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

72 You don’t have to be alone…

Lyla

“That bastard is your Lycan Leader and you’re his subject. What’s wrong with you, Nathan? What with the vulgar words and the

r with which you speak?”

“When you’ve been in prison for four years… you pick up certain language. I won’t apologize for this. I’m not sorry, it offends you!!

“All this because I refused to kiss you?” I stared at him in incredulity.

“Yes!” he nodded meeting my gaze, he didn’t seem like he was joking.

“And why is that? Because you went to prison for me? I didn’t ask you to, Nathan. If I was there, you know I would never have allowed you to walk into that dungeon.”

“Maybe!” he shrugged reaching for the cup of coffee on the table. “Is this mine?” he pointed to

the tray.

I was angry at how he changed the topic without giving me any closure. “Stuff yourself!” I drew a long hiss and walked past him to the bedroom closing the door firmly behind me.

I was so mad, that I wanted to break something but then I remembered Nanny’s words earlier and I paused, taking a deep breath. Maybe I was being too hard on him. Four years in that dungeon I couldn’t imagine what he’d endured.

I felt the anger inside me slowly melt into understanding. I would be more tolerant, and patient It was the least I could do for him- little means to repay him for the sacrifices he made

for me.

long or when I dozed off but a few hours later, a groan – deep, guttural and

as I sat up, disoriented and still

than the first one and it was coming from

direction of the sound. In the living room, I turned on the light and the sight that greeted me shattered my heart into a thousand pieces.

floor beside the couch, the blanket I had thrown over his body last night twisted around his legs like chains. Beads of sweat had formed on his forehead and his face was contorted

if he was fighting an

his head thrashing from side to side. “Do what you want… you can do

You don’t have to be

sank to my knees as tears shimmered in my eyes. I could feel his suffering.

“Wake up. It’s just a dream. You’re

the same words over and over. I shook his shoulders harder, trying to pull him out of

eyes flew open and his body tensed. In one fluid motion, his hand shot out. and wrapped around my throat. His eyes were wild, unfocused, burning

gasped, my heart racing but I held perfectly still, I didn’t want to alarm him

hand to cup

his them. But in the next instant, it was filled with horror, replacing the rage that was burning through him a while ago. He yanked his hand

he sank to the ground, drawing his knees to his chest, and hugging them tightly.

“gods!

I felt was the look in his eyes not fear, but something worse. A complete emptiness as if something had been taken him, leaving behind an empty shell.

What did Ramsey

away

in front of me placatingly as I knelt a little distance away from him.

from

before crawling toward him. “It’s okay. You were