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 our relationship soured. If she remembered it, if she

search party but staying well out of sight.

the willow, my heart sank. There was no sign of Lyla.

a voice

the figure that stepped from the shadows wasn't one of Nathan's men.

lowering my knife slightly, squinting in

"Trying to save

demanded.

"She's safe. For

again, peering into the darkness. It was

figure stepped fully into the moonlight, and I nearly

father with a mixture of shock and

eyes. As Beta of Blue Ridge, he'd always stood loyally behind my father when he

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

cared about Lyla

humorless smile crossed their face. "I've always 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 child until she blossomed into a woman, and let's say I've had a change

working with Nathan's men. "He's ordered a full-scale search. And he's planning to attack the

why we need to move quickly." he gestured

hesitated, still not entirely trusting this unexpected ally. "How do I know this isn't

don't," he admitted. "But right now, I'm the best chance you and Lyla have of surviving in the next few

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