Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 15 Don’t get caught again

CA SSANDRA

I gulped back the lump in my throat as I stared at the black mark on Asher’s skin. Of anyone, I never would have expected the Alpha King to become infected with the mysterious disease. Especially since he’d just arrived here from Anemond.

Was the disease running rampant in the capital just as it did here?

We hadn’t heard anything about it here, and besides, if it was so prevalent, there would have been no reason for Asher to keep his condition so private and concealed. So, how did he get infected in the first place?

From the research I’d conducted with my patients, I’d come to the conclusion that the disease didn’t transfer very easily, which was especially lucky for us. Otherwise, we’d all have been infected by now, especially me. I worked around the infected so often that it was a miracle that Marley and I hadn’t become infected

yet.

Though the illness was peculiar and mysterious, there was one thing I did know- the disease weakened werewolves’ power. Once present in the system, the disease latched onto the blood and caused the victim’s bodies to deteriorate from the inside out. It was incredibly deadly and fast-acting, so it was only a matter of time before the patient died from the illness.

No matter how much I didn’t want to admit the feelings for Asher Collins that lingered in my heart, I still cared and worried for him. I didn’t wish this disease on

anyone, not even him.

“Your Majesty, I can treat you here,” I proposed in a last-ditch effort to avoid. -Anemond. “We have more samples here and it’ll be better for me to continue my

research where I have all of my prior records, devices, and books. I work better in a

familiar environment-”

that case, I can move everything you need from here

completely rebuild and replicate

other part knew I couldn’t ask a question like that. The conversation

nothing I could do to argue my case anymore. I had to go against my own desires

whether I liked it or

to bring everything,” I replied. “Just my books, devices, and

records would suffice.”

to the top, his mood seemed to brighten. I hated that he seemed so thrilled to have gotten his way, but there was nothing I could do about it. For now, I

on what I could

excused?” I asked as I straightened up in my

afraid you won’t be returning home, Ca ssandra. I’ve asked Alpha Gareth to prepare a room for you and your son. The belongings you left in the forest are in your room already, and a few guards have been sent to pick up the rest of your things. You

all?

widened and my heart dropped

was actually happening?

now? Was I actually

Marley is waiting for me-” I

forward to grab the cup of coffee that sat in front of him on the coffee table. He took his sweet time blowing on the steaming cup and then took a long, measured sip. Once he was done, he set the cup back down and looked back at me. “Don’t worry, she’s already

and

had her escorted out when he and his Luna left with their son. She’s returned home.”

to share all of the details of my encounter here with my friend and find comfort in her arms and words.

the day of your departure,” Asher said absently and

day of my departure? I wouldn’t be allowed to see my best friend