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.”

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

minute,

revealed. “She was

turned on its

crashed down on me. My knees wavered and

Cora was pregnant.

with my baby.

for something to brace myself on as my chest heaved. I’d never felt shock

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

a lump formed in my

just stop because she’d said so,” he continued anyway, his tone. serious for once. “It could have been an

“Please,” I murmured.

really. I would be very happy to

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

I could feel my canines pressing against my lips. My

was a long moment of silence. My tone must

man from

been intense

an ounce of control, I took a long, deep breath, and pulled myself

and when I turned back to his cell,

drank a cup of poison before the fire was set. Even

and ran out of the dungeon. I nearly lost my footing up the stairs,

one

Ca ssandra Keller.

Cora had been pregnant before the inferno only further proved my theory. She had a son, after all, one who was around

sped up my pace until 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 me. It was a surprise I

rest of the story. The imposter had said that 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

identity?