Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 76 The Scar

CA SSANDRA

I awoke with a start. My chest heaved as I fought to catch my breath and once my vision adjusted to the low light, I realized I was staring into Asher’s steel-gray eyes. Startled, I nearly jumped out of my bed.

As I blinked and looked around, I realized I wasn’t in mine at all.

What was going on?

What had happened to me?

“Ca ssandra,” Asher said softly in surprise. “You’re awake.”

We were in a sp acious room I’d never seen before. The furnishings were extravagant and fine, from the golden-threaded rug on the dark floors to the intricate tapestry hung on the emerald-painted walls. Soft embers glowed from the fireplace on the far end of the room and provided warmth and a light glow. Every surface gleamed and sparkled, and I admired the warm comforter on the bed.

Yet, I couldn’t relax, not when I had no idea what was going on. I pulled myself out of bed and offered the Alpha King a small bow of respect.

“Y-your M-majesty,” I stammered as my head swam with slight dizziness.

As Asher studied me with a strange expression, I became aware of the thin pajamas I’d been dressed in. I didn’t recognize the purple silky fabric from my closet.

Where had it come from?

And how had it gotten on my body?

I became highly aware that I wasn’t wearing a bra, and I fought the urge to cross my arms against my chest. Had Asher changed me out of the suit and gas

mask? Had he seen me naked?

dress,” he said quietly, and then his lips curled into a smirk. The Alpha King was obviously amused by my state of

covered in dust and all kinds of grime from that basement,” he continued. “So I had

nodded as the information reached me.

The basement.

The assailant.

The Udosyn.

began to throb and I nearly fell

gestured to the bed. “You’re in no state to be standing. You’ve been through

Alpha King stood up from the chair beside the bed and rushed over to me. He took my arm and began to lead me. Before I knew it, I was tucked back under the

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murmured, and then I offered him a

offered. “But I heard that Margaret tried taking you away this morning and I didn’t want to cause any further trouble. So, I brought you here in my chamber so no one could interfere with

my cheeks. This gorgeous room, with its high ceilings, arched window, and sp acious bed was Asher’s? It made sense but I couldn’t help but feel strange about laying in his

a beat. “I wanted you to be

have taken me to, why did he choose his private chamber? And what of Erika? What would she think of

I was certain that if he

more than safe.

better?”

wasn’t sure how true that was. I was still vastly shaken after everything

Asher asked gently. “When we found you… things were strange, and they only got stranger. Why were you on the ground? And who left you there? You mentioned a man.”

described the man, the bottles of poison, the snakes, and the books on the table, Asher’s face. grew grim. He nodded as I continued on, and once I got to the part about the strange door and the hidden passageway, his mouth set in a thin

found the door,” he said. “When they pressed the button, a few of them went inside to investigate. The passage led to an underground tunnel, which seemed to connect with the sewer system. We couldn’t find out where he went, but at least

guards okay?” I wondered. “The ones who’d been

chair. “Becky found a cure

they were alright. I knew that my assistant had been more than

thoughts to the vipers

attacked you in the garden was probably raised in that house,” I realized. “Since the