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.

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

in further to prove his point, and Adalyn cried out in pain. She instantly stopped moving, but her face grew even paler. She looked like a corpse, she was so colorless.

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

sobbing. I had no idea why no one was escorting the young boy to safety. My heart ached for him. He didn’t deserve this. No one deserved anything like this.

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

anything to say about it.

who stood between me and the circle of guards.

out as

at me, and the corridor fell silent. The man let out a

we have a brave one, do we?” he mocked me. “Who the hell are

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

st upid enough to believe that? I know

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

after all. He knew about

in the library?” I

box?”

man huffed loudly.

what, I’ve changed my mind. I want to talk to the king.

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

she could lose consciousness.

me all he

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

out, and then he laughed.

king? Well, that’s not going to happen if

if you hold some kind of significance, more so than her. What makes you think the king would even give you a second

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

“Are you trying to suggest the king is in

if he was amused

I am his private healer. I mean more to him than your

seem to understand.”