The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 421 - 421: The rescue...

Ramsey

The chains binding my wrists to the concrete wall had chafed my skin raw hours ago, but I'd long since stopped feeling the pain.

The others were in various states of consciousness around me. Kyren sat slumped against the opposite wall, his head hanging forward, but his breathing steady. The Hollow Kin elders flanked him, their faces grim but alert. Elias was to my left, testing his restraints periodically.

But it was Miriam who worried me most. The High Priestess sat rigid in her chains; her usually serene composure was filled with anxiety. Her dark eyes darted constantly toward the door, and I could see her lips moving in what looked like silent prayers or incantations.

"Listen to me, all of you," I said quietly, my voice carrying just enough for them to hear. "Whatever happens, whatever they try to make us do or say, our priority is staying alive long enough for help to arrive."

"Help?" one of the elders rasped, his voice hoarse from hours of captivity. "How can you be certain help is coming?"

"My Beta knows I'm here," I replied. "He'll track us down, and you all saw me reach out to my sister-in-law. I'm sure she'll know what to do."

Kyren lifted his head, his pale eyes meeting mine. "You're banking a lot on your sister-in-law's instincts."

"I'm banking on the fact that she's been trained by one of the most paranoid and strategically minded Alphas in the South," I corrected.

Miriam suddenly spoke up, her voice filled with panic. "But what about Lyla? Ramsey, what if they took her, too? What if she's somewhere in this facility? What if they're hurting her? What if they're using her condition against her?"

I felt my wolf surge forward at the thought, my hands clenching into fists despite the chains. "They won't hurt her," I said, though I wasn't entirely sure I believed it. "She's too valuable to them. Whatever they want, they need her alive and unharmed to get it."

"You don't know that," Miriam insisted, tears streaming down her face. "These creatures, they're not like the enemies we've faced before. They're Xander's children, bred for cruelty and manipulation. What if they're torturing her to force her compliance? What if they're threatening the babies?"

"Miriam—"

"She's alone, Ramsey!" Miriam's voice cracked with anguish. "She's alone and pregnant and terrified. They took us all from the house and left just her. Doesn't that tell you something? Those monsters may want to use her for whatever twisted plan they've concocted. And we're stuck here, chained to walls like animals, completely helpless to protect her."

The pain in her voice was hurting me.

"She's not helpless," I said firmly. "Lyla is stronger than any of them realise. She survived Xander himself and defeated him when he was at full power. She'll survive this, too."

"But the pregnancy—"

I interrupted. "You know as well as I do that a pregnant female defending her young is the most

is. Pregnancy or no pregnancy, she's not

means conserving our strength,

wiped her eyes with the back of her

come for us eventually," I said with certainty. "The question is how long it will take, and whether

was a scratching sound coming from

The scratching repeated.

my face as recognition dawned on me.

confusion evident in his

with a grin, "Get away from

shifting their positions to huddle in the far corner despite their restraints. Moments later, the scratching stopped, replaced

sink downward, revealing what appeared to

dressed in full tactical gear. But I recognised the insignia on their uniforms immediately: White Moon Pack's elite security

Leader," the lead figure said, pulling off his helmet to reveal a face I'd seen before at inter-pack gatherings and also

to

I asked as feeling returned to my hands

are sweeping the facility," he replied efficiently. "We've identified seventeen captives total, plus an unknown number of hostiles. The primary objective is extraction,

were removed, I

up later. I need to go

"Sir, protocol requires—"

hell," I snarled, already moving toward the door. "My pregnant mate is somewhere, either here in this facility or back at home.

thanks to the rescue teams. But the

encountered was human – or at least mostly

strange and tainted with something that made my wolf recoil in disgust. He raised some weapon, but I was on him

rounded the corner, moving with speed. The first one had the pale

The second guard tried to

backhand sent him flying into a door that bent

the facility's maze-like corridors. Some were clearly human

supernatural hybrids like Xander's

paper,