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

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Nathan

The door of the room slammed shut echoing through my chest like a gunshot.

Lyla’s tear–streaked face was etched into my mind. I moved to go after her, but I had barely taken a step when a shadow blocked my path. When I looked up it was Luna Vanessa’s brother, the Alpha Gab of Shadow Moon Pack.

“We haven’t finished, Alpha Nathan,” he announced quietly.

“I don’t have time for this,” I retorted, wishing more than anything but to drive my fist into his face that was currently squeezed in a smirk. “Get out of my way.”

“That’s no way to treat guests, Alpha Nathan,” he continued ignoring my warning. “We came down here and you won’t even listen to us? C’mon… sit for a minute while we talk.”

“Sit for a minute?” I scoffed, turning to stare at all the Alphas from the Southern region avoiding my gaze. “You all would seriously sit and do nothing while this is happening to me? Today is supposed to be a major highlight for me and no one is saying anything.”

“What do you want them to say?” Luna Vanessa chuckled. “You want them to fight the truth? C’mon, Nathan. The world will not work the way you want it. Sit for a while because until we settle this matter, I’m afraid we cannot let you leave.”

“So you’re going to hold me hostage?” I challenged walking up to Luna Vanessa. “I know you’ve always been against my appointment as Alpha and I was willing to drop it… drop everything and walk away but with the way all of you in this room act…” I turned and pointed my fingers at each of them “I think I’m going to hold on to it for a while… maybe a long while.”

Luna Vanessa met my gaze without flinching. I started for the door again when Alpha Gab blocked me again.

“Move, I growled, trying to restrain Ragnar who was bristling at the surface. He wanted to go after Lyla so badly that he wasn’t listening to me. He was reaching his breaking point.

Alpha Gab merely huffed, exchanging looks with his brother. “We can make this quick and simple. All you need to do is come to an agreement with us.”

“What agreement?” I snapped turning to my father. “And you too, Dad. Is that how much you hate, Lyla? All of you sit here with smiles and evil in your heart. Lyla is

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innocent of everything. She doesn’t even know what is going on and you had to break it to her like that?”

“She had to know eventually,” Luna Vanessa’s second brother shrugged. “She’s an adult and a grown woman.”

“Just reach the agreement with us, Nathan,” Luna Vanessa piqued. “I’m not in the mood to banter words with you or anyone.”

her. “What more could you possibly

her?”

Gab grunted, spreading his hands in a gesture that was

heart stopped. “What do you mean?”

Clarissa as your mate. We’ll continue with the joining ceremony as planned and every accusation against Lyla, every single case

My heart plummeted.

you wanted me to marry your daughter?” I turned to Luna Vanessa again. “I’m sorry but I cannot. I do not even like her, let

be with

Alpha’s daughter, powerful, beautiful and far more suitable than Lyla. Take her

as I stared at him. “And if

her first brother. “Gab, I told you he wouldn’t agree. He’s always been like this towards her. Despite all my advice to him and constant. reminders that he’s not invincible he

“Don’t worry, sis.

be escorted to the Alpha council in the west and be tried in the court there. Not just that, she would be tried as an adult as well.” He

buckled and I gripped the edge of the table to steady myself.

Gab replied coldly. “This is about killing

nat kaoning ta vaur ans of the

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afford a scandal like this, Nathan. What will the people think when they hear

precarious position.”

darted around the room, seeking support but none of the Alphas met my eyes. Except Luna Vanessa who had a chilly expression on

desperation. “You can’t do this to me. “I love her, please. She’s my true mate…

sympathy. “Love is a fleeting emotion, Nathan. In time, you’ll

this is for

for letting your marry Clarissa and when the babies start coming, you’ll see the advantage. She comes from a strong bloodline. Sometimes you might think you know what’s best for you, but it might

the balance. On the other, my happiness and

than today. How could they force me into such an impossible

trembling hands through my hair. “Give me

is no time to think, Nathan. We

being crushed in a vice. Every fibre of my being rejected the idea of giving up Lyla, but the thought of her being hurt or worse

me ill.