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

83 Won the war, lost the battle.

Lylaci

Won the war, lost the battle.

I choose Nathan.

I handed over my family’s right to the Alpha Sceptre to Nathan, at least until he wants to give it back but from all the stories I’ve heard, things like that do not easily come back to the original

owners.

As I handed the Alpha sceptre to him and watched him accept it with grace and dignity, I knew he was the right choice. Nathan was empathetic and he would make a fine Alpha but the problem was… my mother.

She had looked at me with utter disbelief and disappointment when I had mentioned Nathan’s name. She had stared at me as if I had committed an unforgivable sin.

I stepped out of the hall, wondering if I wasn’t a fool. This was my golden opportunity to get into my mother’s good books but I messed it up because I decided to be logical. Taking in a deep breath, I continued towards the front of the building.

As I started to move towards Beta Jeremy’s car, I spotted my mother standing in front of me, her back was ramrod straight; hands clasped protectively over her rounded belly.

Despite everything, she still carried herself elegantly, something I could never manage. I wanted to leave her alone, give her space for now but I found myself walking towards her.

Maybe there is still a chance. I thought. Maybe I could salvage something from this wreckage. It was foolishness, perhaps, even naivety on my part but I couldn’t stop myself. I was desperate to make room to mend things. I continued towards her, my heart pounding with every step I took. I stopped a little distance away from her.

“Mother,” I said softly, hesitating. “I thought you’d already left. Please, let me explain why I…” She gave me a side glance, her eyes sliding over me without so much of an acknowledgement and the cold indifference that she didn’t bother to hide. Still, I persisted.

“I know this isn’t what you wanted, I continued. “But Nathan is the right choice for Blue Ridge. He’s prepared to be Alpha all of his life and he’s dedicated. He’ll do well, I’m sure of that and I’ll try to convince him to name my brother as Alpha after him.

Stony silence.

she heard what I said, I didn’t know. Her expression hadn’t changed. Swallowing again, I took a tentative step closer to

Now that, my father is gone, you and Clarissa are the only people I

she said nothing. Not a

LI

Won the war, lost

out to her, my fingers brushing lightly on her

go home with you? We can talk about this and try to understand each other. I promise to do anything

climb in when I placed a

with fury I’d never seen. Her hand shot up. aiming for my cheeks. Before I could interpret her actions and react, the first slap landed across. my cheek, causing me to

hurt as I held my smarting check. “Mom… Why?” I whispered pushing back the tears at the back

could finish my train of thought, she landed me another slap, harder than the first one. It sent me reeling and I fell to my knees, my vision blurring with tears. I tasted

call me your mother!” her voice rang in the late evening, piercing through it like a whip. “You think you can

on the ground still trying to catch my breath. Slowly, a few of

scene. Perhaps, if I try hard, people would not remember me as that clumsy, deviant

useless,

I mustered courage. “Why?”

kicking me with her legs as she spat on me. “You chose him, Lyla. A Beta’s son over your blood. I would never give birth to a child as heartless and wicked as you. A daughter who would shame her father’s memory

left me immediately as I heard her

make it right. Just tell me what to do, I’ll do anything, I promise.”

nothing but a traitor to this family. A worthless, wolfless abomination. I curse the day I took you under

on me one more time, before she turned on her

hear over and over were my mom’s words. It drowned out everything else, blurring my world and the faces