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.”

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

nearly a minute, he began

young Alpha,” the man revealed.

suddenly turned

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

Cora was pregnant.

pregnant with

my hold on the man and took a few steps back from the bars. I searched the room for something to brace myself on

had turned bright red from my chokehold, but I didn’t care about that. I couldn’t

as a

he continued anyway, his tone. serious for once. “It could have been an excuse after all. I’m sure any person under those circumstances

“Please,” I murmured.

all so very violent,” the man sighed. “Vicious, really. I would be very happy

I growled. My inner wolf was going to take control if the man continued to

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

long moment of

from running his mouth.

intense

had an ounce of control, I took

man quietly, and when I turned back to

before the fire was set. Even if she’d managed to escape, she wouldn’t

on my heels and ran out of the dungeon. I nearly lost my footing up the stairs, and as I ascended, I heard the

there was only one person

Ca ssandra Keller.

believe that Ca ssandra was really Cora. And the fact that Cora had been pregnant before the inferno only further proved my theory. She had a son, after all, one

so quickly, but I couldn’t stop and explain. My mind was racing just as fast as my feet were

Cora had consumed an incurable 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

identity?