Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 29

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Chapter 29 Her secret

Why did I trust Cas sandra Keller?

That was a great question. But I was completely surprised when the healer asked it, and even more surprised when I realized her question had a point.

I hadn’t told anyone about my ailment apart from Lancel. My most trusted guard had been attempting to investigate the mark for me, but it hadn’t been going well. Besides him, no one else knew I had the disease. Not the royal healers or even Adalyn.

So, why was I willing to entrust this secret to a healer from a mostly forgotten

Pack on the border?

In all honesty, I didn’t know why, but something in my gut told me she could be trusted. When I’d shown her my mark back in Alpha Gareth’s meeting room, I hadn’t thought about it twice. Trusting her felt natural as if she were someone I’d known for years.

But in reality, it was unnatural, strange even.

Why would I trust a village healer?

So, I reached into my mind and crafted an answer for Ca ssandra Keller that seemed passable. I told her it was nothing, just a calculated choice. I hated to lie, but I needed to do so to cover for myself.

My father, the late Alpha King, once told me that the king should trust no one. I’d never believed him until I myself became king and realized that Anemond was full of traitors and liars who sought to sway me in their favor. They smiled at me and treated me favorably, but their reasons for doing so only came down to one thing.

Power.

and the Moon Goddess only knew there

stepmother and stepbrother, Adalyn’s family, the malicious Northerners… they all wanted

and then she tucked her long

see,” she said simply. “I’ll do my

I

I continued to study her. Something about her

as well, they looked nothing alike. They had completely different faces and their demeanors were entirely different. Cora was lively

“How old

why. Despite her quiet nature, she was prone to fear and it made her seem suspicious.

five years old,” Finnick spoke up before she could answer, and Ca ssandra’s deep green eyes widened as

Uneasiness painted her features, and she appeared as if she wanted

was it about this woman? Why was she so scared? Was she simply uncomfortable with me because of my station? Or

up the teapot. She streamed steaming hot tea into her cup and then gently set the

were finished and then

have gray eyes, Ca ssandra?” I wondered. “Or perhaps your husband? Emmett, you said his name

a little curious of Finnick’s eye color.

causing her teacup to crash to the ground. It shattered upon impact and the pieces flew everywhere, all over the floor. Hot liquid sprayed me, and

apologized profusely, and her big eyes flashed in horror. She rose to her feet in a flash and started collecting the shards from the floor. Meanwhile, I reached forward, grabbed a napkin, and began

“It’s ok

dried myself off. “It was an accident.”

The timing of Ca ssandra dropping the cup seemed a little convenient. Had something about my question flustered her so

Ca ssandra Keller

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