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?"

saw the perfect opportunity. And he's such a

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

I whispered, the name leaving my lips as more

Xander's face now. Nathan's features twisted into an expression that looked foreign on him, like

Nathan's familiar tone and something older, more sinister. "I knew

hands balling into fists at my sides. "Whatever

that cleansing ceremony, when Nathan came to wake you in the world

that strange, dreamlike state where Nathan had appeared as my savior. It had all been a

was already struggling with so much animosity, this feeling that he was just prey in a world of predators." He chuckled. "All these things Nathan is doing? I do not influence them. Nathan's demons have always been his own. I merely gave them a nudge

"You're lying."

he 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

paperweight from my father's desk. One of the unexpected advantages of my

improvised weapon. "If you injure me, you're injuring Nathan indirectly," he said, his voice unnervingly calm.

within me. I was so sick of being manipulated and being a pawn in everyone else's games. "Get. Out. Of. Him,"

"Make me," Xander whispered.

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

and I felt a rush of satisfaction

practicing," he said, wiping a trickle of blood from

have no idea," I

block, though a few connected painfully with my ribs. I responded with

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