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

know if that’s something I could do alone…” she said, and she bit down on her lower lip. “With us working together,

here to help you. But I believe in you Becky and

don’t understand,” she said with a puzzled look on

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a deep breath and then told her about Kaleb’s request, or

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

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

this to happen, especially not to you. The foreign king might be able to pull this off under the

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

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 you to

weary and she hesitated for a moment.

well,” I assured her. It’s safe to say he’s on our side in all

softened. “It’s going to be a fight,

confirmed. “Unfortunately,

again and then Becky cleared

involved in this mess?” she wondered quietly. “And if he was, do you think he was the one who detained the Alpha King deliberately? As far as we

I

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

she shook her head. “I know it’s a stupid question. I shouldn’t even be thinking

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

if she were going to cry for

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