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?

the king of Yurene,” I remarked as I fought to find an explanation. “Something about him doesn’t sit right with me. He’s arrogant,

words trailed off, Adalyn remained silent but continued to glare at me angrily. As she continued to watch me, Kane’s words sparked back in my mind. Was my stepbrother right?

back to the banquet,” I advised her with a wave of my hand. “I’ll see you later-”

Adalyn cut me off, and she took a step toward me. “I

was going to reach out toward me, but I rebuffed her. Adalyn’s red-painted

raised her

that there’s more to the story than that. I think you’ve either crossed

and then I

accusations. Whenever a woman even tried 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

kind of way to assure her or cast aside these. accusations. But tonight, I was exhausted.

why we don’t live together,” Adalyn pressed when I didn’t respond, and when I glanced over at her, her

“He wants to know why his mother and father aren’t close, why we don’t stay in the same room. To be

All I could focus on was the pounding in my head and the soreness of

said. “He’s a grown-up now. He

Adalyn blurted out. “I don’t understand why

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

I said coldly.

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

I were 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

mattered.

the one who’d insisted that if Cora didn’t die after her family had been sentenced, she’d affect me too much as her mate. I’d constantly feel the pangs of her emotions and they’d affect my ability to rule.

instead, her father would believe that I had forgotten Cora altogether and

best friend Cora. If we didn’t get engaged and pull attention away from Cora, things. would go south.