The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 280

Chapter 280 280: Hard decisions II

Lyla

His lips curved into a slow, wicked smile.

"Interesting," he murmured, taking a step toward me.

I had just made a dangerous mistake. I had just revealed my hand.

The blood oath meant I couldn't attack him – I was supposed to be submissive, bound to his will like a fool. If I were indeed under the oath's power, I couldn't have pushed him away or defied him at all.

I looked at Nathan and saw he knew I'd been faking my submission all along.

"So, you've been playing games, Lyla," he said, straightening his shirt where I'd gripped it. "I suspected as much, but thank you for confirming it so… dramatically."

"I don't know what you're talking about, and I'm sorry if I pushed you. You know how it is with my powers. I haven't learnt mastery of it and…"

He threw a pocket knife to me, and instantly, I caught it. In my defense, it was coming directly to my face. What was I supposed to do?

Nathan nodded, satisfied. "And you're fast, too. See how you caught the knife in milliseconds. Have you been training, Lyla? But you deceived me into thinking you were still a rookie."

"You assumed, Nathan," I said quietly. "It's not my fault you thought I was still weak."

He nodded. "So, did your mate teach you?"

"Mostly him and many other nice people," I retorted. "But how did you know?" I asked, my mind racing to formulate an escape plan. I needed to know exactly how much he knew, how long he'd been onto me.

"The blood oath never took effect," he replied. "I felt nothing when we performed the ritual, even though you put up a show."

to Nathan. It

now, I made a

a connection, a binding. There was none,"

did you let me believe

you'd go with the charade. How much information you'd gather while thinking you had the upper hand." he

seen better days and tossed it to me. It landed directly at

that I was the Dark One and a lot of accusations, and then he kept emphasizing on you trusting Ramsey and taking guidance from your mother. Annoying stuff…" he

but I couldn't take my eyes off the man staring at me. My mind

the door; it was locked. My eyes began to scan my room,

sitting on it. He selected an apple from the bowl there and bit into it. "You're such a good actress. You endured three days of torture to convince

surprise. I was sure no one had followed

the fourth day, I swear,

go," I started walking towards the door, not before bending down to pick

the handle, it disappeared completely. What was left was just a wall. I turned to him. I wanted to scream out my panic, but I still

not magicians.

face him; my heart was thudding violently in

I accused, pointing a

for a few seconds and then smiled. "Well…I can't deny that

scoffed in disbelief. "You're

but I'm also Nathan. I'm sure he's somewhere, here," he pointed at his chest. "It's not been easy keeping

stared at him, trying to understand

you didn't know, or maybe you choose not

this point. "You came to me in the human world in your original

that you may have seen me before in your past life and saw that my face matched the one from Neriah's time. But believe me,

my head.

crisis and just concentrate on more important things? I've missed you, baby. Come sit with me for a while," he tapped at

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