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

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

been a

where they gave free food

Nook’s window .

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

I trust my instincts

And they’re telling me you two are exactly what this place

needs .

”

hadn’t asked for references or even our experience , he just smiled and told Miriam after she finished recounting how her husband left us to fend on our

like someone who needs a break

”

the pack that I felt

, and for the first time , I started to believe

here .

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, I and Nanny were quick learners and soon found out that we

simple , predictable – everything our lives at

the apartment above the coffee shop and Mr John made

other and only called every month to

small smile to my face as I prepared another order

I handed it to the customer , my phone buzzed in my pocket

frowned , slipping the phone out and

private ID

, can you cover for

I stared at my phone before stepping into the back

? ” I said , but all I heard was

repeated , a knot forming in

, only the faint crackle of interference

thought I heard something – a voice , perhaps ? – buried beneath the white

I could make it out ,

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disconnected .

stared

,

–

it was an unknown number

My heart quickened .

answered with a sense of

Who is this ? ”

only static

at this point as I hung up once more

several times over the

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

unnerved , I fir

heavily as

a

my

inst the wall .

What

on ? The constant calls were grating on my

I called out

to step

”

back door of the shop , then went towards the suggestion box that

against the brick wall of the alley beside

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I should break what I’d worked so

sober for three

moment , my nerves were all over the

it with trembling hands , inhaling deeply as I

seventeen , finding it an easy way to

would quit but right now , I

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was something about

took several drags , watching he smoke curl into the evening

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

so uneasy ? Why does it seem like I’ve met him before ? I had never

just fear

the group of men approaching

sleekness , their eyes glinting

them was off , putting me on