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-”

Asher repeated back 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 of that anymore. If I’m doomed to perish from

the wall and turned away

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

again.”

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

me and narrowed his

Cora?” he uttered, and before I could say a word, he pressed further. “You must know her. I can see it in your eyes, Ca ssandra. You know more than you’re letting on. Tell

Intors

tone shifted and became almost cruel, dangerous. He wasn’t Asher Collins, not right now. He was the Alpha King and he was giving an order to

say quietly. “All-of Wegalla knew of her. She’s

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

and my recent actions, and his drunkenness had only furthered his boldness. I knew he wouldn’t stop questioning me until I came up with

I

I was trapped.

so much about her?” I shifted the subject from myself. “Coral Felix died five years ago. Why can’t

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

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

and my body

Alpha King leaned in and

truth,” he whispered, and a chill ran through

stop,” I begged timidly. “Please.”

for a moment but maintained his

wanted, Ca ssandra?” 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

I wanted him more than words. could express, but not like this, not when

wrong in so many

his lips against. mine, a high-pitched voice called out from behind

mommy go!”

instantly, and once he was out of 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

wall and headed toward Finnick, my cheeks heated with embarrassment. No. part of me wanted my son

okay, honey,” I assured him quietly when I reached his side. “I