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.

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

guard considered the idea and fell silent for a minute. He

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

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

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

was going

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

began to nod his head in consideration, and

quite strange,” he remarked, and then he paused.

as

deep breath and

intended to

thought the

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

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 was my father-in-law. We had to be

cautious.

as his closet. I want every last inch from the floorboards to under the

need to know if he’s

keep guarding Ca ssandra

it for a moment and then nodded. “Yes. Things haven’t been sorted out completely, and I have a bad feeling that something isn’t

dutifully. “Of course.”

say it aloud. But Lancel was one of

see Ca ssandra last night,” I said softly. “No one needs to know. Not Marco, especially not Adalyn. Is

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

more than go after Ca ssandra with a vial of chemicals. She would

meant too much to me to lose.

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

“I won’t speak a word of it. I’ll carry out your orders at