Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 88 Take her place

CA SSANDRA

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.

continue to struggle, I’m going

instantly stopped moving, but her face grew even paler. She looked like a corpse, she was so

was intense, more so than I could bear. No one wanted to do anything out of fear for Adalyn’s safety,

young boy to safety. My heart ached

twisted man wasn’t going

had anything

me and the circle of guards. and cleared my

blurted out as I

the

we?” he mocked

meeting, in fact. If you want

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

the poisons that were created by 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 do better

my suspicions were correct after all. He

the book in the library?” I asked him.

box?”

huffed

to the king. I don’t need to waste my time on

my lip and tried to shove down the frustration that was growing within me. Adalyn’s neck was bleeding pretty profusely.

could

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

hostage instead!” I blurted out. “Please, just

called out, and then he laughed. “What nonsense

only louder this time. “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? Take

he sneered. “You speak as if you hold some kind of significance, more so than her. What makes you think the king would even give you a second

eyes on me. Even Adalyn

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

chortled as if he was

his private healer. I mean more to him than your

seem to understand.”