Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 185 It’s going to be a fight

CASSANDRA

As Becky stared at me in confusion, I gestured down the hall.

“Follow me,” I said. “First, I need to wipe some of this blood off of me. It smells so awful I can hardly think straight.”

My assistant nodded. “Of course. Let’s get you cleaned up.”

We walked from the lobby down the hall to a private bathroom. It wasn’t accessible to patients and existed solely for our benefit. I’d stashed a few changes of clothes in the closet, and once my arms and face were free from the blood from Kane’s wound, Becky helped me get dressed in fresh clothes. She even braided my long copper hair back into an intricate style that kept the tresses away from my face.

talk.”

“Thank you,” I said gratefully, and she smiled at me.

“Of course,” she replied. “It’s the least I could do. Now, come on. Let’s get you some tea and then we can

I followed her into the meeting room and she immediately threw the kettle on. I sat down on one of the leather chairs and after a few minutes. Becky handed me a cup of my favorite tea. The sweet scent of jasmine comforted me greatly, as did the warmth of the cup.

“Cassy, what happened to you?” Becky spoke up after she settled into the chair opposite me. She leaned forward in anticipation, and her russet eyes bore into me intensely.

I took a moment to compose myself and then launched into everything that had happened. When I mentioned that Spike had died in the dungeon, she let out a gasp and nearly dropped her cup of tea,

“No,” she uttered, and her already big eyes grew larger.

We both knew how serious the situation had become. Spike’s untimely death meant the invention of the cure to the mysterious disease had been brought to a sudden halt.

“The good thing is that I kept records of every detail Spike had written down,” I reassured her. “Perhaps. they could still be helpful and you could find some intriguing points in there-”

“I

that’s something I could do alone…” she said, and she bit down on

help you. But I believe in you Becky and think you’re more than capable of making

puzzled look on her face. “What do

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going to be a

then told her about Kaleb’s request,

uttered, and she shook her head. “No, no, no! You can’t go with him. How could that evil foreigner

have been well–planned from the beginning.” I lamented. “My only regret is that

foreign king might be able to pull this off under the protection of old Beta, but once the Alpha King returns, he’d have nowhere to go. He’d never allow that villain to

done something to stop the Alpha King from returning, so there’s no one able to stop him at present. As I said, this

many people would keep their loyalty to the Alpha King, but I’m certain that at least Wild Cralwer and my old friends there would be reliable. I want you to tell them everything I’ve told you about what’s happened here and ask Alpha Rayden to send a group of trusted guards to Anemond. I know this all sounds drastic, but we need to make sure that

was weary and she

Lord Kane would be of some help as well,” I

softened. “It’s going to be a fight, isn’t it?”

“Unfortunately, it

hung in the air again and then Becky cleared

she wondered quietly. “And if he was, do you think he was the one who detained the Alpha King deliberately? As far as we know, he was on a mission with the

I

don’t know Silas as much as I want to. I have no idea if he’s an upstanding man or if he’s devious like his father. I know that’s not of

said as she shook her head. “I know it’s a stupid question.

all,” I assured her gently. “I know you’re concerned and I don’t blame you at all. I wish I could offer you some kind of comfort. All I can do is hope that Silas isn’t collaborating with his father.

appeared as if she were going to cry for a moment but then

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