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.

and nearly sank back down to her knees, but Asher held her steady. The guards stepped in to help and before they left the room, the Alpha King glanced at me. Though the moment was brief, it felt like an eternity,

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

best to avoid trouble, and yet, here I was, swept up in another bit of drama and turmoil. Why was

in fear as they left the room and once the doors closed

“Oh Goddess,

they only grew wider when she

hand.

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

statement was enough to snap me out of

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I asked, and when I looked down, I was shocked to see that my hand was indeed, quite burnt. It was

familiar.

sensation of burnt skin all too

guided me over to the nearest table. She helped me sit down in the

she got to work. I wasn’t sure if it was the pain or

mind, but I couldn’t move, couldn’t utter a sound. It was as if

was frozen

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

to notice.

spot didn’t seem that big or that deep. I supposed I was lucky that there hadn’t been too much acid in

studied me closely, her expression full of sympathy and

don’t think the Alpha King can be tricked very easily,” she said softly as she applied an ointment to my burn. I don’t know what happened between you but I know it wasn’t your

and kind, and I knew she was trying her best to soothe me. I forced a small smile on my face. Becky was too innocent. Things in Anemond didn’t work like that. It didn’t matter if I 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

accordingly.

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 I was surprised to see this side of my assistant. She

lab doors opened, and