The Alpha's Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger.-Chapter 225: The dawning...

Clarissa

The disbelief turned to rage, boiling so fast I felt it surge through my veins. "You're sending me back? What do you take me for, Nathan? A useless object you no longer need?"

He sighed, still staring at the mirror. "Whenever I need you, I'll send for you."

I took a step in his direction and lunged at him, my hand striking his chest as rage surged through every part of my body.

"You bastard! You think you can just throw me away when it's convenient for you?!"

He caught my wrists with ease, holding me in place. His grip wasn't rough but it was strong. His eyes locked onto mine.

"The maids are watching, Luna Clarissa. What will they say when they leave here? That our almighty Luna was fighting with her mate?"

"You started this first!" I yelled. I was past caring. My name was already a favourite topic among the domestic in the entire pack. How would this make a difference? I tried to hit Nathan again, but he caught my hand again, pulling me closer to him, so I was directly on his heat.

Then he leaned in.

So close that our breaths mingled.

"Either this…" his voice was dangerously low, barely a whisper against my skin. "…Or rejection."

I froze.

The ultimatum hung heavily in the air between us. My mind raced with the implications of both choices. Rejection from an Alpha meant more than just the end of our marriage – it meant exile, shame and the loss of everything I had ever known.

My mother would be devasted, our family's standing – my father's legacy in the pack would be damaged. I searched Nathan's face, hoping for something – a bluff, a lie, anything that would prove he didn't mean what he was saying.

But Nathan was serious.

Dead serious.

Rejection.

The word echoed in my mind like a death sentence wrapped in a single breath.

He was giving me a choice, but both options felt like losing.

The maids began quietly moving towards the closet next to our room and began opening drawers and closets, preparing to pack my belongings. Each soft rustle of fabric and click of hangers felt like another nail in the coffin of my dreams.

Maybe I should have just let him have me last night. I should have considered I was not his choice. Our marriage was just a month old and this?

I looked up again at him, searching for any hint of the man I thought I knew, the one who had seemed so different from other Alphas. But all I found was coldness. This was no bluff – he was fully prepared to follow through with either option.

I swallowed, my throat burning as I whispered, my voice trembling despite my effort to remain strong. "You wouldn't. You can't do this. The council won't allow it."

His expression didn't waver. "The council approved this arrangement this morning. There's a memo regarding it in your mail, I'm sure. They agree since your mother had just had a difficult birth, she would need all the help she can get and right now, given everything that's happening, that I would not need the distraction of my mate. But don't worry, we live a walk away from each other. We're practically neighbours."

I stared at him unable to put into words what I felt at the moment. I couldn't believe he had already arranged everything, probably while I slept peacefully beside him, unaware that my world was crumbling.

The reality of my situation began to sink in – this wasn't a nightmare I could wake up from, but my new reality.

The housekeeper cleared her throat softly. "Luna, shall we begin packing your personal items first?"

I closed my eyes, fighting back tears of humiliation and rage. When I opened them again, Nathan had already turned away and was putting on his shoes as if this were any other morning, as if he hadn't just delivered an ultimatum that would change both our lives forever.

I walked up to him again, looking for something… anything.

"You wouldn't dare ask me to leave Nathan!" I brushed at the tears that rolled down my cheek. "What will happen to your beloved, Lyla? You married me to keep her safe. She'll be thrown into the dungeons."

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He smiled.

"Try me."

He reached for my chin, jerking it upwards to himself. "You still don't know me, Clarissa. You still haven't met the man inside me. Your uncles and the entire West are under my thumb. They'll do what I say. Everyone loves me. Please don't make this any harder. If I set my sight on you…"

He let me go, chuckling dryly as he took a step back. "Especially today of all days, I'll kick you and your mother out of Blue Ridge and you know I don't bluff."

Then he sighed, exhaling deeply. "Go home, Clarissa. You and your mom need each other, especially now."

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The sun was almost up when I entered my house - The Alpha Packhouse.

But something was different. Maids were running up and down the house.

A baby was crying somewhere… there was chaos. I stopped one of the maids, carrying a bowl of water.

"What's wrong? What happened? Where is my mom?"

"She's upstairs in her room but she has refused to see anyone and the baby needs attention. Perhaps you can help us get her out. She won't come out."

I stared at her, puzzled.

My mom had waited for my brother for the longest time. Why would she not give him attention?

"And why is that?"

I saw fear flicker in the maid's eyes for a minute before she shook her head and said she didn't know. Before I could stop her, she hurried away. I took the stairs two at a time hurrying to my mom's bedroom.

I banged on the door immediately after I reached it. "Mom, it's me."

I heard stifled cries and almost immediately, the door was thrown open. My mother's eyes were swollen and red with unshed tears. Immediately she saw me, she threw herself on my body. Startling me.

"What happened?" I asked, already alarmed.

"It's your uncles…" she hiccuped pulling backwards for a minute. "Regan is dead, Gab is fatally injured and his condition is severe, no one knows if he'll make it…"

I just stared at her.

"You're joking!" I said after a while. I just saw Uncle Regan at the meeting they had was it yesterday or two days ago? Yeah, two days ago. Is it possible?"

"He's dead, Risa!" My mom wailed. "We're finished. Without my brothers here, we're done for."

"Hey, mom!" I held her, trying to wrap my head around everything. "Don't speak like that. Nathan would…"

"Is cruel!" she pulled back to stare at me in the eyes. "Do you know what he did, he's asked that what was my brothers' – Regan's pack - My home…be dissolved and joined to Blue Ridge. For some reason, he knew Regan died and didn't waste anytime. The Elders of the West have approved it. The Alpha's council now. And you do you know what is worse…"

I could only shake me head.

"He parades himself as the Alpha Leader, Risa. He's taken the oath, everyone had pledged to serve him and it's the blood oath. It means they will always do his bidding. We're fucked, Risa!" my mom bellowed, lasping into another round of crying.

For once, I agree with her.

We are eternally fucked.