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

68 Patterns….

Ramsey

After Cassidy left, I stood in my room, my hands clenched beside me as anger coursed through my veins.

I was tired of her manipulative threats but at the same time, I seemed to be playing right into her traps. How did it come to this? How had my life taken a turn and was so far out of control?

A tug in my mind interrupted my thoughts. It was Lenny, my Beta trying to reach me through our mindlink.

“What is it, Lenny?” I asked dryly.

“The Elders are in the meeting hall seeking an audience with you. They say it’s urgent.”

“Seriously?” I groaned inwardly, rubbing the back of my neck as I closed my eyes, trying to gather my frayed emotions.

I’ve been hoping I would have a moment of peace today of all days but peace seemed to be an impossible word in my world.

“What do they want to see me for?” I replied, not bothering to hide my annoyance.

“They say it’s urgent, the Gamma Commander is here.”

I scowled. It was never good news with the Elders.

“Fine, I’m on my way,” I muttered ending the link.

I threw on my jacket, taking a deep breath before I left my room, and made my way toward the meeting hall. When I got to the meeting hall, irritation simmered under my skin but I pushed it aside and entered the hall.

Inside, the Elders were already seated around the meeting table, they all had long looks on their faces. I spotted Elder Mira and Elder Thorne Lycan of the White Lake Pack and Cassidy’s

father.

I could sense the tension in the air, something more than the usual politics I was used to. I also noticed that the meeting had only the elders. The members of the council were missing.

I crossed the room and took my seat, not bothering to hide my displeasure. “This better be important,” I said, my voice was filled with exhaustion. “I really need to rest.”

“We wouldn’t have called you if it was important, Alpha,” Elder Mira was the first person to speak. “We received a report from the Gamma Commander early this morning and we thought –you’d like to know.”

at her. “I thought I was

avoiding mine

you for

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68 Patterns

“Ignored entirely. He

my seat, with guilt gnawing my conscience. I knew exactly what they meant. I had been so distracted of late by Cassidy, by the endless issues in the region, by my search for Lyla – that I hadn’t been attending

reports, and updates had all piled up. Still, hearing that someone had reached

have been forwarded to me before calling a meeting without my permission.”

slowly. “We were considering your preoccupations of late and we didn’t want

Thorne. When next you go behind my back and fix a meeting without my consent, I’ll have every one of you answer for it. Where is the Gamma Commander?” I changed the subject immediately, not giving any of them the chance to reply.

he went out and returned after with a tall, broad–shouldered man. He was dressed in the colour

Region.

to stand in front of the

the Warriors in the White Mountain Region, and I’m currently assisting my father Gamma Darius Stone. He’s

side by side with him. Unlike the Werewolves, positions like Gamma don’t change even if the

him to continue.

a step forward and began to speak. “My father

patterns, movements and anomalies that point to the arrival of the

years

crossing my arms. “The Ferals appeared Four Years ago, but were here for a week or less and they only reappeared recently. What are

that the Ferals have been here all along. They never really disappeared after the death of the last Moonsinger and have been growing stronger

at the table burst out. “With the death of every Moonsinger, Ferals go into some sort of recluse and only come out when

nodded, pulling out several papers and maps from a bag slung over his shoulder and spreading them across the

books tell us but have we

da Pattoms….

To date, no Moonsinger have brought in any of the Feral Wolves that were calmed with their voice. Isn’t it strange?”

table. “These Ferals are different, Alpha. Unlike the others who cannot survive without their source, that is the Dark One and go into a recluse, these Ferals have been around for longer and they only appear when certain conditions are met. They do not attack people and

a hundred warriors and six elders including

said.

forward to point at the documents spread across the meeting table. They were filled

have a purpose, a sense of direction. They’re hunting something

is supposed to seek them out and not vice

ago, our warriors at the borders picked up tracks of strange markings just outside the White Mountain Region borders. We installed CCTV cameras along the perimeter and… this is what we found.”