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.

steady. The guards stepped in to

to stay so I could tell him everything that had actually happened. But the

since I’d arrived in Anemond, I’d done my best to avoid trouble, and yet, here I was, swept up in another bit of drama and turmoil.

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

“Oh Goddess, are you alright?”

with shock and they only grew wider when she

hand.

gestured down at

was enough to snap me out

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shocked to see that my hand was indeed, quite burnt. It

familiar.

the sensation of burnt skin all too

nearest table. She helped me sit down in the chair and then gently rested

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

move, couldn’t utter a sound. It

frozen in place.

I had happened so fast that I

to

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

her expression full of sympathy and concern.

easily,” she said softly as she applied an ointment to my burn. I don’t know what happened between you but I

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

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

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