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.

keep continue to struggle, I’m going to have no choice but to press in a little deeper.”

his point, and Adalyn cried out in pain. She instantly stopped moving, but her face grew

do anything out of fear for Adalyn’s safety, but the longer

escorting the young boy

through me. This sick, twisted man wasn’t going to get

had anything to

few people who stood between me

out as I took another

the corridor fell silent. The man let out a laugh.

do we?” he mocked

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

think I’m st upid enough

greatest sorcerors in the world. No, I won’t be deceived again. It was a

suspicions were correct after all. He knew about the

library?” I

box?”

huffed loudly.

what, I’ve changed my mind. I want to talk to the king. I don’t need to

bit my lip and tried to 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

she could lose

could insult me all he wanted. I wasn’t

blurted out. “Please, just let Lady

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

an audience with the king? Well, that’s not

the king care about some healer?” 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

I said evenly, and suddenly, I felt a crowd of eyes on me. Even Adalyn managed to stare at

replied. “Are you trying to suggest the king is in love with you or something?”

if he was amused by

said calmly. “But I am his private healer. I mean more

seem to understand.”