Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 27 Alpha’s study

CA SSANDRA

Adalyn’s eyes lingered on me for a while, and for a moment, I felt like prey. The royal family all seemed to have that effect. They were the predators while the rest of us were just lucky to survive.

Asher’s wife was even more beautiful than I’d ‘remembered her to be. She was tall, with deeply tanned skin, straight dark brown hair that fell to her middle back, and an angular face with high cheekbones. Her amber eyes were framed by long, dark eyelashes, and her full lips were painted a dark red to match her dress.

Those cat-like eyes stared into mine and studied me carefully. She was smiling, but there was no kindness in her gaze. A shiver traveled down my spine. There was no way for Adalyn to know my true identity, and yet, I couldn’t help but fear her.

“Yes,” Asher spoke finally. “This is Ca ssandra Keller and her son, Finnick. She is a healer from the Wild Crawler Pack.”

“The Wild Crawler Pack,” Adalyn repeated back, and her tone dripped with disgust. She was still just as snobby as I remembered her being, and she wrinkled. her nose at the mention of my Pack. “Interesting. What is she doing here?”

“I’ll explain to you later,” Asher said absently, but that answer didn’t seem to satisfy her.

pout.

“Come and join me for lunch and you can tell me all about it,” she said with a

The Alpha King shook his head. “Go ahead with Marco. I have some business to attend to.”

Adalyn was clearly unhappy with his words, but her pout faded. She straightened her posture and then nodded obediently.

“I will wait for you in your room after lunch,” she said.

His room? Did they not share a room like a husband and wife normally do?

didn’t seem like a happily wedded pair. They didn’t even have the familiar air of close

emotions rose from my core, but I couldn’t place them. Was I curious? Or satisfied by

moment, I thought she’d give in to his demands, but Adalyn instead glared at her son. Marco stopped whimpering immediately and gulped. That seemed

Bert, who immediately disappeared down the hall

floor.

then turned to

me,” he commanded, and then he continued up the stairs to the next

after him without question, and as we walked away, I could feel Adalyn glaring at my back. But I ignored her completely. What else could do?

the landing on the third floor. Finnick grasped my hand and squeezed. When I looked down, his face was in awe. I smiled down at him and then turned my attention back to

se rvants stood on

my utter surprise, we were in the Alpha King’s study. Even when I’d visited he Merliscire Paace with my father, I’d never set foot there. I was always

led by the se rvants to play in the gardens. I’d always loved the gardens. They were full of beautiful flowers and interesting plants native to Wegalla. It was my

was something else entirely. It was a confidential, secretive place, somewhere

a million years, I’d never have guessed that Asher would bring

than the lobby of the Wild Crawler Pack House. The walls, were jet black, and the floors were a deep gray marble with silver flecks. A large blackwood desk was placed near the floor-to-ceiling window, which gave a view of the grounds outside the palace. To the left was a small library.

like it was a meeting room. It reminded me of Alpha Gareth’s, only it was

luxurious.

surprised to hear him speak. He’d remained polite and silent nearly this entire time, just as I’d told him to. But now, he was too in awe to remain silent.

I said quietly, and then I glanced at Asher. Luckily, the Alpha King didn’t seem to hear Finnick’s declaration. He simply wandered over to his desk and began rooting through it. I led Finnick over to the shelves as we waited and then crouched down next to

whispered. “The palace is a very big place. and the Alpha King is a very busy man. He is a figure we have to respect, okay? He has plenty of things to occupy him,