Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 58 He’s drunk

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I was half-asleep when I heard a loud knock on the door. Startled, I sat straight up in bed and caught my breath.

My eyes flew to the clock. It was nearly three in the morning.

Who was at my door this late?

“Who’s there?” I called out just loud enough to not wake Finnick. Luckily, my boy fast asleep and snoring lightly.

was f

When I didn’t get an answer, I pulled myself out of bed and headed toward the door. I was nearly halfway there when I heard another series of knocks. They were more forceful than the first and I felt a mixture of fear and irritation.

I opened the door and when I did, my lips parted in surprise.

It was Asher.

I was about to ask what he was doing here at this hour, but before the words could escape me, the Alpha King rushed into the room, closed the door, and then cornered me against the wall. His steel gray eyes bore into mine with intensity and his breath was hot against my face.

He smelled heavily like liquor.

“Are you drunk?” I asked as my body trembled.

He’simply stared back at me. “What do you care?”

Frustration bloomed within me and I broke eye contact for a moment to collect

myself.

“I don’t,” I blurted out bravely. “But consuming any bit of alcohol, especially in excess, will only further your disease-”

back down at me. He leaned in even closer. “I don’t care

against the wall and turned away slightly.

murmured. “I wish it would take me… so I could see

again.”

to die, even when he had a family, a wife, a child? I knew that Marco wasn’t his biologically, but did he really care so little about the boy

back to me and narrowed

I could say a word, he pressed further. “You must know her. I can see it

Intors

He was the Alpha King and he was giving

Cora,” I managed to say quietly. “All-of Wegalla

“I know you are. You know far too much about her than anyone else. I keep finding you in the same places she lingered in, in the same clothes… something isn’t adding up

frozen. I hadn’t been careful enough, it seemed. Asher was beyond suspicious of me and my recent actions, and his drunkenness had only furthered his boldness. I knew he wouldn’t stop questioning me

I

I was trapped.

the subject from myself. “Coral Felix died five years

Cora,” he cut me off, ignoring half of my statement. My frustration grew exponentially, but before I could utter another word,

took me by surprise. I struggled underneath him and tried to push him away, but Asher’s strength was

legs quivered and my body shook.

Alpha King leaned in

truth,” he whispered, and

I begged timidly. “Please.”

moment but

was both terrifying and utterly sensual, and he lessened the space between us. “I can tell by your

by any means. I wanted him more than words. could express,

so

he could press his lips against. mine,

mommy

the way, I could see Finnick standing there in his pajamas. His hands were curled into tiny fists at his sides and he glared at the Alpha King as if he were much older than his five years.

and released his hold on me. As I rushed away from the wall and headed toward Finnick, my cheeks heated with embarrassment. No. part of me

I assured him quietly when I