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 .

had been a stroke of luck for us

where they gave free food , we stumbled upon

Nook’s window .

but kind – hearted man named John had

trust my

had said peering at us “ And they’re

needs .

”

references or even our experience , he just smiled and told Miriam after she finished recounting how her husband left us to fend on our

You look like someone who needs a break

”

left the pack that I felt seen for something more than my past

the coffee shop , and for the first time , I

here .

C

shift

and soon found out that

predictable – everything our lives at Blue Ridge wasn’t

we’ve saved up enough money and moved out of the apartment above

on one cruise or the other and only called every month to

smile to my face as I prepared another

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

, slipping the phone out and glancing at the

ID

cover for me for ninute ?

frowning as I stared at my phone before stepping into the

Hello ? ” I said , but all I

I repeated , a knot forming in my

response , only the faint crackle

something – a voice , perhaps

it out , the call

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disconnected .

, I stared at

,

–

this time , it

My heart quickened .

, I answered with a sense of urgency

this

only static

at this point

pattern repeated several times

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

unnerved ,

heavily as I leaned

a

my phone

inst the wall .

What

constant calls were grating on my nerves ,

sudden need for air , I called out to Nanny , avoiding her knowing gaze

to step

”

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

of the alley beside

shift

contemplating if I should break what I’d worked so hard to

been sober for

it at this moment , my nerves were all over

inhaling deeply as I took

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

but right now

had been too strange – first

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

I took several drags , watching he smoke

earlier sent a fresh wave of

uneasy ? Why does it seem like I’ve met him before ? I

just

notice the group of men approaching until

sleekness , their eyes glinting in the dim light

about them was off , putting me