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-”

and stared back down at me. He leaned in even closer. “I don’t care about any of that anymore. If I’m doomed to perish from

against the wall and turned

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

again.”

Was he really so willing to die, even when he had a family, a wife, a child? I knew

back to me and narrowed his

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

Intors

and became almost cruel, dangerous. He wasn’t Asher Collins, not right now. He was

to say quietly. “All-of Wegalla knew of her.

know you are. You know far too much about her than anyone else. I keep finding you in

actions, and his drunkenness had only furthered his boldness. I knew

I

I was trapped.

subject from myself. “Coral Felix died five years

grew exponentially, but before I could utter another word, the Alpha King

I struggled underneath him and tried to push him

quivered and my body shook.

in and kissed

whispered, and a chill ran through

stop,” I begged

a moment but maintained his hold on me.

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

him more than words. could express, but not like this, not when he was so inebriated and intense. This

in so many ways.

leaned in to kiss me again, but before he could press his lips against. mine, a high-pitched voice called out

mommy go!”

standing there in his pajamas. His hands were curled into tiny fists at his sides and he glared

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

okay, honey,” I assured him quietly when I reached