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 .

job had been a stroke of

munching on hamburgers we got at a place where they gave

Nook’s window .

had taken one look at us and hired

trust my

peering at us “ And they’re telling me

needs .

”

, he just smiled and told Miriam

look like someone who

”

first time since we’d left the pack that I felt seen for

into the little apartment above the coffee shop , and for the first time , I

here .

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quick learners and soon

predictable – everything our lives at Blue Ridge

and moved out of the apartment

was always on one cruise or the other and only called

small smile to my face

I handed it to the customer ,

frowned , slipping the phone out and glancing at

ID and had no

Sarah , can you cover for me for

I stared at my phone before

? ” I said , but all I heard

” I repeated , a knot forming in

, only the

something – a voice , perhaps ? –

I could make it out , the

shift

disconnected .

, I stared at my phone

,

–

it was an unknown number

My heart quickened .

time , I answered with

Who is this

only

was feeling frustrated at this point

several times over the

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

and unnerved , I

as I

a

off my phone ,

inst the wall .

What

The constant calls were grating on my nerves , adding to the stress

, I called out to Nanny ,

going to step out for a

”

out of the back door of the shop , then went towards the suggestion box that no one

of

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if I should break what I’d worked so hard

been sober for

moment , my nerves were

, inhaling deeply as I

it an easy way to deal with all the bullying in

quit but right

– first

… Mr Dupree … there was something about him that

drags , watching he smoke curl into the evening air

upree’s eyes on me earlier sent a fresh wave

why did he make me feel so uneasy ? Why does it seem like I’ve met him before ? I had never reacted to anyone like

just fear

the group of men approaching until

moved with a certain sleekness , their

them was off , putting me on