Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 69 North King’s request

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A gasp escaped me, and for a moment, I swore I was about to faint. My head spun and a huge knot formed in my stomach.

Had I heard the king correctly?

Emmett? My Emmett?

“I was devastated to hear that Emmett had passed away,” Kaleb continued without ski pping a beat. “But now I’ve found you. I thought it was a coincidence that your last name is also Keller, but then at the banquet, you said you were from the Wild Crawler Pack. Does that mean…”

His question trailed off and I knew I had to finally speak.

“Emmett was my husband,” I confirmed.

Kaleb nodded solemnly. “I figured as much.”

The room fell into silence as I processed all of this new information. Emmett had been to Yurene? He’d never mentioned he’d been to the North even once. In fact, most people in Wegalla never spoke about the North in general. Why had he gone there in the first place and what brought him to the former king of Yurene in the first place?

The room begin to tilt and I had to steady myself for a moment to keep from. swaying. Just when I thought I was past all of the secrets and mysteries, I was being dealt another.

Kaleb studied me but gave me a little bit to think about everything. I appreciated his patience, but I struggled to find the right words to say. I couldn’t betray too much. It would seem strange for a wife to know so little about her husband, though I could simply pass it off if I needed to.

Most importantly, I needed to find a way to convince Kaleb that my going to his country wasn’t a good idea.

“I’m not as talented a healer as Emmett was,” I said softly. “I want to help, but

afraid I won’t be able

in an equally gentle tone. “The disease is… strange.”

further, my lips curled into a frown. “What do you mean? How so?”

suffer some headaches. They were few at first, but then they began to progress and

I asked, and my eyes began to

solemnly and gestured at his forearms. “All along here. Just like the headaches, they were few at first

I gasped.

Black marks.

plagued Wild

Kaleb’s

at the sudden sound, and his lips parted, but he didn’t say anything else. He waited patiently with a knowing look on his face.

needed to act

your father infected?” I asked him as I leaned forward. “And

king replied and he shook his head. “He started to grow the black marks after he returned from the battlefield. Back then, Yurene was fighting

the field severely wounded. Everyone thought he was going to die, but then, he

began

anyone else experiencing symptoms?” I wondered and Kaleb shook his head.

is dreadful and only grows more awful with time. But I worry that if left untreated for much longer, it may spread to others in Yurene and become something of

ago, why didn’t it spread instantly to Wegalla? And Emmett…

you?” I asked. “Could you recognize what he used to

out what it is. I didn’t bring it with me or else I’d

This was tricky territory and I needed to

father could have been the first one infected with the disease. But that was

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