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. I hope that Adalyn

Her hair flared

to tremble. “She was just w-worried a-about M-Marco… All she

I was already in the middle of a tense conversation. The last

witnesses, interrogations, any information we

Ca ssandra’s assistant, Becky,” I pointed out, and I leaned back in my seat a little. “We’ve spoken to her and

through her sniffles. “She’s clearly

the

was speaking to me, but I chose to ignore it and looked

her assistant. There’s a strong possibility of bias there and I think that

straightened his posture and folded

he stated in a strangely cool tone. “About Adalyn clearly, but most about

was going on here? What did the Beta mean?

Keller and her

odd. I don’t like what I’ve heard. With your

directly. There was no way that I would agree to that request, and besides, I knew what Oliver wanted. The Beta had a rat among the royal healers. I had no idea which one it was, but one of them was working for the Moses family under my nose. That was the true reason I’d brought Ca ssandra back in the first place. She was out of Oliver’s

as he did

King’s decision?” I challenged

shook his head immediately and then gave

to make sure everything is well with you. You

my arms against my chest. “I see. I question. your dedication to Wegalla, Oliver, as you keep challenging

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