The Alpha's Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger.-Chapter 259: The truth about Corvus III

Neriah

I turned to Rian, trying to look confused.

For some reason, the urge to protect Corvus heightened. "I don't understand."

"Don't act dumb, Neriah and don't tell me you're considering his proposal. When a Shadowblade breaks the blood oath, he gets corrupted. Corvus already showed signs of corruption…"

"He said his sister was sacrificed because of her pheromones… is it true?" I asked watching him closely.

Rian paused for a while but didn't say anything. "It's more complicated than you think, Neriah but if I were you, I wouldn't take whatever he says to heart. They're half-lies and half-truths twisted in a way that suits him."

"And how about you? How about your family? Are you willing to tell the truth? Corvus didn't seem mad. There must be a reason for him to break the oath. You cannot tell me otherwise. You cannot tell me that he woke up one morning and decided to…"

"Neriah!" Rian interrupted me. "He's gotten to you already."

"That's not true. It's pure logic. Simple, pure logic. Whatever you did to your loyal and faithful servant made him turn into 'the Dark One' as he's fondly called. Why is he fighting with all of you? Why is he on the run? Why does he want me? What don't I know?"

"He wants you for revenge," Rian said quietly, holding my gaze. He wants you for revenge and he won't stop until he gets it. Believe me, Neriah…"

I raised my hand "For revenge? What revenge?"

He sighed running his hand through his hair. "I am not the best person to tell you…"

"Just tell me!" I yelled, surprising myself. "You want me to marry you right? To come under your protection like my father says. But don't I deserve to know little things like this too? Tell me! Don't I deserve to know why he wants me?"

Rian stared at me for several minutes before he sighed deeply. He had a troubled look on his face.

"You were born on the day of the blood moon. Although your pheromones have not manifested as they should, it would as soon as you meet with your one, true mate. Your powers would be unlocked but from the way I see it, it doesn't have to be with your one true mate."

"So, what does he want to do with this power?" I asked, still staring at Rian.

"To corrupt you, Neriah and destroy the Lycan bloodline. With your power as the Moonsinger, you can easily access the powers of the standing stone…"

"The standing stone?" I asked. Was it Thames or Corvus who had mentioned the standing stone and I was hearing it again? There must be something of great importance attached to it.

"Yes!" Rian nodded. "The standing stone has the power to bring to life whatever is dead and although we do not know why he wants to do that your powers as a Moonsinger – guardian of our world with the fate of the stars, he would be able to explore the full extent to the powers of the standing stone."

On one hand, Corvus says he wants to save me from the Lycans and my father. On the other hand, Rian is saying that Corvus intends to corrupt me. Corrupt me into what?

"This power…" I started, trailing off. "The one inside of me. What are they exactly? I know as Moonsinger, we are guardians of our realms and nothing more. The name Moonsinger was given to us by your people but in reality, we're guardians of this realm… How then can my power possibly help him?"

Rian chuckled sadly, shaking his head. "We call you people Moonsingers because of your chants, that's all. My race – the Lycans do not think your people are worthy enough to be called Guardians because that is what we are in reality…."

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"That's an absurd thing to say…" I countered, interrupting him.

"It's is not absurd," he laughed. "Your race is the only race in the entire realm. Your people do not have wolves but yet somehow, you're werewolves. You cannot claim to be a guardian if you do not have a spirit animal like us. We do not have werewolves, we have Lycans, we have immortality…"

"You do not have immortality…" I countered again. "No one does except the gods and the Moon goddess. What you'd say is Lycans can outlive any other creature in this realm. They can slow down ageing and even death but you're not immortal. Is this why the other werewolves hold you all in reverence? They do not know this?"

My eyes widened with shock, when he nodded his head, also scratching it awkwardly. "Don't tell them though…"

I couldn't help but smile at the way he said the words.

"You have more reasoning than an average Lycan or Werewolf and I'm saying this because I have interacted with a lot of them though not directly but in our world, the opinion of a woman is not considered. You treat me differently."

"I didn't grow up around here," Rian drew in a deep breath. "I stayed a great deal with humans and have mingled with a lot of werewolves and Lycans from abroad. These days, everyone is trying to incorporate women into their rule. When I mean, everyone, I mean literally, everyone. No one looks down on women again. Because they believe they're continuity and because of that, should be treated with the uttermost respect."

I nodded, swallowing a lump that had gathered in my throat. "It is the same here but usually amongst werewolves from big packs. But not my people, Rian. In this part of my world, the only thing a woman is best suited for is to breed. You find your mate, you breed. I am to be my father's next but because I am a woman, my mate would rule the pack in his absence," I raised my face to look at him. "That means when we marry, you must rule this pack."

He has a smile on his face, they kind my father always gives to my little sister whenever she's making a mistake in anything.

"I do not plan to do that, Neriah. Thames would succeed your father as planned. The White Moon Throne for the first time has chosen someone from my pack and it's me. I intend to rule. You will rule with me too as my equal…" he drew in another deep breath. I intend to change a lot of things when I become the Lycan Leader. For starters, I do not want my mate to be a breeder…"

He paused and stared at me, holding my gaze.

"Women – women like you who are curious when steered in the right direction will do well. I intend to…"

"Stop!" I raised my hand, placatingly. "Why are you telling me all of these? It won't make me change my mind from the fact that I still want to be with Thames. You're not the kind of man I want to marry."

Rian laughed. "You know, Corvus, he doesn't force anyone to accept him. He would make you beg for it…"

"Make me beg for it?" I scoffed. "As if I would, besides…"

The words were barely out of my mouth when Thames burst into us. His eyes were wild. As soon as he saw Rian, his gaze darkened. As he looked from me to him and back.

"Neriah!" he called out walking towards me. "Can I talk to you?"

"I know you're not blind, Thames," Rian interjected coming to stand in front of me, blocking Thames's view of me. "Neriah belongs to me now. You have no right to come seek her whenever you want."

"And you do?" Thames fired back. "She's still my mate. We're yet to reject each other and I am not going to do it anytime soon." Then he sidesteps Rian and comes to me. "Do you have a few minutes to spare? Your mom…" he trailed off sneaking a glance at Rian.

"Can you excuse us?" I turned to Rian, "If you're here, he won't say a word…"

Rian wanted to say something but decided against it. "Fine, Let's meet later this evening. My father wants to have dinner with you. I'll pick you up by 7, okay?"

I didn't answer. I waited for him to leave before I turned to Thames. "What's with my mom? Did something happen?"

"Nothing much. Several healers came in from the White Mountains a few minutes ago. They'll begin to examine her to determine if she can be moved to the White Mountains and the extent of her illness."

"Oh? That's a relief."

Then he reached for my hand and pulled me closer to himself. His eyes became soulful. "Neriah, do you love me?"

That was easy. "Yes, I do." I nodded.

"You know that no matter how much resistance we try to put up, your father will not allow us to do what we want but there's a solution…"

He trailed off.

"Run away with me."