Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 180 He already knows it

KALEB

The pathetic expression on Kane Collin’s otherwise attractive face was sickeningly pitiful. His long–lashed violet eyes were pathetic as they remained fixed on the beautiful healer, and I fought the urge to sigh.

I wasn’t unfamiliar with this look. I’d seen plenty of it on my mother’s face before she died. She would lean her emaciated body against the door frame and stare at the empty hall with longing in her ice–blue eyes. Yet, despite all of her yearning and wistful dreaming my father never visited her.

So, my mother brought that look all the way to her tomb. It was silly and shameful for her to believe that my father ever loved her, not to mention pathetic and naive. The whole idea of love in general was foolish.

I averted my eyes from Kane’s face and glanced over at Healer Cassandra, who looked both baffled and vexed. I had to admit that I found it interesting to see this young, lovely woman lose her temper, given the fact that she always seemed to be so calm and subdued. I was somehow delighted by her fierce and lively expression and desired to see more.

She was an intriguing woman who perplexed me in so many ways. In all of my travels, I’d never known a girl like her.

I smiled at her. “I would love to allow Lord Kane to confess to what he’s done.”

As she stared at me in confusion, I glanced at the Alpha King’s wounded brother. “Go ahead, Lord Kane. What have you been doing daily during this, your longest stay in Anemond? Please, do tell us.”

Kane’s glare hardened as if he wanted to give me a warning, but I couldn’t care less. “What I do with my days isn’t any of your business. It has nothing to do with you.”

I I

Oh, but it does,” I replied, and I shot him a launting smile as I took a step closer to him. “My guards have made countless reports of your presence while they were keeping an eye on Healer Cassandra.”

and shot daggers in my direction at the

been letting your guards stalk me?”

a way of getting into trouble, dear.

confusion, and then she turned to Kane. “What is he talking about,

at her and

thought Lord Kane was planning something devious against

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already knows it

against my chest and studied the pair. “So they reported every single detail of his actions to me. They told me about his every expression, the way he moved, and the way he stared at you through

a flash of

I flashed her another smile.

term, Cassandra was clever enough to understand what I meant. She would have had to be stupid to not get it. But the healer wasn’t unintelligent at all. From the moment I’d mentioned that Kane had been watching her, I’d watched her put it together in her mind. That flash of awkwardness spoke

lips were curled back. into

it all out in the open. If there’s something you don’t

going to look at Cassandra, but the poor, pathetic, lovesick

she would drop her head like a lifeless doll. She wouldn’t move or say anything, even after being prompted to do so. She would simply remain

and sometimes, when she was caught off guard, she would turn

and crazed emotions, all the warmth she’d once held in her eyes vanished entirely until she was someone I didn’t recognize. Her nails would sharpen into fierce claws that would rip into my skin as she shook

my arms and stained my shirt, she would

or “I love