The Alpha's Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger. - Chapter 124

Chapter 124: The secret…
Ramsey

I nodded severally, clamping down on the insides of my mouth to stop the agony that was brimming inside me.

“I was never raised with being able to express how I feel. Sometimes when I want to say I love you, I end up saying it wrongly. I was raised by the domestic staff in the pack house. Love to me meant eating dinner, and occasionally going hunting. All of this is alien to me, Lyla. You should at least give me a second chance to redeem myself and I will learn how to love you since my methods didn’t work the first time.”

“I’m going to marry, Nathan,” she announced sniffing back tears. “You can go ahead and get married to Cassidy, I no longer care.”

“You want to punish me, Lyla… I get it but you don’t have to go to such extreme. You’ll…” I trailed off, a tear rolling down my cheek. “You’ll kill me.”

“And yet you haven’t died after four years of waiting,” she said woodenly. “There’s nothing for us again, Ramsey. I cannot bring myself to forget. Nathan asked me to be his Luna and I’m saying yes because he has proved both in words and in actions that he cares enough and he loves me.”

I shook my head, trying to steady my breathing. “I guess it’s no use. You would never believe me anyway. You’re so fixated on Nathan because he stayed in the dungeon for you. I gave him options to leave you know…”

“Don’t bring up the past!” Nathan snarled.

“I’m not marrying him because he went to the dungeon for me,” she shook her head. “Maybe one of the reasons but he’s consistent. Nathan would be Nathan next week; his feelings would not change. Now that I think about it, he has been trying to tell me how he feels all these years… then again… I thought he was just being best friends.”

“Do you even love him?” I asked, dreading the reply.

“Yes,” she nodded “And I’ll learn to love him even more. I don’t know what to do with the life I left before I came back but I do know that I want Nathan and I’ll do everything to stay with him.”

She might as well be nailing my coffin.

I tried to muster a smile but it ended as a smirk.

“You’re out of your depth. When things go wrong – and they will – remember that I tried to help.”

“The only thing going wrong here is your inability to accept that you’ve lost your chance, you didn’t have to add the touching stories, Ramsey,” she said quietly. “I’ve made my choice, Respect it.”

“Oh!” I laughed. “I will and also,” I reached inside my jacket and pulled out a letter which I tossed towards her. “Your dad asked me to give you this.”

She stared at the envelope and back at me. “What is this?”

“I have no idea. He said he’d wanted to give you for the longest time but didn’t have the guts to. He always carries it with him.” I explained.

I sighed, schooling my expression. “Fine, we’ve said a lot of things today but I’m not backing down completely about protecting you. I’ll come for your training every morning at least I can help in the physical aspects of your powers. Like it or not, Lyla, I’m not going to stand by and watch you get hurt because of inadequate training.”

Nathan turned, positioning himself slightly in front of Lyla. “That won’t be necessary, Ramsey.”

“Won’t be necessary?” I laughed “I’ve been doing a lot of research about this, I just wasn’t sure but since it is now confirmed, I have more extensive knowledge than you.”

“Seriously, Ramsey,” Lyla exhaled. “I don’t need…”

“I promised your father that I would look after you,” I said my gaze locking with hers. “I don’t care what you think you need. This isn’t about trust or feelings. This is about keeping you alive.”

“Stop forcing your way into her life. Walk away with dignity at least…” Nathan said

“And you need to realize that I’m not going anywhere,” I retorted with an icy tone. “You can’t keep me from protecting her.”

“Enough,” Lyla yelled again, silencing both of us. She turned to me, her eyes blazing with frustration. “If you want to help, fine. But it will be on my terms. I’ll decide when and how you’re involved. Until then, back off and since we’re now a couple, we wouldn’t want a third wheel.”

“You’re not a couple until you finally get joined,” I shrugged. “In the meantime, I’ll be acting as your Lycan Leader and starting from this moment, we will go back to being formal with each other. I expect that you’d call me by my title or my position and not my name. So, Lyla… as your Lycan Leader, I’ll be coming to your training to know how you’re doing. Now…” my gaze strayed to my wristwatch.

Twenty more minutes and it’ll be time to meet up with Cassidy.

“I need to go now, I wish you all the best.” I winked at both of them and started towards the exit.

Waiting for me by the entrance was Lenny. He had a sombre look on his face.

“When are you going to tell her the truth?” he asked.

“Were we that loud?” I asked walking towards the car.

“Loud enough for the entire white mountains to have heard. Hopefully, they didn’t,” Lenny sighed. “You should tell her already, Ramsey. You’re turning into a villain in her eyes.”

“I will tell her,” I said quietly, “When she realizes that she can never be with Nathan. Did you reach out to him?”

“Yes!” Lenny nodded “He’d be here in a few days, do you plan on making him tell her himself?”

“Not yet!” I shook my head. “We should hurry up now, I don’t want Cassidy shouting her head off for coming late.”

“Are you serious about wanting to go through with this wedding?” Lenny stared at me quizzically. “You can just put it on hold a few more days, who knows she might come around.”

“I’ll just go along with everything for now… that’s the only way I can protect myself.”