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,

she directed this behind closed

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

furthermore, what would she gain

might still 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

turned to the food I’d been ignoring on my plate and raised my knife.

theory,” I mused as I carved into my

a little while, Adalyn and Margaret followed suit. We all ate quietly, and the sound of our knives

little while later, Margaret cleared

sorry,” she said in a softened tone. “Please forgive me, Healer Ca ssandra, and don’t take offense to my questions. I’m just worried about my son and

I was definitely taking note of the way Adalyn and Margaret were acting. This whole encounter was suspicious and strange. Neither woman could be trusted. Hell, no one in

old is your son, Cas sandra?” Margaret changed the

at her wine, I swallowed back a gulp.

old,” I answered.

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

“five years”, and for a moment, my

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

old? I’d assumed that given our past, Adalyn would have given birth five years

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

the Wild Crawler

glass.

she swirled, her wine

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

“Not much better than a peasant, then.”

and then she turned to me with a

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

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