Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 88 Take her place

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As I fought to catch my breath and make sense of all of this, Lancel spoke up

and called out to the man.

“Release the Alpha King’s wife,” he pleaded carefully, and he raised his hands as if in surrender. “We can reach an understanding, but only if you let her go-”

“An understanding?” the man scoffed, and he shook his head slowly as he held tightly onto Adalyn. “There’s nothing to understand. There’s no way you’re going to handle this peacefully. I know I’m dead anyway, so I may as well just take her with

me.”

He gripped onto her even tighter still and dug his claws further into her arm. Adalyn whimpered as trails of blood poured down her skin. My eyes welled up with

tears before I could stop them. This was cruel.

As much as I detested Adalyn, she didn’t deserve this.

“Do you like that, baby?” the man laughed as she writhed under his hold. “Huh? Keep squirming and I’ll do much worse. Trust me, I have all kinds of ways to hurt

you.”

“The king won’t let you get away with this,” Adalyn blurted out bravely.

The man laughed again, and the cruel sound of it was almost enough to send. me to my knees.

“Sure, whatever you say, gorgeous,” he mocked her. “I don’t see him around, do you? Besides… I don’t care what happens to me. All I want is the taste of one of the beautiful women in Wegalla before I go…”

He leaned in close and pressed his lips against Adalyn’s neck. She cried out in disgust at the vulgar display, but as she tried to shift her body away and break free,

the man’s claws dug into her neck. Blood began to spill onto her collarbone and my stomach turned a little at the sight.

man grinned. “Oops. How clumsy of me. Tell you what, darling, if you keep continue to struggle, I’m going to have no choice but to

out in pain. She instantly stopped moving, but her face grew even paler. She

so than I could bear. No one wanted to do anything out of fear for Adalyn’s safety, but the longer we stood around, the worse

no idea why no one was escorting the young boy to safety. My heart ached for him. He didn’t deserve this.

wasn’t going to get away with all

if I had anything to

who stood between me and the

blurted out as I

at me, and the corridor fell silent. The man let out a laugh.

have a brave one, do we?” he

of the royal healers,” I retorted as I squared my shoulders. “The one who arranged the meeting, in fact. If you

man scoffed. “Do you think I’m st upid enough to

you mo rons could have figured out the poisons that were created by the greatest sorcerors in the world.

suspicions were correct after all. He knew about

book in the library?” I asked him.

box?”

man huffed

talk to

that was growing within me. Adalyn’s neck was bleeding pretty profusely. Someone needed to intervene before

could

insult me all he wanted. I wasn’t afraid

out. “Please, just let Lady

called out, and then he laughed. “What nonsense are your babbling on

with the king? Well, that’s not going to happen

you hold some kind of significance, more so than her. What makes you think the king would even give you a second thought?”

felt a crowd of eyes

trying to suggest the king is in love with you or something?”

if he was amused by

I am his private

seem to understand.”