Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 181 Run Now

CASSANDRA

I had never considered myself a fool.

But then again, in light of everything, perhaps I was.

At the very least, I was naive, foolish, and blind. I should have put the clues together long before this moment. It should have been completely obvious from when Asher had mentioned the jasmine tea wasn’t a gift from him but from his brother.

Back then, I had thought that Kane Collins was just considerate. I thought maybe he had just checked with Erika or some other servants who knew I adored jasmine tea and then made an excuse saying it was a gift from Asher just because he didn’t want to pressure me.

Or maybe he just wanted to compensate for what his mother had done to Erika and me. Either way, I hadn’t given it a single thought

But if I’d been more careful and sharper about it all, I wouldn’t have neglected the possibility that Kane might find a clue to my real identity.

The moment that the question left my lips, Kane’s gaze remained elsewhere. He avoided eye contact with me as if he was too ashamed to look at me, but his silence gave me all the answers I needed.

Kane knew who I truly was, or at least the woman I had been.

When and how had he figured it out?

I’d been able to conceal my identity from Asher for so long because my appearance had been altered from that terrible inferno. Whatever Emmett had used to heal my wounds and burns had drastically changed my features enough to conceal my former identity. The only indications of my old self were the green of my irises, though they’d been much lighter back then, and then the sear on my leg. Without that scar, Asher would have taken longer to realize it was me.

So what had Kane noticed that his brother hadn’t?

Was it as Keleb suggested, that Kane had been following me for a while to gather intel? Or had he simply caught on by the mention of jasmine tea? It wasn’t the most common of tea flavors, and everyone who had known Cora well knew that it was her drink of choice.

how injured he was. The sheer amount of blood loss alone was threatening his life. We needed

look at me and his voice

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he apologized, and then he closed his eyes and his brows furrowed in pain. “I’m so, so

lump formed in my throat as I tried to make sense of

Sorry?

Sorry for what?

situation? Or was he sorry for not letting me know that he had long uncovered the truth? Or maybe, he

was nothing for him to apologize for. I knew

the matter.

was true. I didn’t think he had some kind of sick, twisted obsession with me. He probably just

the closest of friends in our youth, he had always been kind to me and treated me with respect. He was Asher’s brother, of course, so I had no reason to believe that he was acting out of some strange

when Kane uttered his apology to me.

definitely feel sick of this pathetic love story,” he mocked him and then he sneered. “You’re a coward, Lord Kane, as well as a fool. I’ve heard the stories they tell about you in this terrible palace. You’re nothing more than

at my side. To throw insults and snide remarks at a

cruel foreign king disrespect the royal family

no reason to continue

and then shrugged. “You’re right, Healer Cassandra. Why pretend otherwise? Let’s get on with the show, shall we? You seem ready to accept the reality of your situation.”

continued to eye him coldly,

the North with me, everything will be just fine,” he remarked. “Lord Kane can get the help and médical attention he needs, and no one else will get hurt. The decision is yours. Of course, I’m not a very patient person, so you need to make your choice now. Will you come with me and save him?”

have a choice in the matter, and I hated the loss of agency in my own life. After five years, after all that had happened, I was still incapable of

grimaced. “This small ward is suffocating, isn’t

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