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-”

I cut her off. “In fact, it’s mine. I hope that Adalyn wasn’t attempting to interfere

paled and she shook her head. Her hair flared around her

tremble. “She was just w-worried a-about M-Marco… All she cares about is the safety of her

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

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

said through her sniffles. “She’s clearly

on the

eyebrow shot up at the way she was speaking to me, but I chose to ignore it and looked over at

“And so could her assistant. There’s a strong possibility of bias

his posture and folded

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

urged. What was going on here? What

suspicious of this Ca ssandra Keller and

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

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 control and I could trust her to conduct research impartially

he could play me just as he did the others. But he couldn’t.

questioning the Alpha King’s decision?” I challenged

head immediately and then gave me a small

just worry about you. I want to make sure

to Wegalla, Oliver, as you keep challenging me at every turn. Do you think I’m unfit to make decisions of my