Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 68 Who’s the healer

CA SSANDRA

My heart sk ipped a beat.

Was Kaleb being serious?

I searched my mind for the right thing to say, but nothing was coming to me. Meanwhile, I could feel heat spreading through my cheeks.

Before I could suffer for too long, the king of Yurene began to laugh.

“I’m joking, Ca ssandra,” he said with a brilliant smile. “I simply wanted to lighten the air a little bit. But in all seriousness… are you alright?”

I nodded as I rubbed my wrist. The guards had been really rough with me, and I could feel the kind of tenderness on my arm that usually meant a bruise was forming.

Kaleb suddenly noticed the bandage on my wrist and his deep blue eyes widened in surprise.

“What happened to you?” he asked as his eyebrows knitted together in

concern.

I quickly tucked my arm behind my back to keep from alarming him further.

“It was an accident in the lab,” I explained off-handedly, but Kaleb didn’t seem convinced by my words.

“I heard there was an accident yesterday and Lady Adalyn was severely burnt,” he mentioned. For a moment, I considered fessing up, but I didn’t want to get into it with him. The subject was still a little sore and I didn’t want to rehash the drama that had led to my confinement and almost kidnapping by Margaret.

So, I just nodded to my savior and kept it simple. “I heard that as well.”

The king of Yurene studied me for a moment. If he knew the entire story, he hid it well. He ran a hand through his long golden brown hair, and shifted the subject again. “You know, I brought some supplies with me from my country. I have a salve that should be useful and help cure that burn.”

glanced at him in surprise.

remarked. “That’s very kind of you, but-”

head out, and called to his guards. “Please go to my chambers and

heard the guards reply in unison, and then their heavy footsteps rang out. Once

just a moment,” he addressed me and then he pointed to the table. “Please, take a seat while we wait. You look exhausted,

then walked over and sat down at

my head just enough to indicate they should remain where they were. The maid nodded back at me and

run to them and

still spinning from the fever, and I didn’t know how to handle everything with Kaleb in the room. Though we were on friendly terms, he was still a king and I

little while later and handed Kaleb a dark blue glass container.

go, Your Majesty,” he said in

then he gestured to the door. “Leave us.”

left the room. Once we were alone, Kaleb undid the cap on the bottle.

coldness of the balm and slight discomfort rose within me at the king’s touch, but

battle,” he explained as if he had read my mind.

remembered what Erika had mentioned about Yurene. Surely Kaleb

the salve, I smiled

said gratefully.

of his own.

moment, and then I took a breath and continued my thought. “What brought you here? I appreciate you saving me from Margaret’s guards, but why were you outside of my chamber?”

be told, I wanted to speak with you,” Kaleb explained, and then he glanced over at Finnick and Erika. “I have

I didn’t want them

helped Finnick to his feet. As they walked toward the door, my son’s gray eyes met mine. They were full of

okay,” I

seem convinced, but he

he turned to Kaleb and straightened his posture like a little

smiled at the boy. “Of course. Thank you, young man. You’re quite the gentleman. Your mother