The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

47 Breaking free ….

Lyla

I stood , stunned at Nanny’s words , trying to process her demand to break up with Xander .

It made me speechless but only for a moment .

Then slowly , a laugh bubbled up from my chest as I crossed my arms .

“ Break up with him ? ” I repeated .

“ You have no right to tell me that .

You cannot ask me to break up with him .

There’s no reason for that .

”

“ It’s for your own

good , Lyla ! ” Nanny sighed .

“ You’ll thank me later , I promise you .

”

“ No ! ” I scoffed .

“ Who do you think you are to make such decisions for me ? My mother ? ”

I paused , trying to fight the tears at the back of my throat .

“ Newsflash : You’re not .

I’ll be twenty soon .

I’m an adult and I can make decisions about who I date or who not to date .

”

Nanny clenched her teeth , her fists tightening at her sides .

“ Well , young lady you’re still 19.

And you’re living under my roof , cating the food I put on the table .

I take care of you ; I buy every fucking thing you need .

That’s the least you owe me , to do as you’re told .

”

The curse word hung in the air between us .

In all the years we’ve been living together , I’ve never heard her use foul language .

I knew I should back down by now but I was too angry to care about anything else .

“ No ! ” I shot back .

“ What I owe you is gratitude for taking care of me all these years not blind obedience for the future .

You’re just jealous .

You hate that I’ve broken free , that I’ve finally gotten away from the chains of our family and our laws that held me bound all these years .

Well , guess what ? I’m going to live my life on my terms , whether you approve of it or not .

And if you’re so tired of fending for me , maybe I’ll just leave ”

Nanny chuckled dryly .

“ Jealous of you ? For what reason , Lyla ? What about you triggers jealousy ? The fact that your father rejected you and doesn’t give a fuck about you .

You think this is about being jealous ? ”

She shook her head , her voice growing stronger as she continued .

skip school , submit assignments late , go to class late , skip classes and Moon knows what

be winning together and not slinking into this … this …

Xander , everything

You dress more ….

to me consistently about school work when you were barely getting anything done and how many days have you taken off from the café ? You’ve been neglecting everything you’ve worked for ,

you to come to your senses , something is suspicious about all

rolled my eyes

so

trying to protect you

noticed the sex toys in your

free

room .

as a teenager and this is just a phase but let’s face it , Lyla … I’m sick of doing

to grow up and I mean

here you have to work really hard to get anything you want and that means you have to do

school .

”

snooping through my stuff ? ”

is wrong , I can

right and my

in the middle of the year , and just likes you like that ? Do you think this is what love looks like ? You’re throwing your life away for a boy you barely know

Lyla … it never ends

my face

protection

mad because I’m not

you can control me just because you’ve looked after me all these years ? Well ,

trembled as she struggled to contain

small , so

Almost .

You know what ? ”

I think I’ve

”

stormed up the stairs

grabbed a small bag from my closet and began shoving clothes into it , ignoring the tears stinging

wasn’t going to let Nanny

1

Nanny was standing by the

me , her eyes widened with

doing ?

Leaving ! ” I replied moving

I’ve been a burden to you for so long

the latest and

and figure out what to do with the rest of my

out to hold me ,

do this

talk

just calm down and think

”

nothing to talk about , ” I threw

not sparing her a second glance

Nanny cried , following me as I strode down the

please ! You’re not thinking straight !

ignored her and

” Nanny’s voice cracked but

figure out my

the street ,

I pulled out my phone and called for

pulled up and I threw my

the car drove away , I looked back one

47 Breaking free ….

sobbing silently

I didn’t feel

Not anymore .

I was free .

at Xander’s house a

it sleck , modern and always a little too

I stood on the sidewalk for some minutes , silently regretting why I

been too hasty in

stay ? He was the only person I knew in this world I didn’t have

I could lose my nerve , I marched up to the