The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

34 Night shift II

Lyla

My smile didn’t waver , but my eyes turned cold .

“ I’m afraid that’s not on the menu .

Coffee and pastries , however , are .

Would you like to order ? Can I get you guys started with water first before you decide on what you want to have or should I ask you to leave ? ”

The guy’s friends snickered but he looked taken aback by my firm response .

After a moment of tension , he straightened up .

“ Fine .

Five large black coffees .

To go .

”

I moved over to the counter and in a few minutes , I ‘ had their order ready , I package it in the to – go box

and went over to them with c

OS .

“ Hey ! ” I said casually – they stopped talking as soon as I approached them but I paid no attention to them .

I dropped the coffee on the table .

“ Here you go gentlemen ,” I flashed them a smile but my eyes held a warning .

“ Before you pay , are you sure you don’t want me to get anything else for you guys ? Our Lemon cake is quite popular .

”

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“ No , lady ! ” their leader huffed and brought out his card .

After swiping up and confirming their payments , I thanked them again and went back to the counter marvelling at my composure , In the pack , I would have shrunk away from such confrontation .

But here , in this small coffee shop , I found a strength I didn’t know I possessed .

It was as if a lot of things had changed since I got back .

To say the truth , it hasn’t been all sun and roses .

I remember when I and Nanny – Miriam had first arrived in the human world exactly 3 years and six months ago today .

We had little more than the clothes on our backs and some money my parents had given me .

It had been a hard transition , especially for me who was used to living in ple

Having whatever I

wanted to eat , all the clothes that I liked … and also for Miriam who was used to the structure of the pack life .

But we had managed , surviving on Grace’s little savings and the little money I had left .

For six months , we wandered from one shop that was looking to employ .

We didn’t have referees or CVs as the human called it .

They couldn’t trust us enough to let us work for them .

Despite , our willingness to work

34 Night shift II

without being paid until they realized we weren’t fraud , they had all refused .

job had been a stroke

a place where they gave free food ,

Nook’s window .

but kind – hearted man named John had taken one look at us and hired

trust my

said peering at us “ And they’re telling

needs .

”

even our experience , he just smiled and told Miriam after she finished recounting how her husband left us

someone who

”

pack that I felt seen for something more than

the little apartment above the coffee shop , and for the first time , I started to believe we could

here .

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quick learners and soon found out that we enjoyed the

was simple , predictable – everything our lives at Blue Ridge wasn’t

later , we’ve saved up enough money and moved out of the apartment above the

on one cruise or the other

to my

the customer , my phone

frowned , slipping the phone out and glancing at the

ID and

you cover for me for

for a moment frowning as I stared at my phone before stepping into

said ,

Hello ? ” I repeated , a knot forming in my

only the faint

I heard something – a

it out

shift

disconnected .

, I stared at my

, it

–

again this time , it was an unknown number

My heart quickened .

with a sense

is this ? ”

, only static

this point as I

times over the next

I could almost make out something in the static – a word , a name , warning ? – but it slipped away

,

heavily as

a

my phone ,

inst the wall .

What

calls were grating on my nerves , adding to

called out to Nanny , avoiding

step out for

”

the shop , then went towards the suggestion box that no one ever uses and retrieved a pack of cigarettes and

of the

shift

if I should break what

sober for three months

at this moment , my nerves were

it with trembling hands , inhaling deeply as I took the first

seventeen , finding it an easy

quit but right now , I needed something

first school , then these phone

… there was something about him that

drags , watching he

of M upree’s eyes on me earlier sent a fresh wave of fear down

Xander’s dad ? And why did he make me feel so uneasy ? Why does it seem like I’ve met him before ? I had never

just

didn’t notice the group of

their eyes glinting in the dim

about them was off , putting