Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 100 Pray for Erika

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When I got to work that day, Becky was already hard at work. She was surrounded by a stack of books, along with a long line of vials and bottles. Her eyes were so focused on her work that she hadn’t even noticed my arrival.

“Becky?” I prompted her when she didn’t say anything. “Becky, is everything alright?”

My assistant finally looked up at the sound of her name, and her dark eyes grew wide.

“Sorry, Ca ssy,” she said. “I didn’t even hear you.”

“It’s okay,” I assured her, and I approached her desk. “What’s going on?”

“I found something strange about the venoms,” she explained, and she gestured at a few of the vials. “The ones that we couldn’t identify? I’ve been running tests all morning. Even though they’re all very different, their chemical structures are similar. If my hypothesis is correct, it seems like they were all produced. according to the chemical structures of Udosyn.”

“Does that mean that the other kinds of poisons were recreated using the base of Udosyn?” I wondered.

Becky nodded. “It seems like it.”

I stood there for a moment and considered what this meant. Did this mean that we could find the cure to the poisons if we studied further in this direction and recreated the cure to Udosyn?

The moment the thought crossed my mind, I asked Becky, and she gave a thoughtful nod.

“That’s theoretically possible,” she agreed.

It took a second for the idea to set in, and once it did, my assistant and I exchanged excited smiles. This was the first win we’d had in a while. I didn’t want to get too thrilled, but I couldn’t help it.

“Compared to Udosyn, these other poisons don’t have such a rigorous structure,” Becky continued as she smiled. “So what you’re thinking might actually be possible! We can study further and see if we can recreate the cures.”

time and got to work

information brought light to our studies. We were in such great

in seem a

made the but she didn’t quip at the Alpha King’s guard for

brought us back some luck,” she joked, and the two of us shared a laugh. I glanced over at Lance, who remained as serious and stoic as always. He didn’t have much for a sense of humor. He was always so focused and disciplined that I wondered if he ever laughed at all.

first person that I wanted to share this development with. We’d been working so long and hard to solve this mystery, and we were finally inching

healer. Sure, my assistant was young, but she was incredibly intelligent and hard-working. Her scientific mind would be a valuable asset to the palace, and I

to me than I’d expected, and even though I knew the logistics would be nearly impossible, I wanted to be with

one had ever made me feel the same bliss

As much as I wanted to pretend that Asher wasn’t married, I couldn’t deny her existence. I wasn’t

messy.

to return to my studies. I could think about all of this later. For now, I needed to focus on

my research, the laboratory doors flew open

the boy before he could run head-first into the tables full of dangerous chemicals and concoctions. I cast my protective eyewear aside and ran over to my

his grip and stepped aside

and then I turned to Finnick. “Finnick? What’s

Finnick’s lovely gray eyes were full of tears. I was taken aback. Finnick didn’t cry all that often. He was always so serious, like his father, but as he stood before me, he collapsed into s obs. I swept him

I asked as Finnick’s body shook beneath my

was crying so hard that the words

as I stroked his hair. “Come on, take a deep breath with me.”

I demonstrated a deep inhale. He copied me, and after a few rounds of deep breathing, he managed to

he whispered. “Oh, Mommy. They caught Aunt Erika.

my chest and

I began to panic. “Finnick, who took Erika away?”

and his lower lip trembled. “Prince Marco’s mother and his grandmother. They came to the room and caught Aunt