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.”

my 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

nearly a minute,

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

suddenly turned

chest as the weight of his words crashed down on me. My

Cora was pregnant.

pregnant with

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

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

a lump formed in

stop because she’d said so,” he continued anyway, his tone. serious for once. “It could have been an excuse after all. I’m sure any person under

“Please,” I murmured.

really. I would be very happy to help you convict the person responsible-”

f**k up!” I growled. My inner wolf was going to take control if the man

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

moment of

from

intense

control, I took a long, deep

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

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

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

there was only one

Ca ssandra Keller.

had been pregnant before

The guards were surprised to see me rush by so quickly, but I couldn’t stop and explain. My mind was racing just as

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?