The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 2

Chapter 2: The Gala from hell

Lyla

I stood at the foot of the grand stone steps, my heart hammering against my ribs.

The pack house loomed over me like a fortress, its cold walls whispering memories of a life I had been cast off from.

I couldn’t believe three years had passed since that fateful night when my parents had sent me away in the dead of the night.

I had felt like a thief, banished without explanation or warning and nothing but a thousand dollars, clutching a single bag that was my clothes forcing me to vow never to return.

But now I was back.

I swallowed the knot in my throat, steeling myself.

I didn’t want to come, but my father’s command was not a request.

The annual werewolf gala was tonight and I was to attend.

I had no choice.

Taking a deep breath, I pushed open the heavy oak door, and the rush of familiar scent filled my lungs, bringing with it a flood of childhood memories both painful and good.

I had barely closed the door when my mother’s voice reached me.

“You’re late,” she hissed, her eyes narrowing as she took in my appearance.

Her sharp eyes flicked over me as if she was inspecting something unpleasant on the bottom of her shoe.

Beside her, my sister, Clarissa, gazed at me with a look that was somewhere between pity and disdain.

“I see you still haven’t learned to control yourself during your heat,” Clarissa scoffed.

“Father, it’s not a good idea for her to go like this.

She reeks…”.

“You think if we had a choice, I would have driven four hours to go and get her,” My father hissed “The invitation had stated that every family must send a representative that is 18 and above and ripe for mating.

I had no choice.

She was never an option, to begin with.

”

I flinched, “I’m sorry,” I began but my mother cut me off with a sharp gesture.

“Save it,” she snapped “We’ve been doing so well without you and we want it to remain that way.

Just remember, you’re here because we had no other choice.

Don’t disgrace us today.

If you cause a scene, or so much as draw unwanted attention… we will remove your name from the family register and disown you.

Do you understand?”

tell them that none of this was my fault but

my family had for me had vanished

without a wolf, not with the monthly humiliation of my uncontrolled

“I understand,” I whispered.

coldly “Clarissa will

She turned to my sister

pheromones, showing up with two giant silver streaks in her hair will make

”

nodded and indicated that

the sting of tears behind my eyes

Clarissa, my hands trembling as we

me off in front of the

my dress and headed towards the

sound of laughter, music and clinking glasses grew louder with

of power, strength and pure werewolf dominance filled the air as I reached the entrance and the moment I stepped inside, I felt it – the weight of

felt like a

could feel the heat crawling up my

into the air announcing

heard the whispers before I saw the

smell?” everyone turned, their noses wrinkled in

“Is she… in heat?”

“No control at all.

be locked up and

trying to snag a mate

my nails biting into

them…

saw Cassidy Thorne step forward, a mocking smile on

year,” Cassidy drawled

Thorne – was the epitome of werewolf

dreamed their daughters would be like her… there was a time when

they’ll let anyone in these

”

rippled through the crowd and I felt my

myself to look away and moved to a quiet

powerless I felt, how my body betrayed me every month turning me

pressed my back against the wall, trying to steady my breathing and fight back tears when I felt a strange prickling

across the

alone, dressed in black from head

gaze was fixed on

eyes, that were

of quiet strength…but more than that, there was something in his gaze that I couldn’t

the ballroom faded and

about his eyes that held me captive – curiosity and …something more… My heartbeat quickened, not out of fear but out of a

Who was he?

it, a shadow fell over

to see a young Alpha, Darius standing in front of

a child and was the first person to spread my

this was because I had rejected the offer to be his

still bore

isn’t the Woodland disgrace,”