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. “Do you

and fell silent for a minute.

said finally. “She’s a smart woman. If Margaret were entangled in this, she wouldn’t have arranged for this

was right. Margaret may have been wicked, but she wasn’t st

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

was going

anyone else you’re suspicious of?” I wondered as I leaned back in my

into the distance. He began to nod his head in consideration, and then met my eyes agaon.

Oliver to be quite strange,”

I urged as

breath

when he lunged forward to attack the man holding Lady Adalyn hostage, he intended to kill him. This

nodded. “I thought the same

Alpha,” Lancel said seriously as his expression grew concerned. “I think we

did, my feelings toward him were

cautious.

room,” I decided. “As well as his closet. I want every last inch from the floorboards

need to know if he’s involved in all of this.”

keep guarding Ca ssandra Keller?” Lancel wondered.

that something isn’t right. I need your to guard her for a little while longer. She’s too tied up in

dutifully. “Of course.”

Lancel was one of the few people that I trusted

night,” I said softly. “No one needs to know. Not Marco, especially not Adalyn.

for anyone to find out I’d slept over in the healer’s room, especially

ssandra with a vial of chemicals.

the healer meant too much to

aback by my statement. His lips parted as if he were going to

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