The Alpha's Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger. - Chapter 208

Chapter 208: Betrayal unveiled…
Ramsey

You know that moment when you know your break is almost at the corner and all you have to do is push some buttons and everything will work out?

I’ve been waiting for this moment. For more than a decade for a perfect opportunity like this and now that it was finally here, I felt numb. Tomorrow, I am going to bring a lot of things to light. Secrets would be spilt and maybe, my parents’ ghost would be laid to rest.

I would be able to retire all the people who had a strong hold on me, the ones who had undermined me all these years and had bashed me with the sins of my parents and made me powerless. Finally, I’ll be able to stand in front of the world and present the woman I love.

I sat on the bed, watching Cassidy enter her room and go straight to the bathroom. An hour later, she came out and was padding towards the bed in her birth suit when I turned on the light. While she was in the bathroom, I made sure I locked the door.

I had left, Blue Ridge pack on a whim. While I and Lenny were in the hotel, planning our next move, we got wind that Nathan’s men were looking for me. Of course, he must have heard that my wedding wasn’t happening again and it was only normal for him to come search for me.

I had escaped by a hair’s breadth.

I didn’t leave because I was afraid of him but because I didn’t want to implicate, Lyla and secondly, it would give Nathan more reasons to be rebellious, though I knew that was the path he was heading.

As the light flooded the room, Cassidy stood frozen at the centre of her room.

“Ramsey?” she whispered, her voice trembling. She came towards me, her hands were shaking as she reached out. Without warning and with tears streaming down her face, she rushed forward and began to pound weakly against my shoulders.

Her sobs were loud and her voice was filled with pain. “How could you do this to me? What did I ever do to deserve this? Why would you leave me at the altar and humiliate me in front of everyone? Why did you desert me?”

I didn’t move, letting her vent out. Her cries now filled the room.

“My parents … they blamed me. She continued, wailing as her hands shook. “Do you know what I’ve suffered? My father has already promised me to the son of the Alpha of White Hill Pack. Do you understand what that means?”

“But,” she swiped at her tears, reaching for my hand and trying to pull me up. “Now that you’re here, hurry, let’s go meet my father. You’ll talk to him and explain everything to him that this was all a mistake. I’m sure he’ll understand and maybe, we could go on with the wedding. I know the guests are all gone. I couldn’t care less for that. I just want to be married to you.”

Slowly, I pulled my hand free from hers. “Cassidy,” I said coolly. “I’m not getting married to you. This is not a reunion either and I’m not sorry I left you this morning. Though it feels like I ran away but I didn’t. I just left in a hurry yesterday after realizing I would never be happy with you. You won’t make me happy and I’ll make you miserable.”

“I don’t care!” she said fiercely, coming to kneel before me and trying to take my hands again. “I love you, Ramsey. That’s all that matters. I want to be yours and I want you to be mine. I just need to know that you cannot belong to any other woman. Whether you make me miserable, whether you sleep with all the women in the region, I don’t care. I just want to be with you.”

I paused for a minute, trying to figure out the best way to say what I was about to say right now. “Well, I don’t want to be with you.”

She staggered back as though I had slapped her. Brushing past her, I walked to her closet and returned with a robe which I threw at her.

“Put this on, first.”

Her nakedness meant nothing to me. I didn’t like Cassidy that much to go crazy when she had nothing on. She ignored me and rose to her feet coming to stand in front of me.

“Then, why are you here? To rub it in my face? Why did you come exactly? Tell me?”

A small smile played on my lips. “I’m giving you a chance to redeem yourself. I feel like I owe you for putting up with me all these years, even though I would have preferred you left. So, consider this as a last act of service on my part, okay?”

She stared at me, her brows furrowing with confusion. “Redeem myself?”

I patted the space beside me on the bed. “Sit down, Cassidy. Just for a minute and I’ll explain everything to you.”

“No,” she said, shaking her head. “I don’t want to sit down and discuss anything with you.”

“If you care about saving yourself, then you’ll listen to me,” I said firmly. “If you do not want to spend the rest of your life, languishing in the dungeon then I suggest you come here at once. This is your only chance.”

I saw her hesitating and for a minute, I thought she wouldn’t comply but finally, almost reluctantly, she came to sit down next to me, her hands clenched tightly in her lap. I pulled out my phone and unlocked it, swiping through the gallery until I found what I was looking for. I turned the screen toward her.

“Look!” I commanded.

A day after the whole chaos that had ensured at the Harvest Moon Festival, Lax had insisted that Lyla couldn’t have acted out of control – that’s her wolf going out of control, even though I feel like it sensed that the Priestesses were going to get attacked but Lax had insisted that something must have triggered it.

The first video was footage, Lenny had pulled out. It showed Cassidy at a Café in their pack, meeting up with some strange-looking man. I didn’t know who he was or anything but with Miriam’s help, we were able to identify him.

I swiped to the second video. It was footage that we had pulled from the White Moon security team. There was a small gate known only to Omegas and used primarily by them and servants to access the pack in and out. Despite that, it wasn’t as open as, since you need your identification as the password to go in and out.

In the footage, Cassidy was swiping the keycard of one of the Omegas and then opened the gate for the Dark One to come in. After that, she led him towards the Packhouse. On a good day, his presence would have raised suspicion but it was the Harvest Moon and everyone was busy, so I wasn’t surprised that his presence was missed.

I locked my phone and leaned back, my gaze was fixed on her. “Lyla told me everything,” I started.

Her eyes widened in panic and I noticed the flicker of fear that crossed her face. It was all the confirmation I needed.

“Lax was right,” I muttered, almost to myself.

Cassidy’s breathing quickened. “Ramsey, I…”

“What happened in my office that day?” I cut her off.

Her shoulders sagged as her composure crumbled. “He approached me,” she confessed, her voice shaking. “He said he had a solution. He promised he could help me. It’s your fault!”

I arched a brow, my expression darkening. “My fault?”

“Yes!” Cassidy cried. “You pushed me to the edge. He said he could secure you for me. All I had to do was… was take him to Lyla.”

My jaw tightened, but I forced myself to stay calm. “What did he want with Lyla?”

Cassidy hesitated, her lips trembling. “I don’t know,” she whispered.

“Don’t lie to me,” I growled.

She flinched, her tears falling faster. “He said… he said he’d help me kill her,” she admitted, her voice barely above a whisper.

The room fell silent, her words hanging heavily between us.

My eyes widened in disbelief. “You were going to kill Lyla?” I shouted, rising to his feet. “Are you insane?”

“No! I—I didn’t mean it,” She stammered, her voice breaking. “I didn’t want to hurt her, but he—he promised—”

“Enough,” I snapped, his voice cold and sharp. “I don’t want to hear any more of your pathetic excuses.”

Cassidy sobbed harder, her body shaking.

I ran a hand through my hair. “Do you even realize what you’ve done?” I demanded. “You brought the Dark One into the White Moon Pack. You tried to kill my mate.”

“I didn’t mean to,” She cried.

“I don’t care what you meant,” I said. “The only thing I care about is fixing this mess. And the only way to do that is to exonerate you.”

Cassidy looked up at me, her tear-filled eyes filled with confusion. “Exonerate me?”

“Yes,” I said in an icy tone. “I’m going to charge you with the crime of bringing the Dark One into our pack and for conspiring to kill Lyla. But there’s a way for you to avoid punishment.”

“What do you want me to do?” She asked, her voice trembling.

I leaned closer, “Testify against your father. Tomorrow.”