The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 375

Chapter 375: Holding down the fort

Lenny

"What do you mean?"

I gestured at the chaos surrounding me, even though she couldn’t see it. I know we’ve just talked about it a while ago, but I still needed to talk more.

"I mean, he just packed his bags and left. Didn’t even pretend to feel guilty about dumping all of this on me. ’Handle things while I’m gone, Lenny. You know how everything works.’ As if running a pack is some casual favour between friends."

"Aw, poor Lenny," Circe cooed mockingly. "Are you feeling unappreciated?"

"I’m feeling like I need a vacation too," I muttered, signing off on a medical supply requisition. "When was the last time I got to just disappear for weeks at a time? Never, that’s when."

"Maybe you should find yourself a nice mate," Circe suggested with false innocence. "Someone to share the burden with."

I snorted. "Right. Because that worked out so well for Ramsey, now he can’t make a single decision without considering how it affects his precious Luna."

"Lenny Stone, are you jealous of their happiness?"

The question hit closer to home than I cared to admit. "I’m not jealous. I’m practical. Ramsey used to be focused and decisive. Now he’s off playing house while the rest of us deal with reality."

"Reality like what? The pack seems to be running fine without him."

I looked around the office again, and she wasn’t wrong—things were running smoothly. Maybe too smoothly. The pack members seemed perfectly content to bring their concerns to me instead of waiting for their Alpha’s return.

said, though I wasn’t

the last time you took a break? Really took one,

bristled at her tone. "I don’t

Jessica’s twins? And didn’t Carmen

were happy with our arrangements, and everyone understood

the newest addition to the

said automatically, then caught myself. "And she’s not part of any fan club. We have an

understanding," Circe repeated slowly. "Right. And what

mate bond narrative for years, convinced that somewhere out there was a woman destined to ’complete’ me. The same romantic nonsense that had turned my best friend into

company without needing to complicate things with fairy tale promises," I said firmly. "Not everyone needs to

"Is that what

in true love and forever promises right up until the day my mother walked out on us

watched my father crumble and watched him drink himself into an early grave, waiting for a woman who was never coming back. He’d died still believing she might return, still keeping her side of the

happiness, made my own rules, and kept my heart safely locked away where no one

"Lenny? You still there?"

about supply chains." The lie came easily. "Look, I should probably get

a night off? I know Maya mentioned wanting to have

too comfortable lately, asking too many questions about when I’d be around and hinting at wanting more from our arrangement. It might be time to step back before she gets ideas

you talk to him next. And that he owes me twenty dollars—I bet him he wouldn’t

"Will do."

"Love you, stepbrother."

"You too, Circe."

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