The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

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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 .

this job had been a stroke of luck for

got at a place where they gave free food , we stumbled upon the ‘ Help Wanted ‘ sign in the

Nook’s window .

man named John had taken one look at us and

I trust my

“ And they’re telling me

needs .

”

just smiled and told Miriam after she finished recounting how her husband left us

like someone who

”

we’d left the pack that I felt seen for something more

and for the first time , I started to believe we could make a life

here .

C

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learners and soon found out that

predictable – everything our lives at Blue Ridge wasn’t

up enough money and moved out of the apartment above the coffee shop and Mr

one cruise or the other and only called every month to get the analysis of sales

small smile to my

customer , my phone buzzed

the phone out and glancing

private ID and had no number

you cover for me for ninute ? ”

as I stared at my phone before stepping

, but all

, a knot forming in my stomach

, only the faint

when I thought I heard something – a

it out ,

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disconnected .

stared at my

immediately ,

–

time , it was an

My heart quickened .

time , I answered with

this ?

only

was feeling frustrated at this point as I hung up once

times over

make out something in the static – a word , a name , warning ? – but

and unnerved , I fir

as

a

my phone

inst the wall .

What

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

sudden need for air , I called out to Nanny

I’m going to step

”

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

leaned against the brick wall of the alley beside the

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should break what I’d worked so hard to

for three months

needed it at this moment , my nerves were all over the

with trembling hands , inhaling deeply

I had picked up at seventeen , finding it an easy way to deal

quit but right now , I needed something

day had been too strange – first school ,

… Mr Dupree … there was something about him that

took several drags , watching he smoke curl into the evening

M upree’s eyes on me earlier sent

me feel so uneasy ? Why does it seem like

just fear …

, I didn’t notice the group of men approaching until they were too

their eyes glinting

them was off , putting me