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

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Nathan

I stepped out of the dungeon, the light from the sun momentarily blinding my eyes for the first time in four years forcing me to stumble backwards against the stone wall.

My eyes were already used to years of dim lighting and shadows. I squinted raising my hand to shield my face, blinking rapidly as my eyes watered from the brightness. For several minutes, I stood there, letting my vision slowly adjust.

The winds tugged at my clothes as the world gradually came into focus. I drank in the blue sky, the green grass and the tall trees – I’d forgotten what the world outside looked like, how beautiful it could be.

As my vision finally adapted, I noticed a familiar figure standing a few paces away, leaning against a sleek black car – my father. Beta Jeremy Tanner stood rigid, his arms crossed over his chest, wearing the stern expression I remembered from my childhood whenever I’d done something particularly disappointing.

father wasn’t here to embrace me or welcome me home with open arms. No,

I realized that my he was angry. Very angry.

I started slowly, towards him, hoping my attempt at a smile was working. When I got close, he jerked his head toward the car, signalling me to get in. Without argument, I made my way to the passenger side, my movements were still slightly wobbly.

The interior of the car smelled of leather and the familiar scent of my father’s cologne. He didn’t say a word to me, he just started the car driving out of the vicinity of the dungeon and started for Blue Ridge Pack.

I stared out of the window, watching the trees without seeing them, a knot had formed in my stomach I was trying to think of something to say, anything to case the tension in the car but my mind was blank.

Finally, unable to take it anymore, I cleared my throat. “How have you been, Dad?” I asked tentatively watching his profile. The years had greyed his temples and has carved deeper lines around his mouth.

But he didn’t answer me. He didn’t even look at me, his eyes were fixed firmly on the road, his hands gripping the steering wheel until his knuckles turned white.

The silence became thicker causing my throat to tighten. I hadn’t expected a warm reunion but this silent treatment from my father was worse than I could have imagined.

-We continued driving in silence. I fidgeted in my seat, the anxiety inside me was growing.

building with every second that passed. I could sense that my father was struggling to contain

his emotions.

that to me, Nathan?” he didn’t take his eyes off the

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this was coming but hearing the words out loud was still

or dead because the Lycan Leader didn’t allow any visits, no messages, nothing. Do you know

hard; my throat suddenly parched. I’d never thought about how my father must have felt during those years. My father was one who rarely showed his weakness and never let anyone see him struggle. But now, hearing the pain in

I paused, choosing my words carefully.

clenched, his eyes hardening as he glanced at me for the first time.

for her? How important was she that you couldn’t just tell the Lycan Leader what he wanted to know? You could have spared yourself all of this. You could have spared me all of this!”

right. I should have saved myself from four years of torment, saved him from the agony of knowing if his son was alive or

Dad. The Lycan Leader is a pompous arrogant fool and he would have hurt her. I couldn’t let him

understand that you’ve been friends with her since childhood but you can’t just sacrifice everything like that. Your position, my peace of mind, your health? All for a

promise you, it wasn’t an easy choice for me. I hated being away from you, from the pack, locked up in the smelly, dark place but I

breath. “There are a thousand ways to prove your loyalty to a friend and I hope

is and everything I did, I did for a reason. Things are more complicated

My father’s eyes left the road for a few minutes, his eyes widening as he turned to stare at me. “goddess!” he scoffed, an incredulous look on his face. “You do… no wonder you were willing to endure

I wasn’t concerned about that. How did

I asked staring at him with

not difficult to tell, Nathan, he sighed. “He has the look in his eyes besides what would

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Lyla if he didn’t love her, but what I don’t understand is

of this?”

Dad. I indeed like Lyla but

her family and I’ll

but that’s not what’s important now. The first thing we’re doing when we get back the pack is having you properly treated. You’ve been in that dungeon for far too long and after that…” he hesitated, his voice softening slightly. “The pack needs

a brow. “For what?”

father took a deep breath. “There’s

worry. I didn’t forget that.” “That’s not it,