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 would

if Margaret had something to do with any of this. The older woman’s face was highly suspicious, and she

this behind closed doors?

it past her, but I wasn’t sure. If it really was Margaret who wanted to kill

she gain

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

turned to the food I’d been ignoring

a theory,” I mused as I

Margaret followed suit. We all ate

little while later, Margaret cleared her throat.

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

definitely taking note of the way Adalyn and Margaret were acting. This whole encounter

is your son, Cas sandra?” Margaret changed

her

old,” I

it would have been strange for me to refuse to say or even

and for a moment, my

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

that given our past, Adalyn would have given birth five years ago. But six? She

away. “Finnick is a little shy, but I’m sure he would love to have a friend here.

the Wild Crawler Pack.”

glass.

as she swirled, her wine

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

said, unimpressed. “Not much

húsh,” Margaret hissed with a roll of her eyes, and then she turned to me with a calculated expression. “Who takes

a babysitter for me. It’s been a

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