Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 64

Chapter 64 Old Beta’s request

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“Your Majesty, you have to put that vicious, wicked healer in jail!” Linda Moses declared in a shrill voice that sent a shiver down my spine.

She and her husband stood in front of my desk, their eyes filled with wrath as they awaited my answer.

I exhaled deeply. In the last few hours, I’d heard two versions of this story. Ca ssandra Keller had said it was Adalyn who’d threatened her and spilled the acid on her arm, while Adalyn had insisted that it was actually Ca ssandra who’d spilled

the acid.

Deep down, I knew whose version was more likely and trustworthy, but trust had nothing to do with it. The situation was much more nuanced than that.

“Adalyn should not have entered the laboratory,” I said as a headache began to plague me. “Everyone in the palace knows not to go in there, and the guards. informed me she was told quite explicitly to stay away-”

“That doesn’t matter!” Linda blurted, and then her cheeks flushed scarlet and her eyes fell to the desk. “Your Majesty.”

“It does,” I pressed. I could have pushed further and chided her for her insolence, but instead, I sighed. “Besides, Ca ssandra Keller has been confined to

her chambers for the foreseeable future.”

“Confinement isn’t enough,” Linda insisted. “Besides, Adalyn told us why she was there. She was simply worried about the viper attacks. She just wanted to make sure that any future bites wouldn’t be an issue for the family-”

her off. “In fact, it’s mine.

face suddenly paled and she shook her head. Her hair flared around her and her eyes

and her lower lip began to tremble. “She was just w-worried a-about M-Marco… All she cares about is the safety of her family, Your Majesty!”

was a little agitated by his boldness, but I was already in the middle of a tense conversation. The last thing I needed was for this to escalate further when I was feeling so weak and stressed out.

witnesses, interrogations, any information we can get about what happened in that

and I leaned back in my seat a little. “We’ve spoken to her and she maintains that Ca

did,” Linda said through her sniffles.

the

was speaking to me, but I chose to ignore it and looked over at Oliver.

“And so could her assistant. There’s a strong possibility of bias there and I think that there’s more to the situation than

his posture and folded his hands in his lap.

in a strangely cool tone. “About

was going on here? What did the

of this Ca ssandra Keller and her

heard. With your permission, Your Majesty, I would

healers. I had no idea which one it was, but one of them

me just as he did the others.

you questioning the Alpha King’s decision?” I challenged

then

would never do that. I just worry about you. I want to make sure everything is well with you. You know me. I would do anything for the glory of the Wegalla

chest. “I see. I question. your dedication to Wegalla, Oliver, as you keep challenging me at every turn. Do you think I’m unfit to make decisions

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