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.

ssandra but I wasn’t too keen on the

company after our last

enough about me)” I said after I cleared my throat, and I straightened my posture. “What do you have

took a seat, I took a moment to get my

under control.

mission to continue investigating the arson at Ca ssandra Keller’s home in Wild Crawler, and also to look into the healer and her supposed late husband. I’d been highly suspicious about the man and wanted to know more about Cas

guilty about looking into her so deeply but the other part needed

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

I murmured.

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

frowned. Something about this didn’t add up.

was him?” I wondered as I leaned

him all

be foolproof method,” I pointed out,

self-taught healer,” Lancel continued on. “The boy was quite knowledgable but

strange. “Please continue looking into Emmett

Lancel

about Ca ssandra Keller or the Moon Chase Pack?” I

guard shook 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

were nomads who weren’t known for being very social. There was no way to truly figure

there had

Lancel hesitated.

me,” I

“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…

nearly laughed.

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 very insistent that something more was happening there. If I