Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 40 Dinner with his stepmother

CA SSANDRA

Erika was preparing to leave for the evening when we heard a knock at the door. It was the end of the day, so I was surprised by the sound.

Who was there at this hour?

“I’ll get it,” Erika said in a helpful tone, and before I could stop her and do it myself, the maid went to the chamber door. On the other side stood-a se rvant dressed in the royal family’s colors.

“Hello,” I addressed him, and I took a step forward. “Can I help you?”

“Lady Adalyn and Mistress Margaret sent me to deliver a message,” the se rvant said politely. “They wish to invite you to dinner, Miss Ca ssandra, as a token of their gratitude for curing the Alpha King and Prince Marco.”

I was instantly taken aback.

Adalyn and Margaret wanted my company?

This was a trap. It had to be. Why else would the pair of vicious and vengeful women seek out my company?

The room fell silent as I considered my options..

There was no part of me that wanted to go through with this. And yet, despite my suspicions, I knew I couldn’t deny their invitation. The se rvant wasn’t asking me if I wanted to come, he was simply the messenger sent to retrieve me.

Adalyn and Margaret wanted something from me, that much was certain, and I knew they were both capable of going to great lengths to get their way, sol needed to cooperate.

“Can you watch Finnick for just a while longer?” I requested and Erika nodded wholeheartedly.

“Of course, Miss Ca ssandra,” she said, and then she gestured forward. “Now, go along. It’s best not to keep your company waiting.”

vague, but her inflection and tone said what we both were thinking- Adalyn wasn’t someone to toy with.

over to the small dresser beside the bed. I stared into the mirror and made sure I was presentable. After I ran a quick comb

Erika,” I instructed Finnick, and I gave him a

nodded politely. “Yes,

the door open for me,and then we stepped

some calmness. I had to stay strong

in the larger chamber, but I wasn’t about to complain. I normally ate with Finnick in our chambers, so this was an interesting change

the moment I set foot in the room,

the room was beautiful. The floors were a pale marble with streaks of black and gold, and

long, black marble table at the center of the room. When my eyes met theirs, a shiver traveled down my spine.

was going on?

was I

in a sickly-sweet tone. “So nice of you to join us.”

as the se rvant guided me to the

for our family. Treating my

was nothing,” I

waved her hand in the air. “Nonsense. Don’t be, dismissive, healer. Your quick thinking

at me from across the table. I was certain she wanted to interrogate me and ask what L was doing in Asher’s study every day, but there was

when Margaret finished and sipped at her wine. “Being

rvant, a v

and then came around and filled mine and Adalyn’s. I wasn’t much for wine, but I politely smiled anyway

quietly snuck out of the chamber when Margaret

a moment, and

Healer Ca ssandra,” she began slowly as she swished her wine around gently in the glass. “Why did my son bring you all

was