The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 287 287: Escape to Golden Gates...

Clarissa

Finally, when we were well away from the search party, we slowed down and continued at a normal pace.

"How did you find her?" I asked as we ducked under a low-hanging branch.

"I've been watching the pack house, keeping tabs on Nathan's movements," Jeremy replied in a low voice. "When I saw the search parties heading out, I followed at a distance. Found Lyla stumbling away from the shelter, barely able to stand."

We reached a dense thicket, and Jeremy pushed aside some branches to reveal a small natural hollow. There, curled on her side and covered with Jeremy's jacket, was Lyla. Her face was pale, her breathing shallow.

I rushed to her side, pressing my hand to her forehead. "She's burning up."

"The wounds are infected," Jeremy said grimly. "She needs medical attention, but we can't risk taking her to the pack healer."

Lyla's eyes fluttered open at my touch. "Clarissa?" she murmured, her voice barely audible.

"I'm here," I assured her. "We're going to get you somewhere safe."

"Nathan—"

"He doesn't know where you are," I promised. "We're leaving Blue Ridge tonight."

Jeremy knelt beside us. "My truck is parked about a quarter mile east, hidden off the old logging road. If we can get her there, we might have a chance."

"I can walk," Lyla insisted, attempting to sit up before collapsing back with a groan.

"No, you can't," I said firmly. "Beta Jeremy, can you carry her?"

his arms. She weighed almost nothing, and in Jeremy's

had to freeze and take cover as search parties passed nearby. Jeremy's knowledge of the terrain proved

canopy of branches. Jeremy carefully placed Lyla in the backseat while I climbed in beside her, cradling her head in my

a first aid kit under the seat," Jeremy said as he started the engine.

the old logging roads with practiced ease, avoiding the main

going?" I asked, dabbing Lyla's forehead with a dampened cloth I'd found

replied, his eyes fixed on the dark road ahead. "I can get you as far as the White Mountains border. After that, you're on

us?" I asked. "Nathan will know

is with the pack. Someone needs to stay behind, someone who knows what's really happening. I might be able to buy you some time, throw them

struck me. "You could be killed," I

asked me to do on his death bed? He could have asked for anything, but he said I should take care of his girls. No matter how chaotic things would become at some point since he didn't have an heir, I should take

drifted in and out of consciousness, occasionally muttering names I didn't recognize.

pulled the truck to a stop. "This is as far as I go," he said. "We're at the border of Blue Ridge territory. White Mountains is about fifty miles that

more than I'd ever meant those words

pulled out a set of keys. "Take

will know you helped us,"

in there. Don't use it unless absolutely necessary—they might be able to track it, and no matter what, stay away from Blue Ridge for now. I will see that your mother and your brother

to smile at his description of 'the war coming' as a big fight. Beta Jeremy still thinks

point, so I hesitated. "Beta Jeremy... please look

his head sadly. "I'm not so sure about Nathan anymore. Whatever's controlling him—this Xander that Lyla mentioned—it's powerful. I've tried reaching my son, but there's

him, this proud father who had dedicated his life to serving the pack and raising his son to be

visibly pushing aside his grief. "You can head to Golden Gates Pack and try to find Miriam. She would be at the Moon Temple for sure. I took her

the second option?"

region. I'm sure Ramsey would have time for his mate and would be grateful to you for bringing her back. The only problem is that it's far, and they've recently experienced Feral attacks. I'm not sure they're

When he finished, Jeremy leaned into the truck and gently touched

him. "Both of you are." He looked up at me. "Take care of each other. The future of all packs may depend