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?

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

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

to go with Daddy,” Marco whined. For a 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 to

Asher said nothing. He eyed Bert, who immediately disappeared down the hall

floor.

to me and Finnick.

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feel Adalyn glaring at my back. But I ignored her completely. What else

landing on the third floor. Finnick grasped my hand and squeezed. When I looked down, his face was in awe.

double doors. A pair of se rvants stood

when I’d visited he Merliscire Paace with my father, I’d never set foot there. I was

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

secretive place, somewhere only to be

I’d never have guessed that Asher would

I stepped into the room, and when we did, my jaw dropped. It was a sp acious room, larger 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

table and a few leather couches were arranged like it was a meeting

luxurious.

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

He simply wandered over to his desk and began rooting through it. I led Finnick over to the shelves as we waited and then

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 plenty of things to occupy him, so we can’t waste his time.”