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?

one of the few places Lyla and I had shared before

party but staying well out of sight. The forest grew denser, the underbrush scratching

There was no sign of Lyla. I'd gambled and

for someone?" a

myself. But the figure that stepped from the shadows wasn't

whispered, lowering my knife slightly, squinting in the

imagine," they replied. "Trying to save

she?" I demanded. "Did you

"She's

I asked again, peering into the darkness. It was the shape of a man for sure, and he was tall, but I couldn't

into the moonlight, and I nearly gasped

I whispered, staring at Nathan's father with a mixture

Blue Ridge, he'd always stood loyally behind my father when he was alive. Also, since Nathan has yet to appoint

no time for explanations," he said gruffly. "Nathan's men are combing these woods, and they're getting

cared about

to me and not been involved with Nathan at any point. I'm not one to lay

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

know. That's why we need to move quickly." he gestured

"How do I know this isn't a trap? Why

he admitted. "But right now, I'm the best chance you and Lyla have of surviving

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