The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 287

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?"

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

and quietly as possible through the forest. Twice, we had to freeze and take cover as search parties

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

the engine. "And water in the glove compartment.

for its age. Jeremy navigated the old

asked, dabbing Lyla's forehead with a dampened

road ahead. "I can get you as far as the White Mountains border.

asked.

pack. Someone needs to stay behind, someone who knows what's really happening.

his actions struck me.

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

that, we drove in silence, the truck bumping along rarely used back roads. Lyla drifted in and out of consciousness, occasionally muttering names I didn't

what felt like hours, Jeremy 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 way."

you," I said, meaning it more than I'd ever meant

keys. "Take the truck.

know you helped us," I said

be able to track it, and no matter what, stay away from Blue Ridge for now. I

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

I hesitated. "Beta Jeremy... please look after my mother and baby brother." My voice caught

Jeremy shook 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 nothing of him left in

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

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

the second

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 allowing many outsiders in or out

the directions he gave me. When he finished, Jeremy leaned into the truck and gently

he told her, though I wasn't sure she could hear him. "Both of you are." He looked up at

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