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 .

a stroke of luck

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

Nook’s window .

kind – hearted man named John had taken

I trust my

peering at us “ And they’re

needs .

”

he just smiled and told Miriam after she finished

You look like someone who

”

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

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

here .

C

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and Nanny were quick learners and soon found out that

predictable – everything our lives at Blue Ridge

out of the apartment above the coffee

days , he was always on one cruise or the other and only

small smile to my face as I prepared

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

the phone out and

ID and

you cover for me for ninute

my phone before stepping

Hello ? ” I said , but all

, a knot

no response , only the faint crackle of

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

could make it out ,

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disconnected .

stared at

immediately ,

–

this time , it was an unknown number

My heart quickened .

answered with a

Who is this ? ”

, only

feeling frustrated at this point as

times over the

the static – a word , a name , warning ?

,

heavily as I leaned

a

off my

inst the wall .

What

on my nerves

sudden need for air , I called out to Nanny ,

step

”

, then went towards the suggestion box that no one ever

leaned against the brick wall of the alley

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I should break what I’d worked so hard to leave

sober for three

this moment , my nerves were all over

hands , inhaling deeply as I took the

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

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

day had been too strange – first school

man … Mr Dupree … there was something

I took several drags , watching he smoke curl into the evening

earlier sent a fresh wave of fear

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

just

the group

, their eyes

them was off , putting