Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 41

Chapter 41 Splendid idea

CA SSANDRA

As I stared back at Margaret, I pushed down my disbelief and tried to keep my face as neutral as possible. Asher’s stepmother’s words were harsh, but I couldn’t let her threaten me.

“Rest assured, I’m being completely honest with you,” I said calmly. “The Alpha King was especially concerned after the viper appeared here at Merliscire, and wanted a thorough investigation done on the beast.”

“Were there any findings?” Margaret practically demanded. The woman’s nostrils flared in agitation, and her mouth pursed as she awaited my reply.

“Yes,” I confirmed, and I made sure to keep my tone as even as possible as leaned forward. “The viper that attacked the Alpha King seemed to be raised deliberately by someone-”

“What does that mean?” she interrupted me, and her eyes narrowed further.

“The essence released in the bite wasn’t venom,” I revealed. “It was an artificial

poison.”

The moment the words left my lips, a strange feeling moved through me. I didn’t regret blurting out the words, but I wasn’t sure how the pair of women would react to it.

Adalyn’s face shifted first and contorted into an expression of shock and.

concern.

“That’s in

she managed. “No one would dare to sneak a poison under the Alpha King’s nose. There’s no way someone in Merliscire would dare.”

Meanwhile, Margaret’s face looked panicked, but only for a single second. She regained her composure quickly and nodded.

is right,” she agreed. “No one

this. The older woman’s face was highly suspicious,

directed this behind closed doors?

it past her, but I wasn’t sure. If it really was Margaret who wanted to kill Asher,

what would she gain in killing the

be deluded into thinking that her son could take the throne, but she wasn’t an idiot. If Asher died, Kane would be the first suspect, and Margaret would

turned to the food I’d been ignoring on my

as I carved into my

a little while, Adalyn and Margaret followed suit.

while later, Margaret cleared

forgive me, Healer Ca ssandra, and don’t take offense to my questions. I’m just

it. I wasn’t going to press the issue further, but I was definitely taking note of the way Adalyn and Margaret were acting. This whole

Cas sandra?”

woman sipped at her wine, I

years old,” I

a little uneasy answering Asher’s stepmother’s question, but it would have been strange for me to refuse to

the mention of “five years”, and for a moment, my heart raced as they glanced at one another. But then, they resumed

close in age, I’m sure Finnick and Marco could

assumed that given our past, Adalyn would have given birth five years ago. But six? She hadn’t seemed pregnant

remarked as I pushed the thoughts away. “Finnick is a little shy, but I’m sure he

in the Wild Crawler Pack.”

glass.

as she swirled,

retorted. Maintaining a calm. tone of voice was nearly impossible, but I managed to do it well enough.

said, unimpressed. “Not much better than a peasant,

me with a calculated expression. “Who

“The Alpha King generously designated her to be a babysitter for me. It’s been a

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