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-”

development of a curing serum is not Adalyn’s business,” I cut her off. “In fact, it’s mine. I hope that Adalyn wasn’t attempting to interfere with that, but I have a

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

and her lower lip began to tremble. “She was just w-worried a-about M-Marco… All

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

incident,” he said slowly. “I want witnesses, interrogations, any information we can get about what happened in that

only witness was Ca ssandra’s assistant, Becky,” I pointed out, and I leaned back in my seat a little. “We’ve spoken to her and she maintains that Ca ssandra’s story was the true

did,” Linda said through her sniffles. “She’s

the healer’s

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

possibility of

and folded his hands

Majesty, I worry,” he stated in a strangely cool tone. “About Adalyn clearly,

was going on here? What did the Beta mean?

Ca ssandra Keller and her origin

heard. With your permission, Your Majesty, I

wanted to laugh at him 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

he could play me just as he did the

King’s decision?” I

and then gave me a small

to make sure everything is well with you. You know me. I would do

to Wegalla, Oliver, as you

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