Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 46 Do you care?

CA SSANDRA

As I stood outside Asher’s study, my heart beat like a drum. I was there to ask the Alpha King for permission to both visit the royal library and take a day off of my duties to show Finnick Anemond, and I was incredibly anxious. I had no idea if Prince Marco or Adalyn had come to him to report what had happened between the boys yesterday, and I wasn’t sure how Asher had taken it if they had.

I took a long, deep breath and then knocked on the door. A moment or two passed and then the door creaked open. Asher stood on the other side.

“Ca ssandra,” he greeted me calmly. “Come in.”

and

He inclined his head toward the study and held the door open for me. I crossed the threshold carefully and glanced around the room. Everything seemed as normal and there didn’t seem to be any weirdness in the air.

Once the door was closed behind us, Asher took a seat at his desk and turned his attention to a stack of documents in front of him. I’d half-expected his steel-like gray eyes to glare at me when I entered, but the Alpha King didn’t seem all that interested in my presence.

“Take a seat,” he instructed absently. “I need to finish some signatures.”

I did as I was told, and as I sat there, I wasn’t sure how to proceed. Did I need to speak up about the incident or should I wait for him to bring it up? Which option. would be perceived better?

Asher got up and left the study before I could make that decision. My foot -bounced as I waited for him to return and I carefully folded my hands in my lap. I

needed to calm down if I was going to handle all of this professionally.

The Alpha King returned five minutes later and then sat back down at his desk.

“My apologies,” he said as he swept his dark brown hair away from his

handsome face. “Now, why are you here, Ca ssandra? Health checks aren’t until next

week.”

“I’m here to ask you a couple of favors, Your Majesty,” I replied politely, and Asher raised a dark eyebrow.

“Oh?”

“Yes. First of all, I wanted to ask if I could have access to the royal library. For a visit,

repeated

frown only deepened with every sentence and heat rose to my cheeks in anticipation. Did he think we were speaking nonsense? Or that Udosyn was a

expression softened as he gave me a thoughtful nod. “You have my permission. I’ll let

said in surprise. I hadn’t expected that to go as well as it did. Normally there was resistance or further questioning, but

mentioned you had multiple things to request,” Asher brought up, and he smirked. “What else can I do

name on his tongue sent a tingle down my entire body, and for a moment, I had to remind myself to behave. He was looking so incredibly handsome in his sapphire blue button-down

cleared my throat and my

never been to the city before and he asked if we could go. Is that alright?”

the idea and then nodded. “Yes, that’s fine by me. You could use some

more resistance, but he seemed perfectly fine with my requests, and on top of that, he was giving me

going on?

Majesty,” I said again, and then we fell into silence. I wasn’t sure what else to say. Lately, every time I was around him, I was reminded of our passionate kissing session. His sighs, his

else?” the Alpha King asked

my next move. As much as I didn’t want to, we

again and told him everything. I tried

I

as possible, and as I explained what had happened, Asher simply nodded

was finished,

of

“You… you

punish us for what

he frowned. “Why were

generously offered for Finnick to

Asher murmured, almost as if he already knew. His eyes dropped to

for a moment and then went back to me. “Ca ssandra, I have another question for you, one I don’t understand exactly. Was it

stopped in my chest. I had no idea how to answer him without incriminating Erika and I didn’t want