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.

“No one in

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

she directed this behind closed doors?

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

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

I’d been ignoring on my plate

just a theory,” 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

little while later, Margaret cleared her throat.

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 my

but I was definitely taking note of the way Adalyn

Cas sandra?” Margaret

older woman sipped at her wine, I swallowed back a

old,” I answered.

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

the mention of “five years”, and for a moment, my heart raced as they glanced at one another. But then, they resumed earring.

so close in age, I’m sure Finnick and Marco could be

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

splendid idea,” I remarked as I pushed the thoughts away. “Finnick is a little shy,

Wild

glass.

she swirled, her

son of the 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 wasn’t looking to start a fight with

said, unimpressed. “Not much better than

her eyes, and then she turned to me with a calculated expression.

King generously designated her to be a babysitter for me. It’s been a huge relief and help. I

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