Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

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

explained the severity and amount of guards around us, not to mention Gareth and Sofia’s worried expressions. The boy was the son of the Alpha King, and heir to the Wegalla Empire. His survival was not only of the utmost importance,

pressure or

“Cassy is the best healer in our Pack. If

Alpha King’s eyes continued to study

he repeated back in a confused voice.

my chest as if

as if it was ready to burst forth as I stared back at Asher. It’d been five years since I’d seen his handsome face, and 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 he was, standing before me with the same gray eyes I’d peered into with all my love so

His dark hair fell to his shoulders in soft waves and his skin was perfectly tan and

after all of these years, Asher Collins was still

ever seen.

he was no longer mine, and I

closer as if to examine me,

clue of my past identity, but I knew in my heart

and taken my wolf away. No part of my past identity

is?”

all

I

longer the same woman I once

replied politely. “My name is

King paused for a moment.

and when I didn’t answer, he

being humble, but his stern expression told me I – needed to

“Yes, Your Majesty. I’ve been taking care of this Pack for many years. I’m well-versed in injuries, illnesses, and bites such as the one your son has sustained. My assistant, Marley, is also well-qualified. We’re going to do everything

he said in a low voice that sent a chill down my spine. “Let’s see what you can

but not enough to appear friendly. Still, I took a long, deep breath,

and I fought back a shiver. “But it will be difficult to find the cure to the boy’s bite without first identifying the viper. Different snakes have different venom, and the severity of his injury will depend on