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.

directly. “Do you think she’s behind all of

most trusted guard considered the idea and fell silent for a minute. He approached my desk and took a seat in front

this, she wouldn’t have arranged for this man to be so close to her. She’d maintain her distance to keep from getting exposed.”

agreed. Lancel was right. Margaret may have been wicked, but she

the man, who did? And why had he been. assigned to her? Was he there to spy on her

going

leaned back in my

stared into the distance. He began to nod his head

Beta Oliver to be quite strange,” he remarked, and then

on,” I urged as I sat

a deep breath and then

corridor the other day struck me as odd,” he stated calmly. “I 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 was… strange.”

nodded. “I thought the same thing.”

grew concerned. “I think we need to be wary of

feelings toward him were even stronger. We needed to keep a close eye on him. I didn’t care

cautious.

I want 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 from the floorboards to

I need to know if he’s involved in all

need me to keep guarding Ca ssandra Keller?” Lancel

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 a little while

nodded dutifully. “Of course.”

to say it aloud. But Lancel was one

anyone to know I went to see Ca ssandra last night,” I said

out I’d slept over in the healer’s

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

meant too much

older man seemed taken aback by my statement. His lips parted as if he were going to say something, but he changed his mind.

Alpha,” he said formally, and he offered me a solemn bow. “I won’t speak a word of