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.

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

in further to prove his point, and Adalyn cried out in pain. She instantly stopped moving,

anything out of fear

no one was escorting the young boy

This sick, twisted man wasn’t going to get

if I had anything to say

who stood between me and the circle of

I blurted out as I took another

guards whipped around to stare at me, and the

brave one, do we?” he mocked me. “Who the

shoulders. “The one who arranged the meeting, in fact. If you want to

you think I’m st upid enough to believe that? I know

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

suspicions were correct after all.

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

box?”

man huffed loudly.

practically growled. “You know what, I’ve changed my mind. I want to talk to the king. I don’t need to waste my time on some lowly healer who

pretty profusely. Someone needed to intervene before she lost too much blood. Her amber eyes were glazing over already. If

could lose

breath. He could insult me all he wanted.

hostage instead!” I blurted out. “Please,

then he laughed. “What nonsense are your

her go,” I stated again, only louder this time. “You say you want an audience with the king? Well, that’s not going to happen

of significance, more

a crowd of eyes on me. Even Adalyn managed to

replied. “Are you trying to suggest the king is in love

chortled as if he was amused by my words.

said calmly. “But I am his private healer.

seem to understand.”