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.”

agreement?” I spat facing her. “What more

her?”

hands in a gesture that was anything but generous. “An

heart stopped. “What do

as planned and every accusation against Lyla, every single case and paperwork against her disappears.

My heart plummeted.

Luna Vanessa again. “I’m sorry but I cannot. I do not even

be with her.”

powerful, beautiful and far more suitable

stomach churned with disgust as I stared at him. “And if I

addressed 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

glittered with cruel satisfaction. “Don’t worry, sis. If he refuses then

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 paused for a minute and shrugged.

I gripped the edge of the table to steady myself. “She’s innocent,” I said my voice crackling. “You all

Alpha Gab replied coldly. “This is about killing an Alpha Heir,

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the people think when they hear this? You’ve put not just us but Alphas in your region in

precarious position.”

but none of the Alphas met my eyes. Except

the rage I was feeling earlier on had crumbled into desperation. “You can’t do this to me. “I love

“Love is a fleeting emotion,

for the

“In a few months, you’ll thank us 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

side, Lyla’s life hung in the balance. On the other, my

they force me into such an impossible position? It was alike asking me to

hands through my hair. “Give me some time to think…”

Gab laughed derisively. “There is no time to think, Nathan. We cannot let the

choices. My chest felt like it was being crushed in a vice.

me ill.