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

139 Whispers…

Lyla

Two days later…

Tyla Lyla Lyla…”

I stirred as my eyes fluttered open, still heavy with sleep. I wanted to open my eyes and ask who was calling and what the person wanted but my mouth felt too heavy.

“Tyl Lyla Ayla…‘

The voice came again, this time, more insistent than the first time, Grumbling, I swung my legs off the edge of my bed and rose, my bare feet against the cold floor, sending me cold tremors.

The voice came again, more insistent than before and I followed after it. My mind was too foggy as if I was trapped in a dream but that was real. I followed after the sound of the voice, half–asleep, half–awake running into the wall severally as the voice continued beckoning me

Each time I hesitated, the voice called again, urging me forward.

“Iyla…”

I felt my hand push a door and the crisp night air greeted me like a cold embrace. I stepped into

the darkness.

“…too bright!” I murmured trying to move away from the bright light that shone on my face. I threw a lazy hand over my face, wondering why my bed was hard.

the blinds, it’s too bright!” I cried again with my eyes tightly shut. But nothing happened, the

vision. I turned my head to the side, expecting to see the maid that was bent on

and irritated, I touched the bed, only to realize I was lying on the ground, the earth beneath me was damp and cool. Blinking rapidly I was fully awake now; this wasn’t my room – or even near the pack house, I was in the middle of what

–

When I looked up, a scream tore through my throat, spreading through the forest

and transformed. Where the wolf once stood, was Nanny, in

concern.

said softly, holding up her hands in a soothing gesture. “I forgot I hadn’t

10 Whispers

“How did

the same thing, she said quietly. “I was out for a run this morning and found you here. I thought you came out for a walk too or something

added “You look like you just fought a rogue. Are you alright

down shocked. My body was caked in dirt, leaves tangled in my hair, and

you don’t remember? Nanny asked, staring at me intently. “You don’t

swear I

forest and shivered, not from cold but from a strange

it. I told Mother Liora that the medicine was too

nodded and allowed her to guide me back to the pack house.

porch. He had several lines of

me. On

me. cue, Nathan and the priestess’s heads snapped up simultaneously. Both of them

as he pulled back, tugging a stray strand away from my face.