The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 245 245: Neriah - Lyla II

Lyla

The vision extended the weapon toward me. My fingers twitched as fear clawed at my throat. Was this real? Was I losing my mind?

My hand hovered inches away from the weapon. Everything I knew about supernatural powers told me to be cautious, but something deeper – something that felt like destiny, urged me forward.

I reached out.

When my fingers touched the blade, a brilliant blue light erupted, consuming my vision. It lifted me off the ground, suspending me in mid-air. I wanted to cry out but suddenly, power rushed through every part of my body, unlike anything I had ever known or seen sending life to every nerve in my body.

My senses sharpened beyond anything I had experienced before – I could hear everything. The trees whispering, the vines breathing. Even the earth beneath me sang with an ancient rhythm.

The forest was alive – truly, deeply alive – and for one breathtaking moment, I was one with it all.

Then as suddenly as it came, the light faded and I crumpled to the ground. The sensation dimmed and the vision of my past self vanished. I lay still for a moment, gasping, dazed with the sword in my hand.

But something else had changed. I could feel it in my bones, in the fabric of my being.

I opened my eyes, expecting to see the same dark forest. Instead, I found myself staring at a pair of military boots. My gaze travelled upward – combat fatigues, tactical vest and finally the face of a man who looked like he had stepped out of a different kind of history book.

My heart slammed against my ribs. I gripped the sword tighter trying to lift myself from the ground.

"Who are you?" I demanded, hoping I sounded brave.

The mad tilted his head slightly as if considering whether to answer or not. His face was shadowed by the darkness of the forest, but there was something about him – something familiar.

His presence radiated authority and something else. He came closer to me and offered a hand. What the hell, Lyla?

Since I couldn't help myself, I took his hands daintily and he lifted me in a single pull. Then he stood at parade rest, watching me with eyes that held both warmth and warning.

"Who…" my voice failed me.

"Someone who's been waiting a very long time to meet you," he replied, his voice echoing. "We gave much to discuss, Guardian or should I say Moonsinger."

without understanding how that everything was

"Guardian?"

here we're called Guardian. I have no idea who gave us that cheesy name 'Moonsinger" the man said with an air of amusement. "Anyways, I cannot tell you who I am else I'll vanish and won't be able to pass the information I have to tell you. Do

This was Aeron.

the library. What was he doing here and why was his gaze locked onto

as my brain finally placed his

Aeron?" I asked

nodded. "And I've been waiting for you. A Guardian must give final instructions to the new Guardian and since the sword chooses you, it means you're one of

like a tradition? You wait for the new Moonsinger. You must have been waiting

he scoffed. "Ten centuries, Lyla. I've roamed this forest waiting for your birth and then waiting for you to work up the nerve and come claim what is rightly yours even though your powers

whole?" I frowned. "They're not. I

those of us who lost our Moonsinging abilities, we only touch the sword and Neriah goes back with it.

"But…"

choose between keeping your wolf or your powers. As

– the Dark One had an

unlikely way for your powers to come into play but it did. What you have to do now is to follow Ramsey's lead. He's patient, sensible and kind. The Moon Goddess favours him

know Moonsingers needed to be led?"

wild, Lyla. It's not in my position to talk to you about that but you've erred in so many ways, you must stop what you're doing with the

"I'm done with Nathan…"

to start

convince him to stop. Nathan is not in his right

for death and is just a variable in the grand scheme of things. You, Lyla – you must however guide your thoughts

"How?"

to embrace your strength as a two-tailed wolf. You cannot use both

go… what do you

Aeron turned to me

your powers needs to die for the other power to come into play. Your wolf is getting in the way of your powers.

letting her go made my heart twist with pain. Still, I didn't say anything. Aeron

you going to?" I asked,

smile. It's left for you now to figure out things on