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.

she agreed. “No

The older woman’s

directed this

If it really was Margaret who wanted to kill

she gain in killing the Alpha

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

the food I’d been ignoring on my

as I carved into my

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

later, Margaret cleared her

in a softened tone. “Please forgive me, Healer Ca ssandra, and don’t take offense to

taking note of the way Adalyn and Margaret were acting. This whole encounter was suspicious and strange. Neither

Cas sandra?” Margaret

woman sipped at her wine, I swallowed back a gulp.

years old,” I answered.

question, but it would have been strange for

and for a moment, my heart raced as they glanced

is six,” Margaret mentioned with a smile. “Since they’re so close in age, I’m sure Finnick and

old? I’d assumed that given our past,

is a little shy, but I’m sure he would love to have a

Wild Crawler

glass.

as she

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

much better than a peasant, then.”

of her eyes, and then she turned to me with a calculated expression. “Who

be a babysitter for me. It’s been a huge relief

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