Chapter 3 Alpha King

CASSANDRA

“Well, then you’ll have to tell them to hurry up and find the beast,” Marley remarked beside me, and she rolled her pretty eyes in annoyance. “The sooner the

better.”

The room suddenly grew heavy and my eyes widened.

While part of me agreed with her sentiment, I couldn’t believe she’d been so bold as to say that to the Alpha King. Of course, I wasn’t fully convinced that my friend knew that’s who she’d been addressing. If she had, I doubt she’d have spoken

so tersely.

“Marley!” Sofia exclaimed. The Luna looked shocked and embarrassed at my assistant’s outburst, and her cheeks flushed scarlet.

Asher’s eyes narrowed, and the room fell silent.

“Your Majesty, please excuse her,” Sofia begged, and she offered the Alphal King an apologetic expression and a small bow. “We-”

Asher raised his hand, and the Luna immediately froze in place and shut her

mouth.

“Wait, “Your Majesty’?” Marley whispered. “Oh, holy shit.”

Her expression was awestruck. Clearly, she’d realized who had been addressing us, and her cheeks darkened until they were the same color as Sofia’s.

“Shh,” I whispered as quietly as possible. Luckily, neither Sofia nor the Alphal King seemed to hear us.

Instead, Asher released a huffy sigh.

“Are these two qualified, Sofia?” he asked, and his gray eyes bore into mine intensely. “My son deserves the utmost care, and I will not allow him to be treated by anyone who doesn’t know what they’re doing.”

His… son?

heard him correctly?

son of the Alpha King, and heir to the Wegalla Empire. His survival was not only of the utmost importance, but it was

or anything.

answered him. “Cassy is the best healer in our Pack. If anyone can take

eyes continued to study me

he repeated back in a confused voice.

my

my entire body felt like it would explode from the sheer emotion of it all. I never thought I’d see him again, yet here

whole world seemed to melt away as I stared back at him. While the years. and likely stress of his position had aged him slightly, he was just as handsome as he was back then. His dark hair fell to

Collins was still the most beautiful man

ever seen.

longer mine, and I was

name is Ca ssy?” he addressed me directly. He leaned in closer as if to examine me, and it took all of my effort to keep from shaking.

my past identity, but I knew in my heart that

my face, distorted my voice, and taken my wolf away. No part of my past identity had remained.

is?”

could stare all

I

the same

ssandra,” I replied politely. “My name is Ca ssandra Keller,

King paused for a moment.

best?” he asked, and when I

but his stern expression told me I – needed to

years. I’m well-versed in injuries, illnesses, and bites such as the one your son has sustained. My

voice that sent a chill down my spine. “Let’s see what you can do.”

to appear friendly. Still, I took a

to the boy’s bite without first identifying the viper. Different snakes have different venom, and the

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