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-”

off. “In fact, it’s mine. I hope

and she shook her head. Her hair

just w-worried a-about M-Marco… All she cares about is the safety of her

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

a thorough investigation of the incident,” he said slowly. “I want witnesses, interrogations, any information we can get about what happened

seat a

course she did,” Linda said through

on the healer’s

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

could her assistant. There’s a strong possibility of bias there and I think that there’s more to the situation than they’re letting

posture and folded his hands in his

strangely cool tone.

on here? What

Keller and her origin and

her strikes me as odd. I don’t like what I’ve heard. With your permission, Your Majesty,

Beta had a rat among the royal healers. I had no idea which one it was, but one of them was working

just as he did the

the Alpha King’s decision?” I challenged him.

head immediately and then gave

“No no. I 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 Empire.”

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

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