The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

56 Shadows of doubt …

Miriam ( Nanny )

It’s been three days since Lyla left the house .

I sat at the coffee shop , staring at my phone , with a deep frown etched on my face .

The Café was unusually quiet for a Saturday afternoon , making my thoughts louder .

At first , I had been so angry , so pissed at the girl , blaming myself for spoiling her and always letting her have her way and I had promised myself that I wouldn’t reach out , that when she was done with her tantrums , she would find her way home .

But I was wrong .

I had mustered the courage to call Xander the second day after she left home after going to school and was told that she hadn’t shown up since the previous day .

I found his number in one of Lyla’s contact books and had called his line the entire day .

The more I called and it went unanswered , the more unease crept up my spine .

Something wasn’t right .

Xander was the only friend Lyla had .

I was sure of that and since they were dating , she was most likely to end up in his house .

Xander finally took my call on the third day and I had clearly heard Lyla’s voice in the

background .

She had shouted something to me , calling out my name but I had been so fixated on Xander that I didn’t hear the words .

When I asked Xander what the problem was and why she was shouting , he brushed it off , laughing and saying they were just playing .

Even when I had insisted on speaking with Lyla , his tone had grown cold and he claimed , Lyla didn’t want to talk and had ended the call before 1 could protest .

I didn’t know where they lived .

There was no address in any of Lyla’s books and I couldn’t involve the human police .

They didn’t take things like this seriously .

Something was wrong , I could feel

it .

Today , I found myself staring at my phone again , Alpha Logan’s number displayed on the screen .

My fingers hovering over the call button .

I’ve thought about calling him several times but the risk was too great .

With the way the Lycan Leader was still looking for Lyla , despite the many months that had passed since she left the pack , going as far as sending Panther trackers , he might have been monitoring her father’s calls .

One wrong move could put Lyla in even greater danger .

My thumb hovered over the dial button , my heart racing but at the last second , I turned the phone off and set it aside .

No , calling Logan wasn’t the answer .

wandered to the strange marking I had noticed on her back a few months

her spine – a mark I was most certain had not been there

had cared for Lyla since she was a pup , dressed her , tended to her every need and not

of doubt

seen

dismiss it as a simple birthmark , but it kept

spiritual had taught me that nothing was truly ordinary

mole , every freckle ,

latest and

was sure those three stars on her spine meant something

fate .

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me an odd feeling, the aura he had carried with him was darker even in all the

tried to ignore it , to brush it off as me

Dupree , the unease had crept back , more intense than before

much darker than

ever letting Lyla tutor Xander

and had changed my Lyla totally from the little sweet girl , she used to be into something

blind ? Lyla had struggled with many issues growing up , constantly battling the scars of

attention anything that made her feel like she

mattered .

be with someone who showed her even the slightest kindness or

must have known that

sit idly by

they were only fragments of the truth

I took up my

guilt from the past , so much that it has stopped me from doing all the things I loved

I was done .

and closed my office before walking up to the front counter where Sarah

, I informed with a smile

I don’t know how long I’ll be , if I’m not

go ahead and close up for the day

looked up , obviously

Mrs Grayson ? Is it Lyla ? Is she alright ? I’ve been meaning to ask why she hasn’t come in for a few days now but I didn’t want

is fine ! ” I said with a tight

fine , just some personal business I need

for leaving you by yourself

”

she shook her

will be here soon to start his shift , there’ll be

like a slow day

”

“ I

I thought so

later , I waved at her

, my mind was already racing just thinking

only one

for the

It was a

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of doubt

I hadn’t visited

taught me everything I know and shaped me into the person I became and just when I was to attain leadership , I ruined it all … although , I wouldn’t consider the outcome as a mistake , because it was the best thing that

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