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.”

imposter struggled for breath. Despite the danger of my hands around his neck,

minute,

was pregnant, young Alpha,” the man revealed. “She was pregnant with your child.”

world suddenly turned on its

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

Cora was pregnant.

was pregnant with

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

neck. His skin had turned bright red from my chokehold, but I

stammered as a lump

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

“Please,” I murmured.

sighed. “Vicious, really. I would

I growled. My inner wolf was going to

sharpened into claws, and I could feel

was a long moment of silence. My tone

from running

intense

control, I took a long, deep breath, and pulled myself

I asked the man quietly, and when I turned back to his cell, the imposter’s

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

the stairs, and as I ascended, I heard the man calling my name. But

now, there was only one person

Ca ssandra Keller.

before the inferno only further proved my theory. She had a son,

but I couldn’t stop and explain. My mind was racing just as fast as

figure out the rest of the story. The imposter had said that Cora had consumed an incurable poison. Is that why her appearance had changed? Ca ssandra

identity?