The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 281

Chapter 281 281: Hard choices III

Lyla

"A perfect medium? You are trying to tell me that you know when and how I was born?"

He nodded. "I followed your mother from the small shack where she gave birth to you, outside the Moon Temple, of course. Your birth woke me up, and then I followed your little journey up until she came to Blue Ridge pack, and your step-mother Luna Vanessa had to come to terms that her husband is a cheat."

"My mother was also deceived."

"I know," he nodded, "but I'm not talking about her either. Do you know what makes you extra special?"

I tried not to show curiosity. "What?"

"Your mother is a high priestess. Do you know what power she possesses? And then she passed a lot of it to you, Lyla. You don't just sing and heal with your voice. You're capable of so much more, but it's good you're not in touch with the other side of your powers. It benefits me."

"Was that why you were wary of Nymeris?"

He didn't answer. He evaded the question. "Now, I know that still forcing you to take the blood oath is a big scam. Thankfully, Nathan is here."

"You didn't tell me how you started influencing, Nathan?" I interrupted him. I wanted to buy more time.

"He made himself a willing host".

"How?"

I saw the perfect

could see it now—the strange, malevolent aura hovering around Nathan's form. Yet it wasn't quite right to call it

leaving my lips as

Nathan's features twisted into an expression that looked foreign on him,

of Nathan's familiar tone and something

him," I demanded, my hands balling into fists

quite what you think," he interrupted, looking almost amused. "I only use Nathan as my medium. But during that cleansing ceremony, when Nathan came to wake you in the world

back to that strange, dreamlike state where Nathan had appeared as

just prey in a world of predators." He

"You're lying."

leaned against the wall. "You want to believe that, Lyla, because it's easier to think that someone else is pulling Nathan's strings. But I'm telling you now—the things Nathan's done, the blood he's spilled, the war he's waging—it's all him. His anger, his jealousy, his hunger for power. I only stood

unexpected advantages of my Moonsinger abilities was enhanced strength, and I felt it coursing through me now as I lifted the object, prepared to

"If you injure me, you're injuring Nathan indirectly," he said, his voice unnervingly calm. "Is that what you

manipulated and being a pawn in everyone

"Make me," Xander whispered.

damage. He dodged so quickly that I didn't see him grabbing my arm and twisting until I dropped my weapon. It hit

I was angry now.

to suppress my emotion because I didn't want to end up killing everyone like Neriah did. I finally let go of the rage that has been building

I

been practicing," he said, wiping a

idea," I replied, circling

came at me with a flurry of punches, most of which I managed to block, though a few connected painfully with my ribs. I responded with a roundhouse kick I'd learned during my brief

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