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

letting your guards stalk me?” she demanded.

You do have a way of getting into trouble, dear. Besides

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

and

Lord Kane was planning something devious against

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already

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

a flash of awkwardness on

her another smile. “In fact, I found that Lord Kane was doing all of that out of something

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

looked mortified by my utterance. His violet eyes held fire and his lips were curled back. into a snarl. Despite the paleness

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

he was going to look at

mind at the sight of his upsetness. I remembered that when the darkness 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,

walk forward through the dimly lit corridor to check on her, and sometimes, when she

until she was someone I didn’t recognize. Her nails would sharpen into fierce claws that would rip into my

and stained my shirt, she would repeat the

or “I love him“.