The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 243 243: What we do for love I

Lyla

"You're taking his side?" I stared at Ramsey, surprised.

Ramsey didn't answer me. He had managed to cart me out of the situation room into his bedroom after me, and Lenny had engaged in a hot argument. Lenny had been going on about me not loving Ramsey and stuff.

"Do you believe everything he just said? That I don't love you and that I'm selfish. Do you believe that? Let me not even start with all the things Lenny had told me. On that day, you travelled to…"

"Please, Lyla!" he raised his hand in protest. "Let's not go there. I have so much running through my mind, and I don't want to go there now. We'll talk about it later."

"Later, today, tomorrow, right now? What difference does it make? You're letting Lenny come between us again. He hates me, and he's trying to…"

"Lyla, please," he interrupted me again, running a hand through his hair. "Now more than ever, I cannot do this. The pack needs me, and I don't want or need any emotional burden right now."

"Am I an emotional burden?"

"You know that's not what I mean, Ly…" he sighed and pushed me gently to the bed to settle back against the pillows. "You should rest."

"How can I rest when everything is falling apart?" My voice broke on the last word, and I saw guilt flit into his eyes, but it disappeared in the next few seconds.

"Because I need you strong," he said. "Whatever comes next, whatever decision we make, I need my Luna at full strength."

He was right. But lying down and doing nothing will not change a thing. Nathan had been clear on the phone. If I didn't do as he has asked, he'll do even worse. Maybe this was the only way to help Ramsey.

I know he would disagree if I told him.

I reached for his hand, interlacing our fingers. "Promise me something?"

"Anything."

you to lash out, to give the Council reason to turn against you. So, he can tell every werewolf that this is the

pride, but Ramsey knew I was right. Nathan was cunning and manipulative. He'd orchestrated

tactical," he conceded. "But make no mistake, Lyla. Nathan will pay for

compromise for what it was. "Just remember that the pack needs their Alpha more

mine, a gentle kiss that carried the weight of everything he couldn't put into words—his fear of losing me, his rage at Nathan, his determination

pulled away, my eyes were heavy-lidded, the medication finally winning out against my determination to stay awake.

drag me away," he promised, settling back into the

quiet footsteps. I wanted to crack my eyes open to know who it was,s but there was no way without giving the impression that I

better for me to do

that has no place in modern pack

deliver their inevitable half-measures and compromises?" the voice

life, bombed innocent people, and God knows what he must have told Lyla on the phone. I need to keep a close eye on her; I don't want her to do anything rash. There would be justice, with

was a slight pause before the voice said again. "Have you made any announcement regarding what

my ears to hear them. "It'll look suspicious. How about during the council meeting, before or after, you

what are you saying?" the other voice said. "Caius told me your plans – your

on me. His gaze lingered on me, but I remained still

challenge before. She's the reason I had gathered the courage to break out of my cocoon. She'd shown me that true strength isn't about dominance or control but about knowing when to

go along with trying diplomacy

make sure it's not linked back to us, just like the little

said. "I'm going to avenge my son's death. If Nathan forces my hand, there wouldn't be enough left of Blue Ridge Pack

other person, but nothing was

Whatever the sacrifice, I would make it. But I will not –

in the room, broken only by the flipping of what seemed to be a book. A moment later, both men murmured something about going in for a meeting, and Ramsey told the other man to go back to where he

thirty minutes before I finally cracked an eyelid. Slowly, I removed my engagement ring that had the GPS

place I and Ramsey had passed the other time, and from there, I burst through a small clearing that led to the side gate used by Omegas

there, Lenny was waiting