The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 372: Dreams and awakening...

Lyla

I found myself walking through an empty field that seemed to stretch on forever. The ground beneath my feet was sandy, like endless dunes that rolled toward a horizon I could never reach. A constant breeze whipped around me, carrying fine particles that stung my eyes and filled my mouth with grit.

I walked forward with one hand shielding my face from the dust, while the other rested protectively on my swollen stomach. The twins moved restlessly inside me, as if they too could sense something was wrong with this place. Each step felt heavy, laboured, like walking through thick honey.

The wind carried strange whispers—voices I almost recognised but couldn’t quite place. They spoke of things I didn’t want to hear, warnings and threats that made my skin crawl. It was all muffled sounds, but somehow I could tell they were threats.

Suddenly, the wind stopped.

Everything became perfectly, unnaturally calm. The dust settled, the whispers faded, and I found myself standing in absolute silence. I sighed with relief and looked down to check on the babies.

Blood. Dark red streaks ran down my legs, staining the sandy ground beneath my feet.

Panic seized my chest. "No, no, no," I whispered, pressing both hands to my stomach. "Not my babies. Please, not my babies."

The instant the fear took hold, the scene around me shifted like melting wax.

Now I stood in a beautiful garden, sunlight filtering through green leaves and the scent of roses filling the air. I was kneeling beside a flower bed, my hands deep in rich, dark soil as I planted seedlings. The blood was gone, my stomach was back to its normal size, and peace filled my heart.

I felt warm lips press against my cheek, and I looked up to see Ramsey’s face smiling down at me. Love radiated from his eyes as I returned his smile, dirt still clinging to my fingers.

"The boys are having fun," he said, nodding toward an enormous oak tree that dominated the centre of the garden.

I followed his gaze and saw them—two small boys with dark hair and bright amber eyes, chasing each other around the tree’s massive trunk. Their laughter rang like silver bells through the air, pure joy embodied in child form. One looked exactly like Ramsey, while the other had my features softened into masculine lines.

Our sons. Our beautiful, healthy sons.

Ramsey and I stood side by side, watching them play, his arm around my waist as contentment settled over us like a warm blanket. This was everything I’d ever wanted—peace, family, a future free from darkness and fear.

Then one of the boys stumbled.

Instead of simply falling like any normal child would, his head somehow became stuck in the sand beneath the tree. He didn’t cry out or struggle—he just knelt there, motionless, as if the earth had swallowed him whole.

Instinctively, I moved to go to him, but my legs felt like they were encased in concrete. I couldn’t lift my feet, couldn’t take even one step toward my child.

"Ramsey!" I called out, turning to ask him to help our son.

But when I turned, there was no sign of my husband. He had vanished as completely as if he’d never been there at all.

The other boy was crying now, pointing at his brother, whose head remained buried in the sand. His sobs echoed through the garden, transforming the peaceful scene into something nightmarish.

I struggled against the invisible force holding my feet, managing to lift my right foot slightly before it slammed back down to the ground. Sweat beaded on my forehead as I fought to reach my children.

That’s when I heard it—a voice like scattered echoes in the air, coming from everywhere and nowhere at once.

"The cycle of evil never ends," it whispered, the words seeming to seep into my bones. "It will come back to you, over and over again. Your children will pay for your victories. Your happiness will always be temporary. You killed one, but a thousand will rise. That is your fate, Lyla."

"No!" I screamed, pouring every ounce of strength into breaking free from whatever held me. "You’re wrong! We ended it! Xander is gone!"

The voice laughed, cold and merciless. "Evil takes many forms, Moonsinger. What you destroyed was just one face of the darkness. There will always be another."

The garden began to crumble around me, flowers withering, trees dying, my sons fading like mirages in the desert heat.

"No, please!" I reached desperately for where they’d been, but my hands grasped only empty air.

Then I woke up.

The first thing I became aware of was warmth—a familiar hand holding mine with gentle strength. I turned my head and saw Ramsey lying on the bed beside me, fast asleep but somehow still maintaining his protective grip. Even unconscious, he was watching over me.

He must have felt me stir because his eyes opened immediately, and a broad smile spread across his face when he saw me looking at him.

"Hey," he murmured, his voice rough with sleep and relief. "How do you feel?"

I tried to speak but found my throat dry and scratchy. "I don’t know how I feel," I managed, my voice barely above a whisper.

As the words left my mouth, I scanned the room around us. We were in the medical wing of the pack house, that much was clear from the sterile white walls and the smell of antiseptic. Soft morning light filtered through the windows, suggesting I’d been unconscious for hours.

"How did I end up here?" I asked, fragments of memory beginning to return. "I remember celebrating, and then..."

"You fainted when we were celebrating our victory over Xander," Ramsey explained, his thumb tracing gentle circles on the back of my hand. "You just collapsed, and there was blood..."

My free hand flew immediately to my stomach, panic from the dream mixing with real fear. "The babies—"

"Are fine," Ramsey said quickly, his smile growing even wider. "The doctor said you were probably just stressed and exhausted from everything that happened. She says you and the twins will be perfectly fine with some rest."

Relief flooded through me so intensely that tears sprang to my eyes. "They’re really okay?"

"They’re really okay," he confirmed, leaning over to press a gentle kiss to my forehead. "Our sons are safe."

I reached up to cup his face, marvelling at how solid and real he felt compared to the disappearing figure in my dream. "I had the strangest dream," I whispered.

"Good or bad?"

"Both," I said honestly. "There was a garden, and our boys were playing under a tree. You were there, and everything was perfect. But then..." I shuddered, remembering the voice and its terrible promise.

"Then what?"

I looked into his concerned eyes and made a decision. The dream was just that—a dream. A product of stress and exhaustion, nothing more. We’d defeated the real evil. Xander was gone forever. Our children would grow up safe and loved.

"Then I woke up here with you," I said instead of recounting the nightmare. "And that’s all that matters."

Ramsey’s expression softened as he leaned down to kiss me properly, his lips warm and reassuring against mine. When we broke apart, he rested his forehead against mine.

"I love you," he whispered. "I was so scared when you collapsed. I thought maybe the stress of maintaining the deception for so long had..."

"I’m fine," I assured him. "We’re all fine. And now we can finally start our real life together, without secrets or lies or ancient evils to worry about."

"Just us and our growing family," he agreed, his hand joining mine on my stomach.

"And maybe we can finally go for our honeymoon..."

He leaned away from the bed and looked at me, amusement in his eyes. "You want to travel?"

"Don’t you want to?" I retorted. "I’ve had enough of White Mountains, Blue Ridge... it’ll be nice to go somewhere else for a change."

He laughed. "Okay? Do you have any place in mind?"

"I don’t know... as long as I am with you. It’s fine."

He nodded. "I’ll think of something later. Now rest. That’s too much talking already."

As I lay there in his arms, feeling our twins moving gently inside me, I pushed the dream’s dark warnings from my mind. The cycle of evil was broken. We had won. noveldrama

Whatever shadows the future might hold, we would face them together.

And that was enough.