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 one in Anemond

with any of this. The older

this

her, but I wasn’t sure. If it really was Margaret who wanted to kill Asher, she could have done it much earlier.

would she gain in

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

I’d been ignoring on my plate and raised my

mused as I carved

silence as I attended to my food, and after a little while, Adalyn and Margaret followed suit. We

little while later, Margaret cleared

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

taking note of the way Adalyn

is your son, Cas sandra?” Margaret changed

woman sipped at her wine, I swallowed

years old,”

Asher’s stepmother’s question, but it would have been strange for me to refuse to say or even to

“five years”, and for a moment,

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

all of my energy to not frown in confusion. Marco was six years old? I’d assumed that given

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

in the Wild Crawler Pack.”

glass.

she swirled, her wine around in

of the 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

she said, unimpressed. “Not much

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

generously designated her to be a babysitter for me. It’s been a huge

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