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.”

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

nearly a minute, he began

revealed. “She was pregnant with your

world suddenly turned

down on

Cora was pregnant.

pregnant with my

myself on as my chest heaved. I’d never felt shock like this before and for a moment, I thought I

his neck. His skin had turned bright red from my chokehold, but I didn’t care about

I stammered as a

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 person under those circumstances would say anything

“Please,” I murmured.

sighed. “Vicious, really. I would

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

from him and fought to regain control. My nails had already. sharpened into claws, and I could feel my canines pressing against my lips. My entire body shook

long moment of silence.

man from

intense enough

took a long,

when I turned back to his

be possible,” he said as he shook his head slowly. “Cora had drank a cup of poison before the fire was set. Even if she’d managed to escape, she wouldn’t have survived. The poison had no cure.”

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

only one person I wanted to

Ca ssandra Keller.

started to 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 who was around 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

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 so afraid of revealing

identity?