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-”

business,” I cut her off. “In fact, it’s mine. I hope that Adalyn

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

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

by his boldness, but I was already in the middle of a tense conversation. The last thing I needed was for this

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

was Ca ssandra’s assistant, Becky,” I pointed out, and I leaned back in my seat a

Linda said through her sniffles. “She’s clearly lying

on the healer’s side.”

me, but I chose to ignore it and looked

could be lying,” the Beta said. “And so could her assistant. There’s a strong possibility of bias there and

and folded his hands in his

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

was going on here? What did the

Keller and her

odd. I don’t like what I’ve heard. With your permission, Your Majesty, I would like 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 control and I could

play me just as he did the

King’s decision?” I

head immediately and then gave me

I want to make sure everything is well with you. You know me. I would do anything for the

“I see. I question. your dedication to Wegalla, Oliver,

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