The Alpha's Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger. Chapter 315 315: Awakening II

Lyla

"You can't face him alone…"

"I'm not alone," I replied, feeling Nyris's presence burning bright within . I wasn't sure if she was really back or if this was sothing else entirely, but her strength flowed through .

"Lyla, please," he rose to his feet, handing over a bleeding, unconscious Lenny to Caius, who flipped him over his shoulders and ran toward our camp. "Don't do this out of stubbornness or pride. I cannot lose you, too."

He reached out for my hand, but I took a step backwards. "Enough of your unbelief, Ramsey. This is my job. Besides, between you and , you need more help than I do. I'll be fine."

"Lyla!" he cried out again.

I signalled to Killian, who was standing behind him, and, in a flurry, he struck Ramsey with the side of his palm on the back of his neck, making him go unconscious imdiately. Coupled with how exhausted he must be, it wasn't difficult.

With the help of two other Elite warriors, they dragged Ramsey away, and I turned my attention back to Nathan, who had struggled to his feet, his face contorting with rage.

"How dare you, Lyla?"

"You tried to kill my mate, Nath. Shouldn't you be apologising first?" I told him, advancing towards him.

"But I saw you monts ago on the ground, looking weak and drained."

"You've been feeding on the wrong power, or rather, your master has been feeding on the wrong power," I chuckled. "Moonsinging isn't about transformation. It's about balance – between light and darkness, between life and death."

"Pretty words," Nathan spat, raising his blade again. "But they won't save you, Lyla. Walk away while you can, my beef is with Ramsey, not you."

"I won't. You rember the day Mother Liora introduced to the White Mountain Region Council? You were there, Ramsey, with a bunch of elders. Do you know what Mother Liora whispered in my ears that day? You might not rember, I don't know how much, Xander has…"

"He does not control ," he snarled, gritting his teeth. "I am Nathan. I am my own man."

"Whatever dinsion you wish to live in, darling," I scoffed. "Anyways, Mother Liora said, when it is ti, I must kill you, and back then, I didn't think it was possible. I an, wasn't it a lifeti ago when I was so sure that I would marry you, beco your Luna, to think I made a mistake and that you've always been this way."

"You betrayed my trust from the first day you chose Ramsey over , Lyla. You're the reason why I'm like this. You must take responsibility for it."

"And if I don't?" I said calmly.

Before I could blink, he launched himself at with speed, aiming his blade at . I didn't dodge. I raised my hand, and the blade struck an invisible barrier an inch from my skin.

Nathan's eyes widened in genuine fear.

"The Dark One or whatever it is taught you well," I said. "But he didn't teach you everything."

I released a burst of power that sent Nathan flying backwards again. This ti, when he hit the ground, he didn't imdiately stand. Around us, the fierce battle was slowly shifting. The Ferals and Trinax seed to be retreating. I could see a score of our warriors littered all over the place, groaning in pain. So of them were unconscious.

Xander's armies may be retreating, but we were hit the most. We had a lot of injured warriors.

I turned to Nathan. "Surrender," I offered, standing over him.

He laughed, blood trickling from his mouth. "I won't, Lyla. You know, I don't give a fuck about you anymore. I don't think I ever did. You were just a pitiful creature that needed soone to latch onto. I wanted you because you gave power."

I didn't say a word, and I wasn't surprised either. Ramsey had drumd everything he was saying now into my ears for the longest ti.

"You think this is over?" he continued. "This is just the first wave. He's coming, Lyla. The Dark One himself is coming, and no amount of blue fire will stop him."

I thought he said the Dark One didn't control him.

"Then I'll be ready," I promised.

His eyes darted to sothing behind . "Will you?"

Too late, I sensed a presence at my back. I started to turn, but a searing pain exploded between my shoulder blades. I looked down in shock to see the tip of a blade protruding from my chest; blood was already spreading across my shirt.

"The thing about betrayal," whispered a familiar voice in my ear. "Is that it cos from where you least expect it?"

A sudden weakness rushed into every part of my body, and I collapsed to my knees. Imdiately, Nathan scrambled away. Through my already dimming vision, I watched my attacker walk around to face , the knife still dripping with my blood.

"Why?" I gasped, struggling to maintain consciousness.

Cassidy Thorne smiled sadly. "Because so prophecies must not be fulfilled. Please think of this as getting you out of my way. The power of the White Moon Throne must be used, and I'm destined to unleash it with Ramsey by my side."

"R-Ramsey…" I spurt out blood, "Will never be with you?"

"We will never know until you die," Cassidy smiled. "I told you he belongs to and that I always get what I want."

Behind Cassidy, I saw Ramsey running toward us, his face twisted in anguish. He must have seen my wound, but he was too far away to reach in ti.

"The Dark One…" I gasped again. Every part of my body was shutting down.

"He will co," Cassidy completed for . "But not as you think. Not as you've been led to believe."

Darkness crept into the edges of my vision again, but this ti, there was no white light approaching.

"Nyris!" I called out in my mind, hoping to reach her. But her presence had vanished the mont the blade pierced my chest. Was it all a dream?

As my consciousness began to slip away, Cassidy knelt before . "I'm sorry," she whispered. "But your sacrifice is necessary. The prophecy must be reversed."

The last thing I heard was Ramsey's anguished roar as the darkness finally claid .