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

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

directed this behind closed doors?

sure. If it really was Margaret who wanted to kill Asher, she could have done it

would she gain in killing the Alpha King?

that her son could take the throne, but she wasn’t an idiot. If Asher died, Kane would be

the food I’d been ignoring on my plate and raised my

I mused as I carved

suit. We all ate quietly, and the sound of our knives and forks against the plates was the only sound.

a little while later, Margaret cleared her

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

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

Cas sandra?” Margaret changed

at her wine, I swallowed back a gulp.

years old,” I answered.

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

a moment, my heart raced as they glanced

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

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 pregnant

shy, but I’m sure he would love to have a friend here. He left his

Wild Crawler

glass.

rudely as she swirled, her wine around in her

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

much better than a peasant,

and then she turned to me with a calculated expression. “Who takes care of Finnick while

babysitter for me. It’s been a huge

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