Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 78 Marks grew quickly

ASHER

As much as I needed her to, Ca ssandra wouldn’t tell me the truth. As I stared into her deep green eyes, I could see the stubbornness within. Cora had been stubborn as well, completely defiant. Once she had made her decision, no one was able to change her mind, even if it was for her own well-being.

Along with the stubbornness was a touch of fear. That small glint of it bothered me more than I wanted to admit. I didn’t want Ca ssandra Keller to fear me. In fact, it

was the last thing in the world I wanted.

Even if she didn’t want to tell me the truth, there were other ways of finding out. what I’d already begun to assume. We could conduct genetic testing. A few strands of her long, copper hair were more than enough to be sufficient.

If the royal healers didn’t seem trustworthy enough to conduct the research. themselves, I could seek out other resources. I would do anything I could to find out the truth of the healer’s identity.

Of course, even if I got the proof I needed to determine that Ca ssandra was in fact Cora Felix, what happened next? Could she tell me what happened five years ago? Or would she just run away and vanish again from my life?

There were no guarantees for how the exchange would go.

I felt unease swelling in my heart. As much as I wanted to charge head-on into the issue, I needed to take things slow.

As Ca ssandra rose from the bed, I thought she was going to up and leave entirely. However, the moment that her gaze reached my exposed arm, her lovely eyes widened and she stared at me in horror.

“The marks,” she gasped. “How… how have they spread so quickly?”

I followed her gaze to my arm and suddenly felt my forehead break out in sweat. I hadn’t intended for her to see the marks that’d recently spread toward my

wrist.

as I yanked the sleeve of

off of the bed and rushed over to me. The healer took my arm and yanked the sleeve back up. I winced slightly, but tried to play it off.

bad as it seems,” I tried to brush her off. “It’s gotten a little worse over the past few days… but

and her eyebrows furrowed together in complete annoyance. “This isn’t

trailed off as she examined me, and my lips curled into a frown. Why was she reacting in this way? I was no worse off than I’d

aside.

her face. Ca ssandra’s expression was fearful. As she pulled my arm closer to her, I noticed that her eyes were wet with moisture. Was she… crying? Over me?

the last time we did a health check,” she said quietly, and when she met my eyes, I

“Yeah,” I whispered.

tell

I murmured. “I wasn’t sure what to say. But I won’t lie to you any longer. I think the disease

lower lip trembled. For a moment, I thought she was going to dissolve into s obs. But instead, she concentrated on the mark.

I

need to resume our health checks,” she stated plainly and

need to get a handle on this and I need to keep

“Okay,” I agreed.

studied her, I found myself a little… amused. It was strange

worried about

the marks spread to any other parts of your body besides the arm?” Ca ssandra asked, and her eyes locked on mine. Her gaze was steady, and I had

I said slowly. For a moment, I couldn’t even believe my own audacity. Had those words really left my lips? Had I just dared

I

to give

She dropped my arm and then took a small step back. Her eyes remained locked on mine and I watched as she

small breath.

I took a step closer. I knew what I was about to do wasn’t my best idea, but my