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 .

had been a

a place where they gave free

Nook’s window .

had

trust my instincts

“ And they’re telling me you two are exactly what

needs .

”

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 own

like someone who

”

that I felt seen for something more than

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

here .

C

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quick learners and soon found out

, predictable – everything our lives at Blue

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

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

a small smile to my face

I handed it to the customer , my phone

phone out and

ID and had no number

Sarah , can you cover for me

my phone before stepping into the back room

” I said , but all I

? ” I repeated , a knot forming in

no response , only the faint crackle

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

before I could make it

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disconnected .

, I stared at my

, it

–

, it was

My heart quickened .

, I answered with a sense of urgency

is this

only static

feeling frustrated at this point

pattern repeated several times over the next hour

– a word , a name , warning ? – but it slipped away before

and unnerved , I fir

heavily as I

a

off my

inst the wall .

What

constant calls were grating on my nerves ,

air , I called out

going to step out for a

”

of the shop , then went towards the suggestion box

against the brick wall of the alley beside the coffee

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break what

for three months

moment , my nerves

hands , inhaling deeply as I took the

at seventeen , finding it an

that I would quit but right now ,

first school , then these phone

there was something about him that set

several drags , watching he smoke curl into

on me earlier sent a fresh wave of fear down

? Was he really Xander’s dad ? And why did he make me feel so uneasy ? Why does it seem

wasn’t just fear …

notice the group of men approaching

a certain sleekness , their eyes glinting in the dim light

was off ,