. I could hear them coming. It was always the same the footsteps, Lenny or Ramsey appearing and then the door would slam shut again, leaving me to rot in peace.

But this time, the footsteps didn’t stop at the door. They entered my cell. I sighed deeply, not bothering to sit up as Lenny with a few of the other pack soldiers entered.

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extra mile…

waste your time. I won’t say anything today, just like I haven’t for the past four years. Didn’t know it was four years

to question you,” Lenny said, his voice oddly

me and started unlocking my handcuffs and leg chains. The metal clanked to the floor with a thud. I blinked in surprise, sitting up slowly, rubbing

so strange after

to go, Nathan, Lenny said, stepping

a laugh but I couldn’t help but think if this

approach, Beta Lenny. What’s next? A friendly

how you’ve managed to remain cheerful for four

isn’t a joke. You’re free to leave.”

your master put you

an inch.

didn’t answer. Instead, he turned on his heel, and the soldiers with him, leaving the cell door open behind them. I kept rubbing where the chains had left permanent marks, waiting for the punchline, the trap.

muscles tense and ready for an attack that didn’t come as I staggered out of the

leading to the corridor of my cell was equally open. I peered into the darkness of the dimly lit corridor, noticing that someone was standing in the shadows. Without

Alpha Ramsey.

quickened slightly, but I kept my expression blank as I wobbled toward him. As usual, his presence filled the air, his cold, calculating

him and bowed my head in reverence.

“Lycan Leader!”

me, Nathan… I know you mock me in your

rest of my life. Not something I would have done willingly if I

and turned to the soldiers,

us, except you, Lenny.”

as we were alone, I leaned against the wall to support my legs

The extra mile…

rubber under me.

to go, Ramsey finally said.

do I owe this unexpected generosity, Lycan Leader? Do you expect me to believe that after

bored into mine, mockery and amusement glinting in his eyes as his eyes hovered the length of

asked.

four years of your life, locked in a dungeon not deserving of an Alpha heir…

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