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

alone…” she said, and she bit down on her lower lip. “With us working together, maybe, but alone…”

be here to help you. But

puzzled look on her face.

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going to be a

Kaleb’s request, or rather, his order to come

head. “No, no, no! You can’t

I know is that this must have been well–planned from the beginning.” I lamented. “My only regret is that I didn’t see

Alpha King?” Becky wondered. “The Alpha King wouldn’t allow this to happen, especially not to you. The 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

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

terrible is going to happen to this country. I’m not sure how 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

expression was weary and she hesitated

any difficulties, I’m sure Lord Kane would be of some help as well,” I assured her. It’s

her expression softened. “It’s going to be a

I confirmed. “Unfortunately, it is.”

hung in the air again and then Becky

if he was, do you think he was the one who detained the Alpha King deliberately? As far

I

I have no idea if he’s an upstanding man or if he’s devious like his father.

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

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. With his military influence, things

to cry for a moment but

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