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.”

daggers in my direction at the mention

been letting your guards stalk me?” she demanded.

up from my belly. “I just wanted to make sure you were intact before you accompanied me to the North. You do have a way of getting into trouble, dear. Besides when it comes to stalking…. Perhaps

her eyebrows crinkled in confusion, and then she turned to Kane. “What is he talking

smiled at her and then answered for

first, my guards thought Lord Kane was planning

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He already knows it

the pair. “So they reported every single detail of his actions to me. They told me about his every expression, the way he moved,

paused, I caught a flash of awkwardness on the

quickly figured out there was nothing devious about it,” I sighed, and then I flashed her another smile. “In fact, I found that Lord Kane was doing all of that out of something else.”

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

and his lips were curled back. into a snarl. Despite

I’m simply doing you a favor by putting it all out in

instead, averted his eyes. For a moment, I thought he was going to look at Cassandra, but the poor, pathetic, lovesick fool, dropped his stare

filled up the hall and the room my mother resided in, 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 still,

corridor to check on her, and sometimes, when she was caught off guard, she would turn frantic, and grab

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 me

pooled down my arms and stained my shirt, she would repeat the same

come?” or “I