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 .

been a stroke

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

Nook’s window .

man named John had taken

I trust my instincts

peering at us “ And they’re telling me

needs .

”

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

someone

”

pack that I felt seen for

apartment above the coffee shop , and for the first time

here .

C

shift

and Nanny were quick learners and soon found

, predictable – everything our lives at Blue

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

or the other and only called every

smile to my face as

I handed it to the customer ,

, slipping the phone out

ID and

for me for ninute ? ”

hesitated for a moment frowning as I stared at my phone before stepping into the

I said , but all I heard was

repeated , a knot forming in

only the faint crackle of interference

when I thought I heard something – a voice , perhaps ? – buried

could make it out , the

shift i

disconnected .

I stared at my

immediately ,

–

it was an unknown number

My heart quickened .

time , I answered with

is this

, only

feeling frustrated at this point as I

pattern repeated several times over the

,

, I

as I leaned

a

my phone

inst the wall .

What

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

air , I called out to Nanny

going to step

”

went towards the suggestion box that no one ever uses and retrieved a pack of

leaned against the brick wall of the

shift

break what I’d worked so

for three months

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

, inhaling deeply as I

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

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

first school , then

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

took several drags , watching he smoke curl

of M upree’s eyes on me earlier sent a fresh wave of fear down my

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

wasn’t just

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

with a certain sleekness , their eyes glinting

them was off , putting me on