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.

think Margaret hired him?” I asked directly. “Do you think she’s behind all

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

so, 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

Lancel was right. Margaret may have been

stepmother hadn’t hired the man, who did? And why had he been. assigned to her? Was he there to spy on her

going

leaned back in my chair. “Anyone at all. Please,

distance. He began

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

urged as I sat

breath and then

in the 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

“I thought the same

his expression grew concerned. “I think we need to

never trusted Oliver, and now that I knew Lancel found him just as suspicious as I did, my feelings toward him were even stronger. We needed to keep a close eye on him. I didn’t care if he

cautious.

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 under the furniture to be examined. I would also like a couple to keep an eye

I need to know if he’s

to keep guarding Ca

something

nodded dutifully. “Of course.”

I was too nervous to say it aloud. But Lancel was one of the

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

over in the healer’s room, especially Adalyn. She was already quick to temper, but

ssandra with a vial of chemicals. She would try to

too much to me to lose.

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

Alpha,” he said formally, and he offered me a solemn bow. “I won’t speak a word of it. I’ll carry out your orders at once.”