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

136 Balance is a myth…

Ramsey

We arrived at White Lake Pack a few minutes later.

Elder Thorne had come out to welcome us and immediately offered to take Nathan to where Lyla was. I and the priestess followed behind walking at a normal pace when I saw her slow down and wait for me until we were walking side by side.

eyes glazing

“You remind me so much of your parents, Lycan Leader, she said softly, her eyes wistfully as she gave me a small smile.

I turned to her, momentarily surprised that she was bringing my parents up suddenly. “You knew my parents?” I asked.

She nodded, her smile growing into a wide grin now. “Who didn’t?” she chuckled. “I knew them very well: they were extraordinary and one of the best couples our world has ever seen. They were brave, loyal and deeply in love. They had one of the most intense mate bonds I’ve ever seen despite being born into different worlds. They existed peacefully and we all knew they would never be able to survive without each other. On the day of their Joining Ceremony, their wish was to die together.”

I let out a bitter laugh as my steps slowed. “Brave, loyal and deeply in love, I repeated sarcastically. “If they were so obsessed with each other, why did they even bother to have a child? I clearly was a hassle to them or an inconvenience, they couldn’t have birthed me at all because I never meant anything to them.”

The priestess sighed. “Life is rarely fair, she said gently. “No matter how much we wish it were otherwise, it never is. Balance is a myth we tell ourselves to make sense of the chaos. I’m sure your parents loved you in their own way, but their love for each other was so overwhelming that it consumed everything else. Nothing is ever truly even”

“Ive seen how parents obessess with their children. They want to spend every waking moment with them but I didn’t have that luxury. I was raised by nannies and maids and the Butler. Whenever my dad was not working, he was always with my mom… they did everything together -the only time they were my parents was during compulsory family events and my mom… would brush my head and give me a smile then complains to the maids that I looked thin or the clothes I had on wasn’t the right size and that was all. And my dad…”

I trailed off with a scoff. “He’ll pat me on my shoulders and say “That’s my boy. Lenny’s mother would not let him leave the house to play without dressing him with all the safety gadgets in the world. She would cook for him, pack his food – she wasn’t a great cook and she was my mother’s Beta but she never allowed her busy schedule to be in the way of taking care of her son. My parents had no excuse for acting like literal pricks to me.”

She stopped walking, her hands reached out to touch my arm, the gesture forcing me to turn and face her as her eyes bored into mine. I saw pity in them.

“It’s time to forgive your parents; she said firmly.

weren’t my parents long enough for me to

is

to grow up knowing you’ll always come second to something you can’t compete with? It eats at you but that was my reality. at 6. I learnt from an early age that I’ll

to the hurt, she said quietly “I know their choices left scars on you, you have to let it go for your sake. It’s blocking your

didn’t say

explaining myself. So, I exhaled sharply and resumed walking. We walked together side by side until

Lyla instead of Alpha Nathan? I’m sure he won’t object if I

my head. “No!”

but

are you going to deny the mate bond between you and Lyla? The red thread of fate between you and her is so potent, even the short break you

it anymore,” I admitted. “Lyla doesn’t want to be with me.

continued. “It’s fine. I’ve let her go. She wants to be

you want?” The

taught that my wants and needs comes last. My priority

Can’t

head “You’re still too young to play burden

you

and Lyla…

her happy… I never make her happy,” I said with resignation. “No matter what I do, no matter how much I try to remind myself that she’s the one for me, whenever she’s with me, she’s miserable. We fight more than we talk and…” I swallowed hard. “I’ve seen how she smiles and laughs around

to sit down

we reject each other again. I always end up saying the wrong words, words she doesn’t want to hear but it’s fine. I’ve resigned myself to my fate. I just hope she gets the love she truly deserves with Nathan.”

Cassidy, the priestess sighed. “Your marriage is not going to be favourable. Would you rather live with that for the rest of your life? Your laws about divorce are stricter than Werewolves and none of the Lycan Leaders before you have ever needed to divorce

used to all sorts of loneliness, Mother Liora, I said quietly. “The only person that matters to me more than my grandfather right now is Lyla and

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