Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 64 Old Beta’s request

ASHER

“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-”

mine. I hope that Adalyn wasn’t attempting to interfere with that, but I have a feeling she was.”

paled and she shook her head. Her hair flared

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

mother began to cry, meanwhile, Oliver Moses’ eyes remained fixed on mine. I 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.

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

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

Linda said through her

on the

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

said. “And so could her assistant. There’s a strong possibility of bias there and I think

straightened his posture and folded his

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

I urged. What was going on here? What did the Beta mean?

of this Ca ssandra Keller and her origin and

like what I’ve heard. With your permission, Your

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.

as he did the others. But he

Alpha King’s

shook his head immediately and then

would never do that. I just worry about you. I want to make sure everything is well with you. You know

and I crossed my arms against my 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 of my own?”