Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 51 Mess

ASHER

I’d just laid my head down on the desk in my study when I heard a series of knocks on my door. For a moment, I considered ignoring them entirely, but à voice in the back of my mind told me that I had a duty to fulfill.

I was just so tired these days.

But the Alpha King couldn’t take a break.

“Enter,” I groaned, and I pulled myself back up. As the door, began to open, I ran a hand through my hair and took a long, deep breath.

Luckily, it was just Lancel. My most trusted guard entered the room quietly and as he approached my desk, his full eyebrows creased together in concern.

ask?”

“Alpha?” he asked, his tone drenched in worry. “Alpha, are you alright?”

“Yes,” I answered quickly, though I didn’t exactly mean it. “Why ever do you

“Your skin is quite pale, Alpha,” Lancel replied worriedly. “You’ve got dark circles under your eyes and you look quite tired.”

“You sure know how to flatter me, Lancel,” I murmured, and I stifled a yawn.

“You haven’t seemed quite yourself lately, that’s all,” he said in a much gentler tone and he bowed his head in respect. “I just want to make sure you’re feeling alright.”

“You worry too much,” I teased him, and I gave him a small smile. The older man returned my smile, but deep down, I knew he wasn’t going to put his worry to rest.

I couldn’t blame him for being concerned. He was right- I wasn’t looking my

best these days, nor was I feeling my best. There was simply too much going on in the palace and my sickness was really taking its toll these days. I was so stressed by it all that I was hardly sleeping, which was only making the symptoms of my

condition worse.

Ca ssandra but I

company after our last

throat, and I straightened my posture. “What do you have

as he took a seat,

under control.

to look into the

of me felt guilty about looking into her so deeply but the other part needed to

in Wild Crawler territory,” Lancel reported, and he held his chin up slightly as if he were giving a school report. “His parents were murdered when he was quite young. Apparently, his parent’s killer meant to take his life as. well. He kidnapped Emmett

murmured.

returned to the Pack when he was sixteen and settled back down in his family’s old residency,” Lancel said. “Everyone was surprised

about this didn’t

him?” I wondered as I leaned forward

all kinds of

seem to be foolproof method,” I

suddenly a self-taught healer,” Lancel continued on. “The boy was quite

looking into Emmett

Alpha,” Lancel replied obediently.

about Ca ssandra

an apologetic glance. “Sorry, Alpha. The population of the Moon Chase Pack is very low and has decreased by the years. The last Alpha

I thought to myself. The Moon Chase Pack were nomads who weren’t known for being very social. There was no way to truly figure out if Ca ssandra’s stories were true

arsonist?” I sighed. Surely, there had to be some good

Lancel hesitated.

me,” I insisted.

replied. “Neighbors of Mrs. Keller. They said some peculiar things. One in particular, this old man, insisted that people disappear in those forests all the time. He claims that something… magical happens

laughed. “Excuse me?”

sort of sorcery at play. I’m not sure that there’s any kind of truth to the idea, but he was very insistent