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.”

and the imposter struggled for breath. Despite the

a minute, he began again.

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

suddenly turned on its

the weight of his words crashed down on me. My knees wavered and

Cora was pregnant.

was pregnant with my

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

turned bright red from my chokehold, but

up,” I stammered as a lump

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 be very happy

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

nails had already. sharpened into claws, and I could

of

man from running his mouth.

intense

I took a long, deep breath, and pulled myself together.

and when I turned back to

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

ran 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

there was only one person

Ca ssandra Keller.

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

quickly, but I couldn’t stop and explain. My mind was racing just as fast as my feet were carrying me.

ascended the main staircase, I tried to 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 and Cora looked nothing alike. Was that a side effect

identity?