The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 414 - 414: The broken sanctuary...

Lyla

"I'm not sure. The scent is muddled, like it's being masked or distorted."

Against every instinct screaming at me to flee, I found myself moving toward the kitchen. The blood trail was clear and unmistakable, leading us deeper into the house.

Ramsey stayed close to my side, his body positioned to shield me from whatever we might encounter. Kyren took point, his weapon drawn and ready, while Circe brought up the rear.

As we approached the kitchen doorway, I could hear voices – low, urgent conversation that stopped abruptly as we drew near. My heart was pounding so hard I was sure everyone in the house could hear it, and the twins were moving almost frantically now, as if they too sensed the approaching danger.

Kyren paused at the threshold, holding up a hand to signal us to wait. He peered around the corner carefully, then his entire body went rigid.

"Well," he said, his voice carefully controlled. "This is unexpected."

"What?" I whispered, trying to see around him.

Instead of answering, Kyren stepped into the kitchen, keeping his weapon ready but not actively threatening. "Miriam," he said, and I heard surprise in his voice. "And Eliass. This is... quite the dramatic entrance."

My mind reeled as the names registered: Miriam, my mom and Elias.

I pushed past Ramsey's protective arm and stepped into the kitchen, needing to see for myself what was happening.

The scene that greeted me was both better and worse than I'd feared. Miriam sat slumped in one of our kitchen chairs, her usual pristine appearance dishevelled and her face pale with pain. Her clothes were stained with blood – some of it clearly hers, some of it belonging to the man she was tending to.

Elias lay on our kitchen table, unconscious and badly injured. His clothes were torn and bloody, and even from across the room I could see the severity of his wounds. But he was breathing, and Miriam's hands were glowing with healing energy as she worked to stabilise him.

"What happened?" I asked, rushing toward them despite Ramsey's sharp intake of breath behind me.

her usually calm eyes filled with urgency and fear. "They found us," she said. "Xander's children. They've been hunting anyone connected to you, anyone who might have information

they find us?" Circe demanded, moving to

Miriam replied. "There's a lot of

his chest and the unnatural pallor of his skin. Whatever had attacked them hadn't been entirely

it?" I asked

expression was grim. "Bad. But he'll live, if we can keep him stable through the

Ramsey asked, noting the blood on her

They're not just hunting

didn't look up. "Clean towels," she

said, already moving.

should have been ridiculous but wasn't. He helped me skirt the glass-littered floor and set a heavy pot on the

told her. "And check the wards while you're

it," she nodded

peeled back a torn edge of Elias's shirt. The wound had a ragged mouth. The flesh around it was angry and grey, the edges frothing a little like it

"Hold him," Miriam warned.

if on cue, Elias's eyes fluttered open. For a few seconds, he gazed around as if he was in a daze until his eyes found mine, and they blinked in recognition before he smiled. "Luna Lyla, I'm

I told him gently. My hands shook as I set towels next to Miriam. "Who

had a strange scent going on, and

"Strange," Kyren said.

harder, and Elias

palm over Miriam's hands. "Let me try,"

but she eased a

and hummed until a bright blue light pooled

the pain in my lower back fade. My babies, which were agitated a while ago, were calm

Elias's bleeding slowed.