The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 385: The price of leadership...

Ramsey

I shrugged, stretching out my hand. "Fair deal."

He shook it and asked me to give him a few minutes to make a call. I nodded and went back into the house. When I entered, Lyla was in the sitting room now with her legs propped up on the coffee table while Miriam was in the tiny kitchen stirring something in the pot.

The healer and the doctor were not with them.

"Hey, babe," I murmured, coming to sit next to her, but she ignored me, increasing the volume of the TV.

I turned to Miriam, who shook her head slightly, mouthing ’leave her alone’. Sighing, I left the couch and went to the kitchen.

"What’s wrong now?"

"She’s cranky, but it’s the hormones. Plus, her body is making a lot of adjustments to carrying a baby. Thankfully, she’s past the first trimester. The bleeding won’t happen again, and the babies are healthy," Miriam said with a smile.

"She wasn’t like this when we first arrived," I sighed, popping a grape on the kitchen counter in my mouth.

"You fought yesterday, right?" she sighed. "You shouldn’t be fighting with a pregnant woman; they bear grudges."

"Noted!" I nodded. "So, how’s Blue Ridge. Luna Vanessa and Alpha Clarissa?" I asked to shift the topic to something else.

"They’re fine," Miriam said with a fond smile. "But we’re waiting for you and Lyla to finish up with your honeymoon and come home for Clarissa’s coronation. She’s doing pretty well as an Alpha only; she’s had a lot of suitors coming for her these days."

"She can get married and still keep her title as Alpha," I said. "Why isn’t she accepting them? Still mourning Nathan?"

"Far from that," Miriam shook her head. "She says she’s never going to remarry and would make the most of her freedom. But it is not good for a woman to be alone for a long time."

Miriam sighed wearily.

"Anyways, enough talk about me. Did you hear that the Hollow Kin visited White Moon? Your Beta, Lenny, is running the entire world like a dictator. Your people miss..."

"Wait, what did you just say?"

She looked up, giving me a teasing smile. "That Lenny is running the entire world like a dictator..."

I shook my

the veggies on the

I cut her short, trying not to

about the Hollow Kin that we thought it was just a fairy tale to scare

a smile. "I’m just going to check on something

for the door, trying not to slam it. First, if the Hollow Kin truly visited, why wasn’t I informed? Second, Elias didn’t mention that his people had gone to

houses, I reached the front of Elias’ house in two long strides. Ignoring the doorbell, I knocked rapidly on his

snatch the phone from his ears, putting the call on speaker. The call was from a human, apparently the Chief of

Elias finished with the call. When he was done,

didn’t you mention that your

head. "That’s not possible. I was sent to track both of you in the human world and try to get

Lenny’s number. When I dialled the

"Hello!" he said drowsily.

is there something you’re supposed to report to me. Maybe you forgot or

a slight pause before

question should

it. They came here, insulted you and Lyla. You know me,

it," I sighed. "How are things

said. "How

about Elias, but decided against it. I turned off the hands-free mode

got a

are so shameless. Enjoy your Honeymoon, Ramsey. I’ve got everything covered here, and ignore Hollow King. Their authority cannot be more

at Lenny’s words, taking in a deep breath. "We’ll talk later and keep me abreast with

call ended, I turned to

are we dealing with?" I asked. "The

evidence that points directly to our kind." Elias’s expression was grim. "Every law enforcement agency in a three-state area is starting to develop theories about ’wild animal attacks’ that

in my veins. "You’re saying someone is deliberately trying to expose

excellent job of making it look like werewolves are systematically hunting humans for sport. And if this continues, it won’t be long before the human government starts

be a matter of time before they uncovered the

"How many incidents?"

pattern—systematic hunting, ritualistic positioning of the bodies, and claw marks that forensic experts are starting to classify as

do you need

I could see him weighing how much to reveal. "Because whoever is doing this isn’t random. They’re targeting specific types of people, following patterns that suggest supernatural knowledge. And they’re doing it in a way that’s designed to maximise