The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 417 - 417: Something's wrong II

Clarissa

He moved to the window and looked out. "Could be a network issue. Sometimes remote areas have spotty coverage."

But even as he said it, I could tell he didn't believe it any more than I did. I began pacing again, my wolf's restlessness becoming almost unbearable. Every instinct I had was screaming that my sister was in danger, and I was hundreds of miles away, helpless to do anything about it.

"I should call Miriam," I said suddenly. "She's with them, right? If something happened to Lyla and Ramsey, maybe I could reach her."

But I realised I didn't have Miriam's direct number. All my communication had been through Lyla or Ramsey. I tried calling Ramsey's number, but it just rang endlessly with no answer.

"This is insane," I muttered, sinking into my chair. "How can an entire group of people just become unreachable?"

Jeremy checked his watch. "It's almost 10 pm. Maybe we should wait until—"

"No," I interrupted. "Jeremy, I can't explain it, but every fibre of my being is telling me that Lyla is in immediate danger. The conversation with Ramsey felt wrong from the first word he spoke."

"You think someone else was pretending to be Ramsey?"

"I think we need to consider that possibility," Jeremy replied. "Shape-shifters exist, and magic exists among humans. If someone wanted to isolate Lyla or manipulate the situation..."

I felt sick. "But Lyla handed him the phone herself. She would know if it wasn't really Ramsey."

"Would she? If she was waking up, if she was focused on your problems, if whoever was impersonating him was good enough..." Jeremy trailed off, but the implication was clear.

still nothing. The number that had connected me to

I said, standing up so quickly that my chair rolled backwards and hit the wall. "If Lyla's in danger, if someone's

practically. "We don't even know exactly where

try something," I insisted. "There has to be someone I can reach. Some way to

around, his Beta… what was his name again?- would be taking care of things on

reaching out. I didn't want

ticked by with agonising slowness. 4:15 am. 4:30 am. 4:45 am. I tried Lyla's number every few minutes, but the

hair. "Jeremy, what if

to stay calm," Jeremy said, though he was

calm?" I laughed, but there was no humour in it. "My sister is six months pregnant with twins, and she's disappeared along with everyone who was supposed to be protecting her.

an

do something, anything, was becoming overwhelming. I felt like I was trapped in a nightmare where everyone I cared about was in danger and I was powerless to

no response from Lyla's phone. I'd tried calling fifteen times in the past hour

stay. She told me that Ramsey and the Hollow Kin

war had caused so much loss; if the people knew there was still a

that the Hollow Kin was on the matter, but she sounded worried. Though I'd asked her a few times after that if she was fine, her answer had been hollow, and I knew

me wonder if she was downplaying the

she would be super busy and that she wouldn't have a lot of time to chat until things were clear here, and that as soon as they finish up, they'll come straight to Blue Moon

the coronation ceremony to Ramsey, and he had casually dismissed it without giving me

room. "Jeremy, there has to be someone else I can call.