Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 56 He needs alcohol

ASHER

“What’s the matter, Asher?” Adalyn demanded as she followed me into my study. “What exactly has gotten into you tonight?”

I fought back a groan as I approached one of the leather couches in the corner. Alcohol had plagued me just a little and my head swam with a mixture of drunkenness and agitation.

“Nothing is wrong,” I sighed as a heavy exhale escaped me “Go back to the banquet, Adalyn. I just need some time alone-”

“Time alone?” Adalyn repeated back in confusion and she shook her head. “Time alone for what, Asher? We have guests downstairs to entertain, in case. you’ve forgotten. We’re supposed to be welcoming the king of Yurene and his diplomats. I don’t think this is making too great of an impression of Wegalla.”

“Don’t tell me what I’m doing wrong,” I managed to say as my head pounded angrily. “I’m fully aware of what’s going on down there. I don’t think our guests care if I step away for a moment-”

“I bet Ca ssandra Keller cares,” my wife blurted out, and I whipped around to glare at her.

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?” I challenged her.

“You seem to care a little too much about that healer and what she thinks,” she

seethed, and she crossed her arms against her chest. “I don’t understand what’s going on with you. You’ve never lost control like that in public, not ever. What was that little outburst in the banquet hall about?”

As Adalyn’s golden eyes shot daggers in my direction, I couldn’t help but wonder if she was right..

Did I care too much about Ca ssandra Keller and her whereabouts?

to find an explanation. “Something about him doesn’t sit right with me. He’s

silent but continued to glare at me angrily. As she continued to watch me, Kane’s words sparked back in my mind. Was

back to the banquet,” I advised her with a wave

a step toward me. “I would rather stay

to reach out toward me, but I rebuffed her. Adalyn’s red-painted lower lip trembled and

raised her chin

the story than that. I think you’ve either crossed a line or you’re toeing the edge. Whatever the truth is… I think Marco would be very disappointed if you had

then I turned away.

to hold my attention, even just a simple conversation, Adalyn threw a fit and tried to play at my emotions by bringing up Marco. Sometimes, she even brought Marco with her, as if his presence was going to further

her or cast aside these. accusations. But tonight, I was exhausted. My head was throbbing with pain and my entire

together,” Adalyn pressed when I

wants to know why his mother and father aren’t close, why we don’t stay in the same

tune out her words. All I could focus on was the pounding in my head and the soreness of my limbs. Finally, I rubbed my thumb against my temples and

Marco,” I said. “He’s a grown-up now.

blurted out. “I don’t understand

may have softened. But my heart had hardened toward Adalyn a long time ago.

married,” I said coldly.

am I not the queen of Wegalla and why haven’t you taken me as your mate? Marriage

married, I hadn’t taken her as my own in a real sense. We’d had the ceremony, but I hadn’t recognized her in the ways that

mattered.

her to be sentenced to death. Adalyn’s father was the one who’d insisted that if Cora didn’t

instead, her father would believe that I had forgotten Cora altogether and -leave her alone completely. That

plan was to help out her best friend Cora. If we didn’t get engaged and pull attention