Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 58 He’s drunk

CA SSANDRA

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-”

in a mocking tone and then he chuckled and stared back down at me. He leaned in even closer. “I don’t care about any

against the wall and turned away slightly.

fact…” he murmured. “I wish it would take me…

again.”

mean that, could he? Was he really so willing to die, even when he had a family, a wife, a child?

to me and

he uttered, and before I could say a word, he pressed further. “You must know her. I can see it in your eyes, Ca

Intors

not right now. He was the Alpha King and he

say quietly.

far too much about her than anyone else. I keep finding you in the same places she lingered in, in the

suspicious of me and my recent actions, and his drunkenness had only furthered his boldness. I knew he

I

I was trapped.

myself. “Coral

cut me off, ignoring half of my statement. My frustration grew exponentially, but before I could utter another word, the Alpha King pressed his

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

quivered and

leaned in and kissed my ear.

truth,” he whispered, and a chill ran through me.

begged timidly. “Please.”

for a moment but maintained his hold

he asked in a tone that was both terrifying and utterly sensual, and he lessened the space between us. “I can tell by your heartbeat and the look on your face that you want me. And I want

Alpha King wasn’t wrong by any means. I wanted him more than words. could express, but not like this, not when he was so inebriated

wrong in so many ways.

his lips

mommy go!”

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

released his hold on me. As I rushed away from the wall and headed toward Finnick, my cheeks

quietly when