Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 179 How sad

CASSANDRA

My eyes widened in shock at the gruesome sight, and for a moment, I thought I was going to vomit. Nausea sent waves of discomfort through me, and I shivered in fright.

As a healer, I’d seen plenty of blood and wounds over the years, but it was far different when the wound belonged to someone I knew.

“Stop!” I begged Kaleb and rushed over to where the guards had started, dragging Kane away. I nearly skidded on the wet floor but managed to find my footing just in time. The guards snarled at me and were about to stop me, but Kaleb raised his hand.

“Let her pass,” he remarked in an amused tone, and the incredibly tall men released their hold on Asher’s brother. Kane slumped over and then fell to the ground. Blood began to pool on the ground, and as the metallic smell hit the air, the nausea returned, but I forced myself to be brave.

I crouched down and carefully looked at his wound. The cut on his arm was deep, nearly to the bone. He was losing blood rapidly, and I wished I could find something to stop the flow.

“I’m okay, Cassandra,” Kane tried to assure me, but his voice was weakened. His body trembled and his violet eyes grew more distant with every passing moment. His substantial blood loss had rendered him on the verge of losing consciousness.

From his place beyond us, Kaleb began to clap, and when I glanced behind me, the king of Yurene’s cruel

smile had widened.

“Lord Kane must be over the moon now,” he mused, and then he chuckled. His words made no sense and neither did his motivations. Though he had always been a strange man, he’d never come across as cruel or evil. But as I studied him, it was as if he were a different person entirely, someone I didn’t know as well as I thought |

did.

“Kaleb, what’s going on?” I asked as I glared at him in confusion. “Why are you doing this?”

“Why am I doing this?” he repeated back mockingly, and then he shook his head as if it were obvious. “Oh, Cassandra, you already know the answer to this. What I want is simple enough. I want you to come with me to Yurene.”

I stared at him in disbelief.

What?

already told the foreign king that I wouldn’t be able to accompany him to the Northern country. So, why was he going to such an insane length to bring me with him? And how had Kane gotten in the

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How

I asked as the

his head and

I did not,” he said with a tilt of his head. “In fact, you did. Remember that- bottle of alcohol you procured for our dear

and my lower lip began to

I began to shake my head. “No no,

me. “It’s a

Spike. While the imposter had been a villain who’d played a part in the inferno that had destroyed my former life, he hadn’t deserved to die like that. He was troubled, arrogant, and not a good person, but he had been trying to turn things

man I

spilled down

do this?”

bit of fun for my enjoyment. I could very well have just killed Spike, but I thought it would be more interesting and amusing if

demon than a friend, and as I studied his cruel features, I wondered how I hadn’t

another realization crossed

the attempted kidnapping in the

confirmed with a nod. “I have to hand it to

of your father made up as well?” I asked with a

face but didn’t answer me

hissed as I glared at him. “I’m not going with you, Kaleb. The Alpha King

be returning today,” Kaleb laughed. “Perhaps not even tomorrow. In fact,

do to Asher?”

How

my tone, he didn’t waver.

won’t do anything bad to the King of Wegalla. I’ve only carried out a small trick to make sure he stayed longer