Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 87 Caught him

CA SSANDRA

Adalyn’s eyes widened at the commotion and she sprang into action. She rose from her seat, swept Marco into her arms, and backed away from the table.

“What’s going on?” she demanded, and she looked between Erika and me. “Something doesn’t make sense here. Are… are you trying to kill me?” Her tone grew more shrill with every word and her body began to tremble. I didn’t know what to say, but I knew I had to say something quickly. Arguing with Adalyn didn’t matter. All I wanted was for Lancel to catch whoever was eavesdropping on

“Answer me, healer!” Adalyn shouted when I didn’t reply.

“Lady Adalyn, if I wanted you to die, I wouldn’t have stopped you from drinking that tea,” I pointed out to her as I resisted the urge to roll my eyes.

Adalyn’s face contorted, but she didn’t have any other argument to make She held Marco close and rushed out of the room. I had half a mind to stop her and beg her to stay here in the chamber. It could be dangerous out there if the guards were trying to catch whoever was spying on us. But it was no use.

Adalyn Moses listened to no one.

My eyes fell on Erika, who appeared as if she were going to faint. All of the color had left her cheeks and her chest heaved as she fought to catch her breath. I

rushed over to her and held my arm out to steady her.

“Erika!” I gasped as she nearly fell over.

“Oh, Ca ssandra,” she uttered in shock. “Oh, Ca ssandra… I didn’t… I don’t understand. I… I poured the tea myself. I didn’t… I didn’t know…”

“Erika, breathe,” I insisted. “Please. I know this wasn’t your fault.”

“Was the tea… was it poisoned?” she asked quietly.

“It seems that way,” I said. “But Erika, I know it wasn’t your fault or your doing. Something is going on here, something bad.”

As much as I didn’t want to admit it, I was terrified. Whoever had put the poison in the tea had been skillful. They must have slipped it in when Erika wasn’t looking, or perhaps they’d snuck it into the tea leaves that the maid used.

way, I couldn’t imagine what would have happened

drunk it.

twisted

Once she was situated, an idea crossed my mind.

watched me warily.

are you doing?” she wondered.

into an empty

she nodded her head slowly. “That’s

Ca ssandra.”

you carefully pack the teacups into sealed bags?” I requested. “I’ll dispose of them in the lab bins later. They need to stay far away from anyone else. I have gloves you can

on you.”

is is

nodded vigorously. “Of course. It’s the least I

work right away, and as I took the sample and waited for the

were getting higher the longer and longer that Lancel was

away.

that the man was going to come back

nearly jumped out of our skins, and after we shared a look, I ran to the door. I tried to get a glimpse of what was going

away from there, Ca ssandra!” Erika hissed, but I

out of the room to

group of guards packed into a circle, led by Lancel. I couldn’t see who they were surrounding, even on my

Prince Marco stood

tried to thrash, but he was being held tightly by one of the guards. If he was there, where was Adalyn? I searched the crowd but didn’t see her. I considered

happening.

heard Lancel’s unmistakable

way, and there’s no chance you’re going to make it out of here unless you

sound of another man’s voice reached

cruel laughter that made my entire body shudder. It was a terrible,