The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 324: The Ultimatum

Ramsey

I sat across from Elder Thorne, neither of us speaking as we sized each other up. His face showed no emotion as he stared straight into my eyes, the only resemblance between him and Cassidy.

I schooled my features to hide the turmoil Lyla's rejection had caused. I had almost not attended the meeting because I was heartbroken, but I was the Lycan Leader, and my position didn't care about my emotions.

Finally, I broke the silence.

"Everyone out," I ordered the room. "Leave us."

Caius immediately leaned towards me, whispering into my ears, "Alpha, I don't think you should be alone with him. He could have weapons, or who knows what other schemes he has up his sleeves."

"It's fine, Caius," I murmured without taking my eyes off Elder Thorne. "It's fine," I repeated firmly. "Go."

He hesitated for another second before leaving the room, he and the warriors that came with Elder Thorne.

I leaned forward once the room emptied, leaving just me and Elder Thorne. "Is this really about me not keeping the agreement and marrying Cassidy, or is there more?"

He scoffed, eyeing me with pure disdain. "Even if you were served to me on a golden plate, I would never take you as a son-in-law. This whole marriage saga was my wife's idea entirely, and your grandfather bought it."

I nodded, "Then why do you have your warriors in front of my pack's gate? What's the occasion? Why didn't you send warriors when I sent messages about the Dark One's forces? I asked for help multiple times."

He laughed dryly, meeting my gaze. "You are fighting a lost battle, Ramsey Kincaid. You won't win, and you know it. You won't win against the Dark One. I know that much. Plus, I'm simply fulfilling the prophecy."

"Prophecy?" I prodded, though I suspected I knew what was coming.

"Your grandfather didn't mention it to you, did he?" Thorne's eyes gleamed. "That you might be a bastard? The White Moon Throne doesn't belong to you in the first place. All that talk about it choosing you is true, but you're too slow in doing what is required of you."

been truthful, and I won't trust your reports alone until I see hardcore evidence. But is

It's been hidden inside

my gaze rake his entire length, wondering what he was talking about. He sounded sane. His voice was the same, his pupils were not dilated. He was normal, at least to me. Were my

If I recall, there are a few in White Lake. I

chair. "The Standing Stone and not the standing

at him,

will you do with

as unreasonable as the stories make him seem. I guess he's tired of waiting for you to take the initiative and

nonsense again," I scoffed. "You don't have to resort to

looked serious. "Cassidy is a trueblood and comes from a generation of Lycan Leaders who once occupied the White Moon Throne. Everyone here, be it from White Hill or White Cloud, is connected to my great-grandmother Ellara. To unlock the power of the White Moon Throne, you must sit on it with

confessing that you

we all are, Ramsey. You're an affair between your great-grandfather, although he wasn't from around here, and my great-grandmother Ellara. That's why he could pass you off as Elaine's child based on resemblance. She was barren; she

at him, wondering how

Ellara White. We're all her children. Different surnames, a few of us married outside the region, but it's still one blood. For the power of the White Moon Throne to be fully accessed, children from the White

I heard its power has been greatly rigged. Generations of sacrifice using the pheromones of innocent Omegas," I fired back. "I don't believe

That is the thing the Dark One has been after for the longest time. The last time the power of the White Moon Throne was used…" he paused

this so-called

has some of it, but the last piece—the Luna stone—is

to him. Don't you want to claim

I wanted the stone as a bargaining chip, and of course, to rule again. I'm tired of putting up with your side of the family. All the men are weak. Your grandfather was

I asked, interrupting him. I

"Yes," he nodded.

you believe taking the stone will give you

to the

and desperation. He wasn't just after the

he wants a stone as a bargaining chip. The only thing that was true