The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 286

Chapter 286 286: Clarissa's path...

Clarissa

The bed where I'd left her was empty, the blankets thrown aside. Signs of a hasty departure were everywhere. "Damn it, Lyla," I muttered. Why couldn't she have listened to me just this once?

A noise outside made me freeze. Voices, growing closer. Flashlights were cutting through the trees.

"—check the old groundskeeper's place."

"Alpha says she might be hiding nearby."

They'd found us. I needed to get out and find Lyla before they did. But where would she have gone in her condition?

I slipped out the back window just as the search party reached the front door. Crouching in the bushes, I watched as they broke in, their flashlights sweeping the insides of the shelter.

"It's empty," one of them called. "But the bed's been slept in. She was here."

"Spread out," ordered Nathan's assistant's voice. "She can't have gotten far in her condition."

Condition? It means Nathan had purposely left Lyla in my Father's private study to make use of her later on. I'm sure his assistant must have seen how battered she looked.

I remained absolutely still as they spread out, beginning their search of the surrounding area. Once they moved far enough away, I crept from my hiding place, heading deeper into the forest. If I were Lyla, injured and alone, where would I go?

old willow by the stream. It had been a childhood hiding spot, one of the few places Lyla and I had shared before our relationship soured. If she remembered it, if she could

the search party but staying well out of sight. The forest grew denser, the underbrush scratching at my legs as I pushed

my heart sank. There was no

a voice

from the shadows wasn't one of Nathan's men. Though his face was still concealed, he

you?" I whispered, lowering my knife slightly, squinting in the darkness. "What

imagine," they replied. "Trying to

she?" I demanded. "Did you find

figure nodded. "She's safe.

by suspicion. "Why would you help her? Who are you?" I asked again, peering into the darkness. It was the shape of a man for sure, and he was

and I nearly

whispered, staring at Nathan's father with a mixture of shock

stood loyally behind my father when

gruffly. "Nathan's men are combing these woods, and they're getting closer. We need to

cared about

Lyla. I wish she had listened to me and not been involved with Nathan at any point. I'm not one to lay blame, but Nathan was a perfectly normal

he might be working with Nathan's men. "He's ordered a full-scale

move quickly." he gestured for me to follow. "Come. I'll

do I know this

"But right now, I'm the best chance you and Lyla

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