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.

agreed. “No one in Anemond

something to do with any of this. The older woman’s face was highly suspicious,

Had she directed this behind

but I wasn’t sure. If it really was Margaret who

gain in

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 be complicit as well.

ignoring on my plate and

just a theory,” I mused as I carved into

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 was the only sound.

later, Margaret

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

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

old,”

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

and for a moment, my heart raced as they

a smile. “Since they’re so close in age, I’m sure Finnick and Marco could be

Marco was six years old? I’d assumed that given our past, Adalyn would

I remarked as I pushed the thoughts away. “Finnick is a little shy, but I’m sure he would love to have a friend here. He left his best friend

in the Wild

glass.

scoffed rudely as she swirled,

was nearly impossible, but I managed to do it well enough. I

said, unimpressed. “Not much better

me with a calculated expression. “Who takes care of Finnick while you’re working, Healer

a babysitter for

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