Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 21

Chapter 21 Rayden’s help

CA SSANDRA

After I concluded that the pendant wasn’t in the backpack, I discarded it and looked around the room I’d been confined to. There was a stack of boxes in the far

corner I hadn’t noticed when I’d first arrived.

I rushed over to them and wasted no time. I rummaged through the closest one, and once I finished rooting through it, I moved on to the next.

I continued this way for nearly an hour.

In the process of searching my belongings, a pair of se rvants took turns delivering more boxes. With every one, I prayed to the Moon Goddess that the pendant had just gotten misplaced in a pocket or bag, and when it wasn’t in any of the spots, my frustration grew.

Finally, the se vants stopped arriving, and I began to give up. My mother’s

necklace wasn’t here.

Thankfully, one thing was certain the pendant hadn’t been found by the Alpha King’s guards. If it had, things wouldn’t be nearly as quiet as they were now. If my true identity had been revealed, Asher Collins would have been crazed and frantic, and the entire Pack House would be up in figurative smoke.

Since it wasn’t here, my mother’s pendant had to be back in my house, most likely hidden away somewhere. I tried to search my memory in an attempt to figure out where it was, but my brain was drawing an absolute blank.

There was only one logical plan of attack.

I needed to get home and find it before the guards did.

I would have to act quickly and sneak out of the Pack House as swiftly as possible.

It would only take a short amount of time- just a quick in and out, and then I could sneak back in and act like nothing ever happened.

I spent the next half hour working up the courage to make my escape, and once I was finally ready, Finnick surprised me and entered the room.

“Hi, Mommy,” he greeted me in a happy tone, but his gray eyes were even more

serious than usual.

“Hi, baby,” I replied, and my eyebrows creased together. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” he murmured, and then after a moment of consideration, he continued. “Well… I ran into the bad man earlier. The King.”

“The King?” I repeated back in surprise, and a lump formed in my throat. “What… what happened? Did he say something to you, Finnick? Were you polite to

him?”

his face. “He invited me

said no.”

him.”

I

tried to find

would Asher Collins have invited

couldn’t let Finnick know I was scared, not even a little bit. I needed to stay strong for

I

boy.

him, and then pet his

polite and told him we ate already,” he

wanted

worry him.

and gestured to

and he grinned.

to play in. He wasted no time

in it to make

be right back, baby,” I said, and I gave him a small smile. “Just keep playing and stay here

nodded enthusiastically.

took a breath and then left the room. I closed the door quietly behind me and then scanned the

hall.

actually sneak out again. Of course, I wasn’t about to complain. This miscalculation on his

guards around, not even

quiet.

door was. It would be much easier

rarely attended to.

guard standing at the ready. I tried to search my memory for him, but I didn’t recognize him right

closer, I realized I’d seen him before. Luckily, he was one

were wrong when I approached. The guard stiffened as I got closer, and then gave me an apologetic expression.

Healer Ca ssandra,” he said in a stern tone. “I’m afraid I can’t allow your to leave the Pack

effort to keep from

was I being treated like

pick up something I left. behind. I won’t be longer than half an hour. I’ll return right

with whatever you need, Miss Ca ssandra,” the guard insisted, and he raised his chin and pointed down the hall. “Just go to the front. lobby

Why wasn’t he letting me

guard shook his head. My hands began to shake at my sides as panic set in. Suddenly, I heard footsteps behind me.

I turned around,

greeted

to the side. His dark eyes studied me curiously,

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