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

nearly a minute, he began

man revealed. “She was pregnant with

suddenly turned

weight of his words crashed down on me. My knees

Cora was pregnant.

pregnant with my baby.

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

he rubbed his neck. His skin had turned bright red from my chokehold, but I didn’t care about that. I couldn’t care less about his well-being, not right now.

a lump

she’d said so,” he continued anyway, his tone. serious for once. “It could have been an excuse after all. I’m sure any person

“Please,” I murmured.

was all so very violent,” the man sighed. “Vicious, really. I would be very happy to help you convict the person responsible-”

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

sharpened into claws, and I could feel my canines pressing

long moment of

man from running

intense enough

finally had an ounce of control, I took a long,

asked the man quietly, and when I turned back to

be possible,” he said as he shook his head slowly. “Cora had drank a cup of poison before the fire was set. Even

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.

ssandra was really Cora. And the fact that Cora had been pregnant before the inferno

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

The imposter had said that Cora had consumed an incurable poison. Is that why her appearance had changed?

identity?