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.”

for breath. Despite the danger of my hands around his neck, he maintained eye contact with me and didn’t

minute,

Alpha,” the man revealed.

world suddenly turned

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

Cora was pregnant.

was pregnant with

the man and took a few steps back from the bars. I searched the room for something to brace myself on as my chest heaved. I’d never felt shock like this before and for a moment, I thought I was going to be

mean to end two lives,” the man spoke again, and he rubbed his neck. His skin had turned bright red from my chokehold, but I didn’t care

stammered as a lump formed in my

serious for once. “It could have been an excuse after all. I’m sure any person under

“Please,” I murmured.

man sighed. “Vicious, really. I would be very

was going to take control if the man continued

already. sharpened into claws, and I could feel my canines pressing against

a long moment of silence. My

from running

intense

took a long, deep

not?” I asked the man quietly, and when I turned back to his cell, the imposter’s expression was

cup of poison before the fire was set. Even if she’d managed to escape, she wouldn’t have survived. The

dungeon. I nearly lost my footing up the

only one person I wanted

Ca ssandra Keller.

was really Cora. And the fact that Cora had been pregnant before the inferno only further proved my

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

that why her appearance had changed? Ca ssandra and Cora looked nothing alike. Was that

identity?