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.”

grip around him to emphasize that point, and the imposter struggled for breath. Despite the danger of my hands around his neck, he maintained eye contact with me and

a minute, he began

revealed. “She was pregnant with

world suddenly turned on its

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

Cora was pregnant.

pregnant with my baby.

the room for something to brace myself on as

the man spoke again, and he rubbed his neck. His skin had turned bright

as a lump formed in my throat.

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

“Please,” I murmured.

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

My inner wolf was going to take

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

of silence. My

keep the man from running his

intense enough

an ounce of control, I took

still alive or not?” I asked the man quietly, and when I turned

a cup of poison before the fire was set. Even if she’d managed to escape, she wouldn’t have

my footing up the stairs, and as I ascended, I

was only one person I

Ca ssandra Keller.

been pregnant before the inferno only further proved my theory. She had a son, after all,

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

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 of the poison? And

identity?