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.

you think Margaret hired him?” I asked directly.

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

have arranged for

I agreed. Lancel was right. Margaret may

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

going

wondered as I leaned back in my chair. “Anyone at all. Please, don’t spare my feelings here. I

distance. He began to nod his head in consideration, and then met

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

on,” I urged as I sat forward.

breath and then continued.

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

nodded. “I thought the same

his expression grew concerned. “I think we need to be wary

Oliver, and now that I knew Lancel found him just as suspicious as I did, my feelings toward him were even stronger. We

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

if he’s involved

me to keep guarding Ca ssandra Keller?” Lancel

“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 longer. She’s too tied

nodded dutifully. “Of course.”

second, I was too nervous to say it aloud. But Lancel was one of the few people that I

anyone to know I went to see Ca ssandra last night,” I said softly. “No one needs to know. Not

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

after Ca ssandra with a vial of chemicals. She

meant too much to me

by my statement. His lips parted as if he were going to say something,

won’t speak a word of it. I’ll