The Alpha's Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger. Chapter 194 194: Baby mama

Lyla

I'm sure if Nathan had told he was an alien, a vampire, or even so wizard and had magically produced a wand and was waving it at , it wouldn't have been as shocking as what he was asking to do.

I stared at him, with my mouth hanging open in disbelief. The words he'd just spoken suspended between us like bad breath.

"You're asking to do WHAT?" I demanded, my voice rising with the sheer ridiculousness.

He sighed heavily, running a hand through his hair. "We would do anything to be with each other right? Isn't that what this is all about? I want to be with you and I'm trying to suggest…"

"To suggest?" I repeated staring at him. "What exactly do you take for, Nathan? So kind of baby-making machine? Is that all I am you? Do you think the solution to all our problems is for to get pregnant? I don't even know who I am anymore, Nathan. My identity is in a ss, it's jumbled…"

"Lyla, just listen…"

"NO!" I thundered pointing my index finger at him. "You listen! One minute, my mother – the woman whom I've called mother all my life was rejecting telling that I destroyed her family and her ho and I was a child born out of wedlock. The next, another group of deranged n or Alphas or whatever it is telling that I am a murderer and you're here asking to get pregnant? Are you okay?"

"Stop being sentintal for once in your life, Lyla. You're an adult…"

"And so, I get an automatic pass into swallowing down surprises like this? Realizing that everybody around has lied and has been lying to all my life. Do you think this is the way I've envisioned my future? To be stopped from getting married on my supposed wedding day?"

"Lyla, YOU'RE NOT LISTENING…" Nathan growled. His eyes were flashing with irritation and anger.

"Oh, I'm listening, perfectly well!" I cut him off, I was shouting now. "What I can't understand you is why you're dragging an innocent child into this ss. Have you completely lost it?"

He took in a deep breath, waving his hand placatingly at . "If you'd just let explain," he sighed. There was desperation and exhaustion on his face. "If there's a baby – our baby before the coronation, I can reject Clarissa. I can marry you instead. No one will question it and we can be together. It's the perfect solution…"

For a mont, the room beca quiet except for the rapid beat of my pounding heart in my ears and then Nathan's filled with agitation. Then, I doubled as laughter bubbled up my throat. It was loud and bitter echoing off the walls of the room. I laughed until tears gathered in the corners of my eyes but there was no atom of humor in the sound.

Nathan just stood there staring at in exasperation.

"Perfect solution?" I repeatedly mockingly. "So, I just pop out a child and boom, all our problems disappear."

His jaw tightened with frustration. "It's not like that, Lyla. I am not trying to use the baby as a ans to an end but I love you that much and this is the only way to fix everything. This is the only way we can be together, please my love."

"To fix your problems," I spat. "You want to take responsibility for your decisions and carry it on my shoulders because I want to be your mate? Your Luna? And for what? To be your loophole? I won't repeat Nanny's mistakes, Nathan. I refuse to beco just another Alpha's baby mama."

He flinched but continued. "This isn't just about ! It's about us. About protecting what we have."

"What do we have, Nathan?" I snapped. "I agree you've been a good friend, you even stayed in the dungeon for four years for and I am eternally grateful for this. But have you thought about all the people that might be hurt if we make that decision?"

"How about you put yourself first, Lyla? Everyone does that and has been doing it. You're not a ssiah?"

"Clarissa is my sister!" I yelled. "We might not see eye to eye on a lot of things but I know pretty well that this would an so much to her. Besides, your dad doesn't like , no one is in support of our joining. I've had enough drama in my life already, I'm too old to start being in another one."

"For Moon's sake, Lyla!" he cried with anguish. "Why can't you see reason? Clarissa is a beautiful woman, I'm sure a lot of n would die to have her. I am trying to protect what we have. This is the only way…"

I shook my head. "No, Nathan. This isn't right. This isn't about us and this is not the only way. This is about you. You're slowly morphing into Ramsey and you don't even see it."

His brows clouded with annoyance. "No, I'm not!"

"Yes, you are. You've turned into the very thing you once swore you'd never beco. I am not property to be owned. You're treating like a pawn in your grand Alpha ga. If you can't have then no one else should. I won't stand for it."

He quietened for a few seconds before he ca to , reaching for my hand. "Lyla, don't do this. I'm trying to protect you, to give us a chance. Please my darling."

"Protect ?" I scoffed as tears burned in my eyes. "By trapping ? By reducing to nothing more than the mother of your child? People will rember as the woman who trapped her sister's mate with a baby. I can kill all the Ferals in the world for all they care but that's the only thing I would be known for."

"We can tell the back story. We were ant to be together at first…"

"NO ONE GIVES A DAMN ABOUT BACKSTORIES!" I yelled, louder than I intended. "I am not a desperate woman, willing to trap a man with a baby. I will not beco another Nanny. I deserve better. I deserve respect and it's about ti you all started respecting for who I am not what you want to be!"

Nathan opened his mouth to argue, but I raised my hand to stop him.

"Whatever we had, it's over. I'm done."

With trembling fingers, I pulled off my engagent ring. The diamond caught the light one last ti. I tried handing it to him but he won't take it. So, I walked towards him and shoved the ring into the breast pocket of his ceremonial attire for the wedding.