Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

ASHER

Chapter 97 Report about the imposter

I stared down at the report that had just been hand-delivered to my office, and as my eyes trailed over it, my eyebrows creased together.

The report had been drafted by my guards after their full investigation of the imposter we’d apprehended yesterday. Unfortunately all they’d uncovered was his name, and a small crest they’d found on his person.

I held the small medallion in my hands and studied it carefully. I knew all of the Packs crests by heart, and none of them matched the one on the charm. This crest didn’t belong to any group in Wegalla, I was sure of it.

I

Apparently, the man’s name was Spi ke Nox, though it sounded more like an alias than his given name. According to the register list of all the guards in Merliscire, he’d been recruited as a five years ago, and had served as a private guard of Margaret’s ever since.

Apart from these details, nothing else had been recorded. His origin, his background, his qualifications… none of that could be found anywhere. Apparently, the man hadn’t been recruited form the official channels. Someone had arranged this position for him, but who?

Was it my wicked stepmother?

As I considered the idea, I heard a knock at my door. I sighed.

“Come in,” I called out. The door opened and in walked Lancel. The guard’s expression was as serious as ever, and when his eyes fell to the papers in my hands, his mouth set into a thin line.

“Is everything alright with Ca ssandra?” asked him first.

Lancel nodded politely. “Yes, Alpha. The healer is perfectly fine. She’s with her

son right now.”

“Good,” I remarked, and then I getsured at him with the report. “Have you heard about this yet? It’s a report about the imposter.”

When he shook his head, I nodded, and then told him everything. As I read every detail written down, Lancel grew more and more surprised. His eyebrows raised until they were nearly at his hairline, and then he frowned.

hired him?” I asked directly. “Do you

fell silent for a minute. He approached my desk and took a seat in front of

Alpha,” he said finally. “She’s a smart woman. If Margaret were entangled in this, she wouldn’t have arranged for this man to be so close to her. She’d maintain her distance to keep from getting

right. Margaret may have been wicked,

did? And why had he been. assigned to her? Was he there

going

I leaned back in my chair. “Anyone at

sighed as he stared into the distance. He began to nod his head in consideration, and then

quite strange,” he

urged as

took a deep breath

think when he lunged forward to attack the man holding Lady Adalyn hostage, he intended to kill him. This surprised me, Alpha, as Adalyn could have easily been killed in the struggle. He didn’t seem all tha worried about her at all. It

thought the same thing.”

living in troubled times, Alpha,” Lancel said seriously as his expression grew concerned. “I think

suspicious as I did, my feelings toward him were even stronger. We needed to keep a close eye on

cautious.

you to arrange a team of trusted guards to check Spi ke Nox’s room,” I decided. “As well as his closet. I want every last inch

if

to keep guarding Ca ssandra Keller?” Lancel wondered.

and then nodded. “Yes. Things haven’t been sorted out completely, and I have a bad feeling that something isn’t right. I need your to guard her for

dutifully. “Of

I was too nervous to say it aloud. But Lancel was one of the few people that I trusted more than anyone else. He would understand me completely.

went to see Ca ssandra last night,” I said softly. “No one needs to

to find out I’d slept over in the healer’s room, especially Adalyn. She was already quick to temper,

this, she’d do more than go after Ca ssandra with a vial

healer meant too much

His lips parted as if he were going to say something,

“I won’t speak a word of it.