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.

held her steady. The guards stepped in to

could tell him everything that had actually happened. But the

my best to avoid trouble, and yet, here I was, swept up in another bit of

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

ssy,” she breathed. “Oh Goddess,

eyes were wide with shock and they only grew wider when she

hand.

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

to snap me out of my daze.

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I was shocked to see that my hand was indeed, quite

familiar.

knew the sensation of burnt

need to treat this right away,” Becky urged, and then she guided me over to the nearest table. She helped me sit down in the chair and then gently rested my hand on the desk while she grabbed the necessary

shocked, as she got to work. I wasn’t sure

move, couldn’t utter a sound.

was frozen in place.

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

it to notice.

too much

her expression full of sympathy and concern.

applied an ointment to my burn. I don’t

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

accordingly.

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.

a while, the lab doors opened, and in walked a