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.

you keep continue to struggle,

in pain. She instantly stopped moving, but her

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

had no idea why no one was escorting the young boy to safety. My heart

flooded through me. This sick, twisted man wasn’t

if I had anything to say

pushed past the few people who stood between me and the circle of guards. and cleared my

you!” I blurted out as I took another

stare at me, and the corridor fell silent.

he mocked me. “Who the hell are you?”

retorted as I squared my shoulders. “The one who arranged the meeting, in fact. If you want to know anything

you think I’m st upid enough to believe

the greatest sorcerors in the world. No, I won’t be deceived again. It was a nice try, healer, but you’re going to need to

correct after all. He

steal the book in the library?” I asked him. “And what was in the

box?”

huffed

practically growled. “You know what, I’ve changed my mind. I want to talk to the

shove down the frustration that was growing within me. Adalyn’s neck was bleeding pretty profusely. Someone needed to intervene before she lost too much blood. Her amber eyes were glazing over already. If we didn’t act

could lose consciousness.

a deep breath. He could insult me all he wanted. I wasn’t afraid

out.

then he laughed.

“You say you want an audience with the king? Well, that’s not going to happen if you kill his wife. You want to speak with him so badly?

healer?” he sneered. “You speak as if you hold some kind of significance, more so than her. What

eyes on me. Even Adalyn managed to stare

girl,” the man replied. “Are you trying to suggest the

if he was

I said calmly. “But I am his private

seem to understand.”