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.

me. Tell you what, darling, if you keep continue to struggle, I’m going

pain. She instantly stopped moving, but

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

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

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

I had anything

pushed past the few people who stood between me and the circle

I blurted out as I took another step

the corridor fell silent. The

we?” he mocked me. “Who

as I squared my shoulders. “The one who arranged the meeting, in fact. If you want to know anything about the vipers, you should let Lady Adalyn

st upid enough to

no way you mo rons could have figured out 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

correct after all. He knew about the

did you steal the book in the library?” I asked

box?”

man huffed loudly.

my mind. I want to talk to the king. I don’t need to waste my time on some lowly

was bleeding pretty profusely. Someone needed

she could lose consciousness.

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

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

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

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

hold some kind of significance, more so than her. What makes you think the

felt a crowd of eyes on me. Even Adalyn

to suggest the king is in love with

he was amused

am his private healer. I mean more to him

seem to understand.”