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.

needed to speak with Healer Ca ssandra but I wasn’t too keen on the pleasure

company after

me)” I said after I cleared my throat, and I straightened

took a seat,

under control.

ssandra Keller’s home in Wild Crawler, and also to look into

of me felt guilty about looking into her so

was born 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 along with them and the rest of the Pack

I murmured. “Continue.”

and settled back down in

frowned. Something about this didn’t

as I leaned

“They asked him all kinds of

method,” I pointed out, and

boy was quite knowledgable but wouldn’t explain how he’d come by such information. He

continue looking into Emmett Keller. I think there’s more there to investigate.”

Lancel

you find anything out about Ca ssandra Keller or the Moon

his head slowly and offered me an apologetic glance. “Sorry, Alpha. The population of the Moon Chase Pack is very low and has decreased by the years. The

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

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

Lancel hesitated.

me,” I insisted.

said some peculiar things. One in particular, this old man, insisted that people disappear in those forests all the time. He claims that something…

nearly laughed. “Excuse

that’s the wrong word for it,” Lancel corrected himself, and after at sigh, he continued. “He just said that there was some sort of sorcery at play. I’m not sure that there’s any kind of truth to the idea, but he was