Chapter 355: The interpretation...

Ramsey

The journey back to the pack house passed in suffocating silence.

Our vehicles moved through the late evening like a funeral procession, as if it was carrying the corpses of victory and betrayal in equal measure.

Xander sat securely in the reinforced transport; he seemed a little willing to come with us. Just before he was loaded at the back of the truck, our gaze met and held – his had a hint of amusement.

The drive back to the pack house felt like the longest journey of my life. I gripped the steering wheel until my knuckles turned white, trying to process everything that had happened.

Xander’s words kept reechoing in my mind. You won’t tell him about the babies.

Everyone knew that Lyla was pregnant, even Lenny and Caius knew. It was just me. I was the stupid person.

Lyla sat beside me in the passenger seat, stealing glances when she thought I wasn’t looking. I could feel her anxiety rolling off her in waves, but I couldn’t bring myself to speak to her. What was I supposed to say? How long had she been planning to keep this from me?

When we finally reached the pack house, I parked and got out of the car without looking at her. I needed space. I needed time to think.

"Ramsey, we need to talk," she raced after me as I headed toward the back of the pack house.

I stopped in the foyer but couldn’t turn around. If I looked at her right now, I might say something I’d regret forever.

"I need to rest, Lyla. We’ll talk later."

"But—"

"Later."

The word came out harsher than I intended, but I couldn’t take it back. I walked away, leaving her standing alone.

I continued walking with no conscious direction in my mind. I found myself at the lake, close to the borders of the pack. I collapsed onto the wooden bench, staring out at the water.

The waning evening sun reflected on the surface of the lake, broken and incomplete. Just like everything else in my life right now.

She lied to me. Lyla looked at me every day and lied to me.

The thought circled through my mind over and over again. Not just about the pregnancy, though that cut deeper than any physical wound, but about everything. How many conversations had we shared where she actively chose to keep this secret?

How many times had she looked me in the eye and said nothing?

the betrayal wasn’t even the worst

The prophecy was.

sacrifice shall break

hoping they meant

that flowed directly from Neriah herself. With everything that had happened

she was pregnant with

didn’t even know if I could get angry at this point. I was so miserable that it felt as if my heart would rip out of my

Lax’s voice

know what I’m

have to mean what

echoing across the water. "Doesn’t it? ’The Moonsinger’s sacrifice.’

be another

way?" I slammed my fist against the bench. "She’s pregnant, Lax. If the prophecy

moment. When he spoke again, his voice was heavy with

believes this is what needs to happen,

make sure she never gets

it’s not like she’s asking to do something out of place. This is what she

love requires difficult

love means accepting that the person you care about will make choices that destroy

We lapsed into silence.

replaced by the faint light of the half-moon

I didn’t turn around. I didn’t need to,

bench without speaking. Her presence was oddly comforting, like sitting next to someone who

went somewhere to be alone, Circe would always find me and

anything, we just sat and watched the Moon

broke the silence. "Would you allow me to make

find the

with the gentle touch of someone who’d comforted

hypnotic, and despite everything on my mind, I felt myself starting to

later, I gave in to

moon in the sky. I jerked awake, looking around me. Was everything over? Did Lyla survive?

gather my thoughts, voices reached me from

Lenny leaning close to each other, speaking in urgent

was saying, his usually calm demeanour completely gone. "You can’t tell him that. There

the old magics as well as I do. The balance

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