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

108 The Moonsinger’s secret…

Ramsey

My eyes fluttered open, squinting against the soft light filtering into the room.

was filled with the

Blue curtains swayed gently in the breeze from an open window. The room sterile smell of antiseptic and stark white walls. My mind felt foggy, my head throbbed and my body felt sore as I tried to remember how I ended up here.

Where am I?

I looked down at my body noting my left leg was wrapped up with white bandages and then another on my left wrist, with plaster scattered all over my body. I counted five.

“Hospital,”

Lax’s voice filtered into my consciousness. I could tell he was weak, from all the fighting and confrontation we had a while ago. Suddenly, a faint rustling in the room drew my attention. before a voice came to my ears, instantly souring my mood a voice I despised.

“Finally! You’re awake.

It was Nathan.

Of all the people I wanted to wake up to, it had to be this jerk. From the corner of my eyes, I noticed he was on a bed and seemed to have more bandages than me. Groaning inwardly, I closed my eyes, hoping he would disappear. Or maybe if I ignored him, he would stop talking to

me.

No such luck.

“Stop pretending to be asleep, I saw you stir a while ago. I’ve been watching you.”

“And why is that?” I exploded turning my head to him. “Why are we in the same room to begin

with? Who did this?”

*Stop stressing over petty things like this, Ramsey,” he hissed. “We were both unconscious when we were brought in, else, I would not purposely walk into a room with you. Talk more of sharing, so put up with it, this isn’t the time for your petty hatred,”

“You can leave if you want… Nathan. I’m the oldest, I get to…”

chosen by the White Moon Throne and

expression on his face, so I decided to pay attention.

mine and was about to call for the nurse or something when elders from your Pack with your grandfather came into this

him as I sat up abruptly, Ignoring

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The Moonsinger’s

did just say? What do you mean they

ago and he thinks she’s the Moonsinger. She’s still unconscious, so there’s no conclusion yet but your grandfather was insisting that they

broke out on my face as I turned to him, feeling triumphant. “If that’s the case, then there’s nothing to

think about yourself alone? It really doesn’t hurt to try being selfless for even a second. Your grandfather and the elders have concluded and it’s not looking good for her.”

“Why?”

about her heat…didn’t get it clearly because of the drowsiness of the medicine I was on but they’re planning to confine her… like literally put her in

I

Mountain elders wouldn’t assess anything. They’d lock her away now that

tool or worse, a

–

locked up during her heat… it’s dangerous…those pheromones might drive

worried about two

about the male guards getting their

See, I can’t tell you because it’s something really private and maybe it’s best you hear it from Lyla’s mouth herself but you cannot let them put her in an enclosed space during her heat. It’s dangerous. Also, please… let them not take her

heart squeezed with jealousy at the tenderness in his eyes as he

of her? How?”

the heat less painful for her at least… just being there basically. There’s not so much that you know about Lyla… those heats are not just heat… there is

Then it clicked.

Not even when she had been

knew?” I gave him an accusatory

before sighing and sinking into his bed. “Yes… I had my suspicions for the longest time but… I knew. Lyla is the Moonsinger.”

The Moonsinger’s

family know too? Is that the

from it. I suspected because I saw what happened to the first Ferals who attacked her. That day you drove her from your pack after…” he cleared

got into an argument afterwards. She practically escaped, dressed like an Omega and wanted to leave. Was I

eyes suspiciously