The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 274 274: I am getting married...

Ramsey

My footsteps echoed through the halls of the pack house when I arrived.

My mind was still a whirlwind of conflicting thoughts. The scent of death still clung to my clothes – the aftermath of the Feral attack on my pack. So far, fifteen dead, including three children and more than a hundred injured.

The number of dead seemed small, but to me, it was a record of my failure. My father, when he was alive, and even my grandfather, who had served as a regent before I became old enough to take over, had never recorded the number of disasters and deaths I have had so far.

It was as if the universe was against me and was putting it out there as a reminder that it really doesn't care about me. The images of the dead people still haunted me, fueling the rage that simmered just beneath my skin.

But it wasn't the anger that drove me now. It was doubt.

The atmosphere was quiet – as always, the Feral attack would make the streets empty. Even the maids and Omegas on duty were not clustered in groups like they used to laughing and gossiping as usual.

How long would this be my new reality? How long would this fear dwell with us? Taking a deep breath, I veered off the path that led to the building where my office was. So, instead of heading there as I would normally, I started for the main building where I lived.

I took the stairs two at a time, making my way to the South wing where my bedroom was and also where I had put Lyla the other time. When I arrived at my bedroom, I hesitated at the door. My fingers curled into a fist before releasing. I reached for the doorknob and paused.

Since I found out that Lyla went missing or left the pack herself, I haven't slept in my room. The silence was too oppressive and it always felt like I was going crazy.

What was I doing here? What was I hoping to find that I didn't already know? Evidence that Xander had lied? Proof that Lyla hadn't betrayed me for Nathan? Proof that Lenny might be responsible for the death of my Gamma and may have even joined forces with Lyla to leave?

Maybe a part of me still clung to the faint hope that Lyla would be there, waiting to tell me it was all a mistake. That Nathan hadn't taken her. That she hadn't sworn the Blood Oath.

Taking in a deep breath, I turned the door handle and pushed open the door stepping inside.

Lyla had left it. The bed was made, the curtains drawn back to let in light. Her scent still lingered mixed with the roses growing in a planter by the window. It

door quietly behind me. For a long moment, I just

like a worm-festered wound and as much as I didn't want

She was gone. She had

Ramsey?" I murmured

I stood motionless, still lost in memories. I couldn't help but think that Lyla never forgave me after everything. I know I hurt her pretty badly in the past but I

The fierceness in her eyes when she had made me believe I was hurting her. The softness of her

always intended to return to Nathan? Was Lenny in support

head, I turned to leave. I'd find no

and bright catching the late afternoon sun through the window. Like a sunbeam reflecting off metal. I paused, looking toward the source. It had come from

glinting innocently, was a ring. Lyla's engagement ring precisely. The diamond caught the sunlight that was shining directly into the room now sending prismatic reflections dancing

on me slowly. Reaching for the ring, I picked it up, turning it between my fingers. The tracker

had embedded a tiny device in the ring that allowed me to monitor Lyla's location. While in the meeting, I had believed that Lyla was still here, safely within the pack, because the tracker had said so. She must have known for her to

the ring in the background when I was talking with Nathan some hours ago. She had said she would return it. If she had truly taken the blood oath with Nathan, wouldn't she have forgotten about our engagement?

it made. Was Lyla trying to

to believe that she hadn't truly given herself over to Nathan, that there was a chance to save her. But I didn't know if this

was still racing with possibilities, but

to understand

He had a tense expression on his face.

dead?" I asked

into confusion. "Huh?

you want? What

Cassidy is here to see you and she's insisting she must else she