The Alpha's Fated Outcast Rise Of The Moonsinger novel Chapter 384

Chapter 384: True purpose...

Ramsey

The sun was too high in the sky, and I was pissed.

Elias, on the other hand, looked like I’d just accused him of something he didn’t do. But I wasn’t in the mood for games.

"What did you say?" he asked.

I took two steps towards him.

"I said," I enunciated my words, holding his gaze "The same Hollow Kin that sent me a threatening message saying if I don’t show up within a fortnight, I’ll be stripped of my rank as Lycan Leader? That same Hollow Kin?"

Elias looked at me with genuine confusion, his eyebrows drawing together in a frown. "I don’t understand. The Hollow Kin would never do that. They respect the autonomy of—"

I scoffed, cutting him off as I pulled out my phone. "Really? Then explain this." I flashed him the screen, showing the threatening message I’d received in the early hours of the morning.

He leaned in, squinting his eyes as he read the message, his expression growing more embarrassed with each other. Then, he sighed deeply and rolled his eyes in a gesture that meant this was not the first time something like this had happened.

"Damn it," he muttered, rubbing the back of his neck. "Of course it came from him."

"Him?" I asked, arching my brow. "Who’s him?"

"Our new leader," he murmured, giving me a sheepish look. "Alpha Ramsey, I’m sorry about this," he said, running a hand through his hair. "Our new Hollow Kin leader is... annoying. He’s not like the previous leader. He’s younger, just like you, the youngest leader we’ve ever had. More aggressive, less diplomatic."

"Does that excuse him for sending me this stupid message, and for what? Doesn’t he have people who advise him?"

"He does," Elias sighed. "But his new inner-council members are much worse. He has the notorious Korvain on his side and a few others who think the world owes them something."

"That doesn’t explain anything, Elias. I own the goddamn Hollow Kin. I should not be getting threatening messages from them. Except, of course, there’s another Lycan Leader somewhere whom they take orders from."

"He’s...impulsive," Elias said hastily. "Power-hungry. He’s been looking for ways to introduce the Hollow Kin into our world and you know make us more visible..."

"He’s trying to pull authority away from me?" I laughed. "That is a treasonable offence."

"No, not like that," Elias shook his head hastily. "He means no harm, he doesn’t know how to go about things, you know, and with the way Korvain put words in his ears, it’s difficult to separate those two. But stripping you?" He shook his head. "That’s not our protocol, especially as you’ve done nothing."

"I’m not sure this was a mistake. He threatened me..." I insisted.

"The Hollow Kin were never meant to interfere in leadership unless there’s undeniable evidence of betrayal or corruption."

I laughed dryly, stuffing the phone back into my pocket. "So, what – this guy decides on his own that I am a problem?"

Elias hesitated, seeming to choose his next words carefully. "I’ll be plain with you. We need your help and that of your mate, and we need you to make an appearance. Also, you’re not the problem. Ly—Luna Lyla is."

"My wife is the problem?" I laughed again. "This is making me mad, Elias. I’m trying to meet you at a common ground, but every time you open your mouth—"

"We’re curious about her," he interrupted me, then rushed on when he saw that I’d stopped to listen to him. "The entire Hollow Kin is."

"Curious about Lyla?" I repeated, taking another step closer to Elias. I felt Lax surging close to the surface. The protective fury I’d been suppressing since I came here was threatening to explode. "They asked me to bring my ’werewolf Luna.’ They told me to bring her along, as if she were an item they had the right to inspect. I’m pissed, Elias. They shouldn’t address my mate like that."

"I know how that sounds—" he trailed off, scratching his head uncomfortably. "Well, you did marry a werewolf instead of a Lycan..."

"No, Elias. You don’t," I snapped. "She’s my mate. My fated mate. The Moon Goddess gave her to me." I interrupted, my voice dropping to the dangerous growl that usually made even Alphas think twice. "And I love her so much that I would kill just to be with her. If the Hollow Kin has a problem with it, they should take it up with the Moon Goddess and not me." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"Look, I understand your anger—"

"Do you?" I stepped closer to him, letting my Alpha presence fill the space between us. "Do you understand what it’s like to have ancient councils questioning the woman you’d die for? To have them treat her like some curiosity to be examined instead of the Luna she is?"

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