Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 92 His mate had been pregnant

ASHER

I raised my eyebrow and stared at the man. A tidbit of information? He truly must have believed in what he had to say. Either that or he was a master of deceit. Regardless, I knew I had no choice. I had to take the bait.

I had to know about Cora.

“Fine,” I said, and I crossed my arms. “What do you have to say?”

The imposter cleared his throat. He seemed just as surprised as I was that I’d agreed to hear him out. He took a second and then began.

“Even back then I found the girl to be quite pitiful,” he remarked. “She looked so innocent. But there’s nothing I could do about that. It was a shame, really.”

My stomach turned as I pictured Cora. From his tone, I could tell she had probably been scared.

I wanted to strike him down.

What had they done to her?

“Get to the point,” I demanded.

“I’m getting to the point, young Alpha,” the imposter said with a wave of hist hand. “I’m simply saying that she was pitiful. She seemed so innocent, so precious. Well, innocent enough, seeing as she was the daughter of such a serious criminal. She was likely tied into their business, so I can’t help but wonder how naive to it all she truly was-”

“Get to the point!” I shouted, emphasizing every word.

The man laughed, and before I knew what I was doing, I lunged forward and

reached through the bars. I grabbed his neck and yanked him forward until his chest smacked against the bars.

“If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll end your life now,” I threatened. “I’m serious.”

to emphasize that point, and the imposter struggled for breath. Despite the danger of my hands

minute,

pregnant, young Alpha,” the man revealed.

world suddenly turned

his words crashed down on me. My knees wavered and my eyes started to well up

Cora was pregnant.

with my

bars. I searched the room for something to brace myself on as my chest heaved. I’d never felt shock like this before and

man spoke again, and he rubbed his neck. His skin had turned bright red from my chokehold, but I didn’t care about that. I couldn’t care

stammered as a lump

couldn’t just stop because she’d said so,” he continued anyway, his tone. serious for once. “It could have been an excuse after all. I’m sure any

“Please,” I murmured.

the man sighed. “Vicious, really. I

growled. My inner wolf was going to take control

nails had already. sharpened into claws, and I could feel my canines pressing against my lips. My

a long moment of silence. My tone must

man from

been intense

I finally had an ounce of control, I took a

quietly, and when I turned back to his cell, the

shook his head slowly. “Cora had drank a cup of poison before the fire was set. Even if

nearly lost my footing up the stairs, and as I ascended, I heard the man calling my name. But I ignored him. I would

one

Ca ssandra Keller.

the fact that Cora had been pregnant before the inferno only further proved my theory. She had a son, after

I reached the entrance of the palace. The guards were surprised to see me rush by so quickly, but I couldn’t stop and explain. My mind was racing just as fast as my feet were carrying

poison. Is that why her appearance had changed? Ca ssandra and Cora looked nothing alike. Was that a side effect of the poison? And was that why she was so afraid of

identity?