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

with any of this. The older woman’s face was highly suspicious, and

this behind

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

what would she gain in

but she wasn’t an idiot.

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

I mused as

into silence as I attended to my food, and after a little while, Adalyn and Margaret followed suit. We all ate quietly, and the sound of our knives and forks against the plates was the

later, Margaret

and don’t take offense to my questions.

I wasn’t going to press the issue further, but I was definitely taking note of the way Adalyn and Margaret were acting. This

your son, Cas sandra?” Margaret changed the

sipped at her wine, I swallowed back

years old,” I answered.

uneasy answering Asher’s stepmother’s question, but it would have

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

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

energy 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?

I pushed the thoughts away. “Finnick is a little shy, but I’m sure

Wild

glass.

rudely as she swirled, her wine

nearly impossible, but I managed to do it well enough. I wasn’t looking

much better

her eyes, and then she turned to me with a calculated expression. “Who takes care of Finnick while you’re working, Healer Ca ssandra?”

a babysitter for me. It’s been a

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