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.

right,” she agreed. “No one in Anemond would dare.”

The older woman’s face was highly suspicious, and

Had she directed this behind closed

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

gain in killing the Alpha King?

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

turned to the food I’d been ignoring on my

I mused as I carved

followed suit. We all

a little while later,

Ca ssandra, and don’t take

didn’t mean it. I wasn’t going to press the issue further, but 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 this

is your son, Cas sandra?”

sipped at her wine, I swallowed back

years old,” I

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

Adalyn perked up at the mention of “five years”, and for a moment, my

smile. “Since they’re so close in age, I’m

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

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

in the Wild Crawler

glass.

rudely as she swirled, her

a calm. tone of voice was nearly impossible, but I managed to do it well enough. I wasn’t

she said, unimpressed. “Not much better than a peasant, then.”

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

replied. “The Alpha King generously designated her to be a babysitter for me. It’s been a huge

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