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 .

this job had been a

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

Nook’s window .

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

trust

And they’re telling me you two are

needs .

”

smiled and told Miriam after she finished recounting how her husband left us to fend on

someone who needs a

”

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

shop , and for the first time , I

here .

C

Night shift

I and Nanny were quick learners and soon found out

predictable – everything our lives at

the apartment above the coffee shop and Mr

or the other and only

to my face as I prepared another

as I handed it to the customer , my

out

a private ID and had

for me for ninute ?

moment frowning as I stared at my phone before

Hello ? ” I said ,

? ” I repeated , a knot forming

only the faint

was about to hang up when I thought I heard something –

it out ,

shift

disconnected .

I stared at my

immediately , it

–

it

My heart quickened .

time , I answered with a sense of urgency

Who is this ?

, only static

feeling frustrated at this point as I

repeated several times over the

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

unnerved , I

as

a

off my phone ,

inst the wall .

What

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

a sudden need for air , I called out to Nanny

going to step

”

of the back door of the shop , then went towards the suggestion box that no one ever uses and retrieved

against the brick wall of

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if I should break what

been sober for

moment , my nerves were all

trembling hands , inhaling deeply as I took the first smoke

picked up at seventeen , finding it an easy way to deal with all the bullying in

that I would quit but right now , I needed something to calm

been too strange – first school , then these phone

… Mr Dupree … there was something about him that set me on edge

took several drags , watching he smoke curl into the

sent a fresh wave of

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

wasn’t just fear …

in thoughts , I didn’t notice the group of men approaching

, their eyes glinting in the dim light

about them was off , putting me