Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 62 Are you injured?

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Just as I was about to make sure Adalyn was okay, the laboratory doors flew open, and in walked the Alpha King, Becky, and a pair of guards. Asher’s gray eyes were ablaze and when they caught sight of Adalyn on the ground in pain, he only

grew more angry.

“What have you done?” he demanded, and his face contorted as he roared.

recoiled at the sound, my heart racing, and my body shaking at his incredulous tone. This was it. I had been in plenty of trouble since I’d arrived in Anemond, but this would be my crowning glory. I was going to the dungeons or worse.

Adalyn sobbed even louder.

“I-I-It was all HER fault!” she cried out and pointed in my direction.

Asher’s eyes fell to me and a lump formed in my throat. I wanted to protest, to explain what had actually happened, but the words were stuck in my throat. Even if I could explain, I doubted that Asher would trust me.

I was terrified.

The room fell into silence, save for Adalyn’s cries, and it was then I noticed a foul smell in the air. It took a moment for it to register but I realized it was the burnt smell of flesh. The acid was no joke and Adalyn should not have handled it so carelessly. The mark would likely last forever.

Asher didn’t speak a word. He simply squatted down beside his wife and took her arm in his hand. She winced under his touch and when she began to whimper,

he turned to the guards.

“Take Adalyn to the royal healers at once,” he demanded.

“I won’t go without you!” Adalyn sniffled. I half-expected Asher to deny her request, but to my surprise, he nodded.

guards stepped in to help and before they

Asher to stay so I could tell him everything that had actually happened. But the other part of me

yet, here I was, swept up in another bit of drama and turmoil.

fear as they left the room and once the doors closed behind them, Becky rushed over to

ssy,” she breathed. “Oh Goddess, are

and they only grew wider when she took

hand.

prompted me again, and she gestured down at my hand. “Oh Ca ssy, your

enough to snap

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hand was indeed, quite burnt. It was then that the pain started to

familiar.

burnt

need to treat this right away,” Becky urged, and then she guided me over to the nearest table. She helped me sit

I wasn’t sure if it was

that consumed my mind, but I couldn’t move, couldn’t

frozen in place.

between Adalyn and I had happened so fast that I hadn’t even realized I’d been burnt. I had been too swept up

it to

big or that deep. I supposed I was lucky that there hadn’t been too much acid in the bottle. Had that ended up near my

closely, her expression full

ointment to my burn. I don’t know what

was at fault or not. The Beta family, as the second in command to the King, would cause a stir. Adalyn might not be the most intelligent person, but her father was. He would make sure that I would be dealt with

accordingly.

me to drink. As I sipped at it, she rubbed my back, and for a moment, I thought of Marley. The two were so much alike, and

doors opened, and in walked a few guards.