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.”

struggled for breath. Despite the danger of my hands around

minute, he began

Alpha,” the man revealed. “She was

turned on its

sunk in my chest as the weight of his words crashed down on me. My knees wavered and my

Cora was pregnant.

was 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

His skin had turned bright red from my chokehold, but I didn’t care about that. I couldn’t care less about

a lump formed in my

tone. serious for once. “It could have been an excuse after all. I’m sure

“Please,” I murmured.

sighed. “Vicious, really. I would be very happy to help

going to take control if the man continued to say anything further.

I could feel my canines pressing against my lips. My

moment of

the man from running

been intense enough

an ounce of control, I took a

when I turned back to

cup of poison before the fire was set. Even if she’d managed to escape, she

on my heels and 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

only one person I

Ca ssandra Keller.

to believe that Ca ssandra was really Cora. And the fact that Cora had been pregnant before the inferno only

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.

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 she was so afraid of

identity?