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.

confused by her statement. His room? Did they not share a room like a husband and wife

loving. They didn’t seem like a happily wedded pair. They didn’t even have the familiar

couldn’t place them. Was I curious? Or satisfied by this

whined. For a moment, I thought she’d give in to his demands, but Adalyn instead glared at her son. Marco stopped whimpering immediately

disappeared down the hall after giving the

floor.

to me and Finnick.

and then he continued up the stairs

question, and as we walked away, I could feel Adalyn glaring at my back. But I ignored her completely.

until we reached 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

pair of se rvants stood on either side and after they bowed at Asher, they opened

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.

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

study was something else entirely. It was a confidential, secretive place, somewhere only to be entered by the Alpha

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

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. The shelves reached so high

side, a coffee table and a few leather couches were arranged like it was a meeting room. It reminded me of Alpha Gareth’s, only it was

luxurious.

huge,” Finnick gasped. I was a little surprised to hear him speak. He’d remained polite and silent nearly this entire time, just as I’d told him to.

declaration. He simply wandered over to his desk and began rooting through it. I led Finnick over

quiet, Finnick,” I 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