The Alpha's Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger. - Chapter 215

Chapter 215: Visions and revelations…
Lyla

“From death to life, from dark to light,

Reclaim your place, reclaim your might,

The seal is broken, barriers fall,

Answer now your destiny’s call.

Arise, arise, no longer wait,

Embrace again your former state,

Through moon and song and will combine,

Your power, no longer confined.”

I stared at the screen of Ramsey’s phone, my voice echoing back at me through the video. The melody was haunting and filled with so much energy that it sent chills up my spine. I watched myself sing, my entire body was illuminated in a soft, ethereal glow. Even hearing the singing now, I recognized the familiar surge of power that accompanied it – something I hadn’t experienced, since that fateful day I was supposed to take the blood oath with Xander.

“I…” I trailed off, my fingers trembling slightly as I looked up at Ramsey. Shame clouded my features. Did he think I was stupid? Or mad or both? I handed his phone back to him, lowering my gaze again.

“How is this possible?” I murmured. “The last time something like this happened was during the blood oath ceremony with Xander – the Dark One.”

Ramsey arched his brow in confusion. “Blood oath ceremony, what do you mean?”

I wrangled my fingers; this was the first time I realised that I hadn’t spoken about the time I spent apart from Ramsey. All those four years without seeing him. Now that we’re together, I should open up.

“I once dated, Xander…” I started, afraid to look at him. I wanted to stop, because what man would tolerate being given details about his woman with another man but somehow, I couldn’t bring myself to do it.

“I didn’t know he was the dark one and it was the year I left Blue Ridge. We started, dating, he was good to me and all that. One time, I ran away from home and was with him and his father – not his real father,” I added quickly “It was a Trinax posing as his father – Mr Dupree. It was during one of those times that he revealed himself to me and forced me to open the portals to help him retrieve his power.”

I sneaked a look at Ramsey. He had a calm expression on his face.

“That night, we were at some place at an abandoned warehouse and underneath, there were a lot of people, mostly human and we went behind the hall, there were standing stones…”

“Standing stones?” Ramsey’s voice was filled with wonder. “Standing stones?” he repeated.

I nodded. “About five of them or so plus another stone in. the middle of the standing stones. It was huge and could fit in two people at the same time. Somehow, with Xander’s help, of course, I was able to bring these stones alive and, in the process, released his power that had been trapped. The last process was binding myself to him through the blood oath. Nanny showed up at that time and we didn’t complete it.”

“So, during the process you sang?” he asked, his features were still calm.

“Yes!” I nodded. “He gave me a scrap of paper with a few words on it. I looked at the words and somehow, it was as if I knew the lyrics and I started singing, as I sang, that thing right here in the video,” I pointed at his phone. “Started swirling around my body and it connected me and him…”

“Wow!” he said after a minute with a chuckle. “I’m not sure you understand the significance of a standing stone, Lyla. He was trying to perform a sacrifice and perhaps later we would try to find the location of these standing stones. We need to retrieve them and bring them back to White Moon.”

I looked up at him, confused. “What do you mean?”

“The standing stone and the platform in the middle have been used for ages to perform simple rituals, during the harvest moon and Moon Priestesses and Priests in those days used it as a healing portal for someone who is sick, to communicate with the moon goddess. It’s life extended in a way. That was why you were able to give him what he lost.”

I nodded.

“Maybe this is a sign, Lyla. Maybe your powers are coming back.”

I shook my head in disbelief. “No, it’s impossible. Mother Liora said so herself and back when I still had my wolf inside of me… wait!” my eyes glowed with excitement. “I heard my wolf’s voice for the first time, the morning after we…” my cheeks redeened.

“After we made love?” Ramsey supplied.

I nodded. “I missed a turn and walked into the Northern forest. I heard my wolf speak and now that we’ve been intimate again, all of these things are happening, maybe it’s all tied together.”

“It is!” Ramsey nodded. “I started having visions after I became intimate with you and whenever I get overwhelmed with seeing the same scene in my dream over and over again, I just need to be with another woman and it stops for about a week.”

“Wow!” our gaze met and we burst out laughing. “We truly are fated to each other, Ramsey. Why did it take us so long to be together?”

“Because I was a coward,” he said softly, reaching for my fingers and nibbling on them. “Now, I know what I must do.”

“I think it’s time I take that trip to the Northern Forest to search for Neriah’s sword. Maybe my powers just need an existing power to come alive again but then…” a frown crossed my features. “Nanny once said having a wolf and Moonsinging ability cannot coexist. Something about them clashing or somewhat.”

Ramsey crossed his arms, his eyes glazing thoughtfully. “There are a lot of variables these days, Lyla. When I started having those visions of dying and being in a field filled with dead people, I met a Moon Priest and with his help, I was able to realize that I may be connected to you in more ways than one. He was also the reason me and Cassidy didn’t get married immediately.”

“Yeah, Lenny told me, something about a breach and disaster, no?”

Ramsey laughed. “It was all a ruse. He wanted to preserve the connection I had with you. For some reason – which he didn’t tell me, he said I should never marry Cassidy and I should avoid it all cost. When the whole thing happened and it was clear I would still end up with Cassidy and I went to him he said I would never marry her. At least not in this lifetime.”

“Wow!”

“Yes,” he nodded tracing patterns on my arm. Things are shifting, maybe the presence of your wolf is triggering something and your powers as a Moonsinger are coming back naturally.”

I swallowed hard. I wanted to believe him, but hope was a dangerous thing. I don’t know,” I admitted.

Ramsey reached out and pulled me into a warm embrace, his chin resting on top of my head. “Don’t think too much about it right now,” he murmured against my hair. “Just take it one step at a time.”

I nodded against his chest. As I pulled back, I watched him reach for his phone to delete the video but I reached out, stopping him. “No. Keep it. Just for now. I like it.”

He arched a brow but didn’t argue, slipping the phone back on the nightstand. Our eyes met again, and something unspoken passed between us. Before I could stop myself, I leaned in, and we met in a slow, gentle kiss.

His warmth enveloped me, the taste of him sending a rush of heat through my body. His hand ran through my naked form, kneading my mounds, pressing himself to me.

But just as things began to escalate, I pulled away, my breath coming fast as I remembered something that had been nagging in my mind. “Wait,” I whispered. “I need to ask you something.”

His eyes had darkened with longing. He reached out for me, trying to pull me close to himself. “Can’t it wait?” he murmured reclaiming my lips. “I have this wonderful idea…”

“Ramsey!” I chuckled wiggling away from his hold. “Remember we’re saving our strength for the council tomorrow.”

He groaned, running his hand through his tousled hair but he nodded. “Go on.”

I took a deep breath. “Nymeris told me something about you trying to claim Xander’s vision as your own.” I hesitated. “How did you know about that?”

His expression shifted immediately, his eyes darting away as if it was searching for an escape route. He opened his mouth, then closed it, as if debating whether to tell me. I pressed on.

“Don’t you dare change the topic? Please, tell me… please.”

After a long pause, he exhaled heavily. “In the first year after you left for the human world, right after I started having those visions, there was another form – A man who fits the exact description you, Nathan and Mother Liora had described to me as the Dark one. He would always say the same thing to me right before I fell dead, that I would fail in this life too, just as I had always failed before.”