The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 304

Chapter 304 304: Ghosts and Shadows

Lyla

I stumbled back, my legs giving way beneath me as shock rippled through my body. It couldn't be—it was impossible. Yet there he stood, just as I remembered him.

"Caius?" His name escaped my lips as a breathless whisper.

Ramsey's former Gamma, Gamma Darius's son, Caius, rushed to my side. He reached for my arm, his face creased with concern. "Lyla, are you okay?"

I swatted his hand away, scrambling backward. "Stay away from me! Leave now, or you won't like the result."

My mind raced with possibilities. Another fox shapeshifter? A ghost? Some trick of the Dark One's magic?

"It's me," Caius insisted, keeping his distance but holding his hands up to show he meant no harm. "I promise you don't need to worry. It's really me."

I glanced at the former Ferals surrounding us. None of them were snarling or showing signs of aggression toward Caius. They would sense it immediately if he were an imposter or under the Dark One's influence.

Taking this as a good sign, I allowed him to help me to my feet. My legs still felt wobbly from the shock.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yes," I managed, my gaze drifting to where Gamma Darius lay motionless on the ground, felled by Caius's decisive blow. "That's your father. You didn't know before you hit him?"

Caius scoffed, his eyes hardening. "He wanted me dead. What father wants his son dead?" He glanced nervously toward the trees. "But we need to leave now. Can you make it to your cars?"

Before I could answer, the rest of my warriors arrived from the same direction. They paused when they all saw Caius and started approaching cautiously. Garin and Killian, with my elite warriors, were first in line, flanked by Kieran and the other Ferals in their wolf forms. All of them eyed Caius with obvious suspicion.

"It's fine," I assured them. "He's with us." I turned to Garin. "Were you able to find Ramsey and Lenny? Their troops?"

"Yes," Garin nodded. "They've retreated and are rendezvousing at the caves beneath Moon Lake."

"And Ramsey?" I asked anxiously, looking back to where I'd last seen him fighting with the fox shapeshifters."

"He's fine," Killian answered. "He's the one who gave the order to retreat."

hadn't come for me himself. It wasn't like him to withdraw without ensuring I was

Caius urged, his eyes continuously scanning our

noticed something strange

to come after us? Even while

confusion. "There was no way Nathan would launch a full assault right now. He was trying to lower your defenses. The more you keep coming to him,

the secret cave entrance, I spotted

he pulled back, his hands running over my arms and shoulders

you hurt?" he demanded, his

assured him, touching his face gently. "What about you? Are

came to stand beside me. "Alpha," he said, inclining his head in

shock. "Caius?" he whispered, disbelief

Caius confirmed with a slight

as if afraid he might vanish.

"Yes," Caius replied.

satisfied smirk. "Remember when I told you I'd have a surprise

how?" Ramsey's voice was hoarse with emotion. "I thought

was the real traitor," Lenny interjected. "On the night Caius supposedly died, he showed up at my front door, battered." He gestured toward the cave. "It's a long story, but let's not

followed Lenny into the cave, which opened into a surprisingly large chamber. Lights lined the walls, illuminating a makeshift command center. Warriors

if he was afraid I might disappear.

seated around a rough stone table. "How are you alive, Caius? We all thought you were dead. I attended your

shapeshifter who died taking my

from the beginning,"

him one night and overheard him

Nathan's change became obvious

was involved in, he needed to stop. He seemed to agree, even apologized." His expression darkened. "That day of the explosion that rocked the entire pack, after we agreed that I was going to investigate the guards who were in charge of Nathan

He paused.

remember," I

that night, my father was in a small meeting with a few warriors whom I recognized as my father's loyal guards, and he was whispering something to them. I didn't want to think too much about it, so I ignored it. When I walked into

father also helped with the explosion?"

attacked me and tried to kill me. Luckily, I escaped and ran to

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