Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 41

Chapter 41 Splendid idea

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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.

agreed. “No one in Anemond would dare.”

of this. The older woman’s face was highly suspicious, and she had

this behind closed

If it really was Margaret who wanted

what would she gain in killing the

she wasn’t an idiot. If Asher died, Kane would be the first suspect, and Margaret

turned to the food I’d been ignoring on my

theory,” I mused as I carved into

as I attended to my food, and after a little while, Adalyn and Margaret followed suit. We all ate quietly, and the sound of our knives and forks against the plates

a little while later, Margaret cleared her

ssandra, and don’t take offense to my questions.

mean 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 encounter was suspicious and strange. Neither woman

your son, Cas

woman sipped at her wine,

old,”

would have been

of “five years”, and for a moment, my heart raced as they glanced at

so close in age,

took all of my energy to not frown in confusion. Marco was six years old? I’d assumed that given our past, Adalyn would have given birth five years ago. But six? She hadn’t seemed

“Finnick is a little shy,

in the Wild

glass.

as she swirled, her wine around in

Wild Crawler’s Alpha, actually,” I retorted. Maintaining a calm. tone of voice was nearly impossible, but I managed to do it well enough. I wasn’t looking to start a fight with Asher’s wife, but the beautiful, mean woman wasn’t making

she said, unimpressed. “Not much better than

eyes, and then she turned to me with a

replied. “The Alpha King generously designated her to be a babysitter for me. It’s been a huge relief and help. I appreciate his kindness.”

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