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

89 Emptiness that leaves you drained…

Lyla

“You killed him,” Clarissa echoed again, her eyes shooting daggers at me.

I stared at her, totally stunned while my heart hammered against my ribcage trying to process. her words. The accusation hit me – stinging deeper than anything I’d ever expected to hear from

her.

“What?” I whispered, hoping my voice was steady enough. “How could you… Why would you even say that?”

“Why would I even say that?” she repeated with a sneer, closing the distance between us until we were nearly nose to nose. Her eyes, which were the colour of my father’s shone with anger.

“Your father has just died, Lyla,” she should be with your family, mourning with us but

spat. “You here you are running away as usual. You only care about yourself and when things don’t work. out, you play the victim.”

I stared at Clarissa, with my eyes wide open. For as long as I can remember, my family has seen me as an outsider – a stain on the family’s name. My presence was tolerated, barely, yet now, after all these years, they dared to accuse me of running away?

They dared to accuse me of not sympathizing enough with them when I never felt like at daughter.

The accusation ignited resentment that I’d kept hidden for years and I exploded.

“Running away?” I repeated, taking a step towards Clarisa, my tone rising. “Yes, I am running away because that’s the only thing I was forced to learn, the only thing I know how to do better. What else was I supposed to do? When you all acted like I didn’t exist.” My fists clenched as I struggled to contain my anger.

“For four years, Rissa… no one bothered if I was alive or dead. Now you expect me to feel sympathy over the loss of a man who disowned me? A man who was ashamed to even call me his daughter? You think I should mourn him like he was a loving father?”

stop now. “And you know what? I’m not sorry that he died. I don’t even feel sympathetic over the loss. If anything, I feel relieved that I don’t have anyone breathing down my neck, demanding

perfect.”

as she

don’t really mean

Father died but that doesn’t mean I’m happy either. It means I don’t care. If I tell you half of the things I’ve done to survive? The things that happened

leaves you

she stared at me, not saying anything. After a few

and Mom said they had no hand in that. You disowned us as a family but never in a million years did

accept any explanation for a watered–down love. Father never liked me and neither did any of you and that’s okay. I’m here only to perform my

back when mom dies?” She

want me to attend

me for a few more seconds then turned away, clearly

I reached out, grabbing her

why you were accusing

“Like you care?”

about but I can’t

hurt. “Because he has been licking Alpha Ramsey’s ass to stop him from looking for

are you talking about?” I

went into a frenzy when you left. From locking Nathan up in the dungeon and always coming here demanding that Father must provide a way to contact you, Dad was constantly doing all he could to make him forget you. He went to the Annual Moon Goddes

a tear rolled down her cheek. “He hoped that if he showed support, Alpha Ramsey

of these lies? Have you stopped low to the extent that you now

‘t gone t

place…” she yanked her wrist free my my grip, rubbing it as if my touch had burned her.

I whispered with a hollow voice. “You have no idea what you’re talking about. I didn’t think he would do that. So, you don’t get to do this. To force me to take responsibility

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