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 reason why he's fighting for their liberation. And I know Nathan. He can be pretty convincing when he wants to. Don't give

Nathan was cunning and manipulative. He'd orchestrated this entire situation to force

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

was. "Just remember that

to 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

medication finally winning out against my determination to stay awake. "Stay with

settling back into the chair beside my bed without releasing my

while later, the door opened, and I heard 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

better for me to do what I was supposed to

council meeting would be frustrating, filled with a lot of political protocols and manoeuvring that has no place

their inevitable half-measures 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 or without the Council's blessing. I would see to that

pause before the voice said again.

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

other voice said. "Caius told me your plans – your fallback plan,s

gaze lingered on me, but I remained still squirming

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

will go along

back to us, just like the little surprise I've prepared for him for his

If Nathan forces my hand, there wouldn't be enough left

I waited,d expecting Ramsey to comment on it. Maybe to discourage the other person, but nothing was forthcoming from him. I

I would pay it. 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

eyelid. Slowly, I removed my engagement ring that had the GPS tracker Ramsey had installed earlier, making sure I wasn't

door and slipped out of the room. Instead of going through the main entrance, I went through the side entrance, the same place I and Ramsey had passed the other time, and from there, I burst through

got there, Lenny