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

nearly a minute, he

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

world suddenly turned on

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

Cora was pregnant.

pregnant with my

released my hold on the 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

mean to end two lives,” the man spoke 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

I stammered as a lump formed in

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

“Please,” I murmured.

very violent,” the man sighed. “Vicious, really. I would be very happy to help you convict the person

going to take control if the man continued to say anything

nails had already. sharpened into claws, and I could feel my canines

was a long moment of silence.

the man from

intense enough

I finally had an ounce of control, I took a long, deep breath,

and when I turned back to his cell, the imposter’s expression was

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

dungeon. I nearly lost my footing up the stairs, and as I ascended, I heard the man calling

one person I

Ca ssandra Keller.

Cora. And the fact that Cora had been pregnant before the inferno

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

story. The imposter had said that Cora had consumed an incurable poison. Is that why her appearance had changed?

identity?