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

159 My child is not a mistake!

High Priestess Liora

“No!” Miriam shrieked. “We can’t let her know. She said frantically. “She’s so tender–hearted, Mother. She’s suffered so much already, spent her entire teenage age dealing with her pheromones, and now that she has her life figured out a bit, I wouldn’t want to wear her out by telling her that she’s abnormal again!

“Then what do you suggest we do, Miriam?”

“We have to stop her wolf from manifesting Miriam replied, pushing herself to her feet, her fists clenched. “I’m going to stop it.”

“What do you mean?” I rose to my feet.

“I’m going to clamp her wolf,” she replied, her voice shaking from desperation. “There’s a way – I could use those pearls I once had. It’ll suppress the wolf and would stop her from manifesting,

and she won’t even know.”

“Restricting a two–tailed wolf with a pearl has always ended in disaster. When confined, their

power

becomes uncontrollable. Is that what you want for Lyla?”

“It’s the only way to protect her, Miriam shouted, her voice cracking. “If the Lycans discover what she is, they’ll kill her without considering her powers as a Moonsinger. Do you understand me? They’ll kill her, Mother Liora!”

I shook my head, trying to calm her down. “Things may change, Miriam. Right now, she’s doing good, helping the warriors, and I’m sure her wolf has been the one responsible for everything she has done so far because her powers as a Moonsinger were taken away. It’s no longer there. Perhaps…”

understand. She’s my daughter!

whatever you want. You’ve always been this way”

way?” she huffed.

again. You always have been headstrong. This isn’t a

“Reckless? Yes. Maybe I am, and I don’t regret it. It is my recklessness that got me reunited with my child… you’re not a mother; you cannot know what it means to stay powerless, knowing your child is within your grasp, watching her call another woman mother and knowing you have limitations, but I

watch your words!” I chided her.

behind was the best thing I ever did.

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child is

rising. “You released something into this

rolled down her face. This time,

wanted this? That I chose this? I fell in love, Mother Liora. I fell in love

please!” I scoffed. “He rejected you; he wanted nothing to do with you and your child.

LOVED ME!” She yelled, poking her chest with her index finger. “And

you have created about love, Miriam… you think because the women at the temple don’t have mates nor ever became mothers, we do not know what it means to love? Do you know how many nights I spent berating myself for everything that happened to you? How hard was it for

is not a mistake!” she retorted fiercely.

punishment from the goddess, and you must bear it.

give us the ability to love? Why did she make me love him? She sits there, folds her hands and does nothing. My child is the Moonsinger and

the silver mark, Miriam, and you met with another man that had the mark of the sun. What were you expecting? The moon goddess is not to be blamed. She doesn’t make Two–tailed wolves. That is the product of

Miriam shouted back. “If she wants to punish me, let her punish me and leave my child alone. I am at fault… she didn’t beg to be born.

I yelled. “Stop saying