The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 426 - 426: A perfect peace.

Epilogue

Lyla

A year later

I wandered through the hallways of the White Moon pack house, searching for Ramsey.

The afternoon sun streamed through the tall windows, casting everything in that golden light that made even the most ordinary moments feel magical.

The soft murmur of voices led me to the nursery, and I paused at the partially open door to peek inside. What I saw made my heart swell with such overwhelming love that I had to press my hand to my chest to contain it.

Ramsey was stretched out in the oversized rocking chair we'd specially ordered, his shirt unbuttoned, with tiny Charmaine sleeping peacefully against his chest, her red-blonde curls catching the afternoon light.

In the matching chair beside him, Lenny held little Calen with the same gentle care, his brown hair so much like my own fanned across Lenny's broad chest as he dozed.

Both men were speaking in hushed tones about pack security protocols, but their voices carried the soft cadence people naturally adopted around sleeping babies. It was such a perfectly domestic scene that I couldn't bear to interrupt it.

I smiled and quietly closed the door, leaning against the wall in the hallway as a wave of gratitude washed over me.

One year. Twelve months since that nightmare had ended, since we'd won our freedom at a cost I still couldn't quite remember but felt in the hollow spaces of my heart. A year of peace so profound it sometimes felt like a dream I might wake up from.

Life had settled into my routine as a Luna Leader, a mum, a lover and of course a best friend. Those dark months when danger lurked around every corner were a memory I wish I could erase forever.

Notwithstanding, our world had found its balance again, stronger perhaps for having faced its greatest threat and survived.

Clarissa had grown into her role as Alpha with a grace and authority that would have made our father proud. The southern packs followed her leadership without question now, and her influence had spread far beyond our regional boundaries. She'd implemented new policies for inter-pack cooperation, established trade agreements that benefited everyone, and created a council system that gave smaller packs a voice in larger decisions.

And then there was her relationship with Lenny – something that had surprised everyone except perhaps the two of them.

They'd fallen head over heels for each other to the point that it was impossible to believe until you catch them on a random afternoon making love to each other with reckless abandon.

too. Neither wanted marriage, but both treasured their independence, yet they were devoted to each other in

irony of fate. Lenny, who had sworn off serious commitment and declared he'd never father children, was absolutely besotted with the idea of becoming a father for the seventh

nursery at White Moon since Rissa had agreed she would raise the

would move over to Blue Ridge, no one knows, but

week, her hand resting on her growing belly. "But we love each other more. Marriage is just a piece of paper. What we have is so much deeper than

face transformed when Clarissa walked into a room, the way she

world had also found a balance. After the destruction of Xander's legacy,

a conscious decision to preserve our own cultures and values rather than constantly adapting

relocated their primary operations to White Mountain Region since it was the home of

species, rather than operating in secret. Kyren, of course, retained his position as Hollow Kin leader and has grown

most entertaining development of the past year – watching Kyren fall completely, hopelessly in love with

from her captors and she'd healed from her ordeal, Circe had thrown herself into working with the Hollow Kin. Her magical abilities and

refusal to be intimidated by Kyren's reputation

was

three steps ahead was blind to his own romantic feelings. He

seemed to find his obliviousness charming. She'd taken to wearing increasingly beautiful dresses to their meetings and finding excuses to touch his arm when she talked, all while pretending not to notice the way he stared at her when he thought no

to propose soon," Clarissa had predicted during her last visit. "The poor man is so gone for her that he's started asking around for advice

me smile as I pushed away from the wall and continued down the hallway. Luna Vanessa had retired

Temple is so much better and peaceful," she'd confided to me the

was seeking to relax a lot of the laws enforced on

and erasing their birth details had stopped. Children were now allowed

of my mother, who was a High Priestess too; she said her name was Miriam, but I couldn't remember. There were no

anytime I visit the temple and walk past her

settled into married life with an

our world and putting us first, and he never missed an

I wasn't carrying twin boys. One was a girl, whom we named Charmaine, and the other was a boy, whom we named

had brought such joy into our lives that it sometimes felt selfish to be this happy. Charmaine, at only a few months

was quieter, more observant, but with a stubborn streak that reminded me of Nathan all

and growing so fast that I sometimes felt like I was trying to hold onto smoke. Each day brought discoveries,