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

Chapter 172

172 The turning point

Lyla POV

My first instinct was to leave the room since Cassidy was here. The last time I saw her and at an enclosed space like this was that time at the cafe. Since then, we haven’t met at close quarters

like this.

“Cassidy!” Ramsey called out alarmed. Now that the door was open, I could hear piercing screams and loud shouts coming from all over the place.

Ramsey’s body became tensed as if poised for a fight. He pulled away from

“What happened? Why are you crying?”

She was shaking her head languidly. “They’re attacking everyone at the Festive ground. Creatures without form and it’s my fault.”

“Shit!” Ramsey turned to Seth who despite everything still had a neutral expression on his face. “Quick, fetch me the Gammas and Lenny. I need him now.”

He was already walking to the door, brushing past Cassidy who was sobbing. He didn’t have time to question how the attack was her fault. That would come later.

“I’ll come with you,” I volunteered, falling behind him.

“No, stay here. You’ll be safe and no matter what, do not open the door for anyone. Seth, you’re

with me.”

Before I could protest and insist, the door to his room closed with a click, leaving me and Cassidy locked in. I stood in stunned silence, my heart pounding as I heard him barking orders to people outside. His refusal to accept my help stung, but I had no time to dwell on it.

The air in the room shifted, growing thick with an unspoken tension.

Gingerly, I walked to the door and tried to pry it open but it refused to give way, as if it had been locked from outside.

their wake. I

almost at the door. As I watched, something chilling happened – Cassidy’s tears that had been

had a bad

across her face as she

didn’t 17″ she said in a cold tone. Her voice carrying none of its usual sweetness she always had when she was around Ramsey. “I told you to say away from

turning point

back, my mind racing as I fought to keep my voice steady. The woman standing in front of me was nothing like the woman that had burst into the room sobbing. There was something dangerous,

never had

at my insides. “I didn’t mean

should I say Moonsinger, always running to Ramsey with her problems. Always finding excuses to be near him.” She moved closer, her eyes glinting with something that

trying to do anything, Cassidy. I

she took a step closer – “you were just trying

jaw tightened. “That’s not fair, Cassidy. I wasn’t trying to steal him from you. Ramsey is

You think this is about choices? You think I haven’t seen the way you look at me, the way he looks at you? You

have.”

with her, though every nerve in me was screaming

Ramsey and me…”

lying!” her voice cracked like a whip. “I’ve watched you since you came here. You little, piteous acts. You think I didn’t see how you wanted to practically fuck him that day at the training ground and

I truly sick. I was out for a few days you could…”

it, she stopped me again. “Poor, helpless Lyla, who needs everyone’s protections. Who needs Ramsey’s attention. Her lips

argue back and forth regarding this and she wouldn’t believe me. So, I squared my shoulders, trying to

me your pathetic excuses. You know what your problem is, Lyla? You’ve always thought you were special. The girls with supernatural powers who lives amongst us. The one everyone needs, she took another stp, her voice dropping to a whisper. “But you’re nothing. Just a weak little girl with lots of Daddy issues,

threaten you so much? I shot back, even as my pulse raced.

herning

back, even as my pulse raced. “You’re going to be his mate,

flickered in her

“Besides Ramsey deserves to choose his own path. And if

laughed manically. “I want you to suffer, Lyla. I want you to understand what true powerlessness feel like. You think you’re cleaver, don’t you? Standing there, pretending you do

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