Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 69 North King’s request

CA SSANDRA

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

won’t be able

ssandra,” Kaleb pleaded in an equally gentle tone. “The

I could protest further, my lips curled into a frown. “What do you mean?

enough,” he explained, and he got a distant look in his eyes. “My father first began to suffer some headaches. They were few at first,

asked, and my eyes began to

forearms. “All along here. Just like the headaches, they were

I gasped.

Black marks.

was the same disease that plagued Wild Crawler

Kaleb’s

his lips parted, but he didn’t say anything

thoughts of Emmett aside. I needed to act

asked him as I leaned forward. “And how?”

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

die, but then, he recovered almost overnight. It seemed to be a miracle. But

and marks began

experiencing symptoms?” I wondered and

else,” he lamented. “Which is not a bad thing, of course. The disease 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 an epidemic. I do not wish for my people to

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

asked. “Could you recognize

Yurene could figure out what it is. I didn’t bring it with me or else I’d ask you to study

tricky territory and I needed

in my seat and considered it all. As far as I knew, Kaleb’s father could have been the first one infected with the disease. But that was only a theory.

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