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

98 Fam glad my father died.

possibly be all of these sweet things but yet, he treated me worse than a stranger? I wondered, my frustration mounting with each passing second.

Then, it was my turn.

I rose on shaky legs, my gaze sweeping across the sea of sombre faces. I wasn’t shy about taking the stage. Back in the human world, I’ve presented in front of larger crowds but humans were more merciful when it comes to dealing with people.

I’ve seen a speaker go mute because of a panic attack when he once climbed the stage but instead of mocking and calling him incompetent, the crowd cheered for him. If it were in our world, in the presence of these judgemental gazes and scheming hearts, he would never stand a

chance.

I approached the stage, feeling a thousand pairs of eyes on me. Clutching the speech I had prepared – carefully, crafted lies. I forced myself to stand tall, my hands trembling slightly. I’d written kind words for the occasion, but staring at them… with the words swimming before my eyes, each line feeling like me confessing that I was a fraud….

This is a farce. It’s not who he was not really.

I couldn’t bring myself to say these nice things about a man who had treated me as though I was

invisible.

My gaze s

this“.

and landed on Nathan. He nodded to

all I had to do was read it out but the resentment and bitterness

waste people’s time

my mouth, willing myself to say something

words were lodged in my chest, choked by an overwhelming wave of anger and grief: “I’m glad

I raised my hands placatingly. “That’s not what I meant,” I stammered, trying to collect myself. Angry tears pricked

sorry, I choked out tightening my grip on the paper. “I just… I don’t know how to put into words what he meant to me… especially to me.”

“I don’t think I can do this. I’m sorry for wasting your time. I should go now

stepping off the stage when my heel caught on the hem of my dress causing me to stumble forward. I braced myself for the

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