Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 41

Chapter 41 Splendid idea

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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

The older woman’s face was highly suspicious, and she

she directed this behind closed

I wasn’t sure. If it really was Margaret who wanted to kill

she gain in killing

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

ignoring on my plate and raised my knife.

as I carved

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

a little while later,

me, Healer Ca ssandra, and don’t take offense to my

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

Cas

woman sipped at her wine,

old,” I answered.

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

the mention of “five years”, and for a moment, my heart raced

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

to not frown in 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

idea,” 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

in the Wild Crawler

glass.

peasant?” Adalyn scoffed rudely as she swirled, her

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

“Not much better than a peasant, then.”

hissed with a roll of her eyes, and then she turned to me with

a babysitter for me. It’s been a huge relief and help. I

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