Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 188 Beta’s loyalty

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ADALYN

As my words set in, a familiar expression appeared on Silas‘ face. I hadn’t seen it in years, and it sent a wave of satisfaction through me.

My brother was at a loss again.

No matter how tall and strong he now looked, he was still that poor little boy who didn’t even dare to cry for his stupid dead bird.

He clenched his fist at his side and stared at me as if he wanted to smash it directly into my face, but I knew he wouldn’t do that. He was a pathetic wimp, a fool with a wavering heart.

It would be his downfall.

I was sure of it.

After a long, steady silence, Silas seemed defeated. When he finally spoke, his voice sounded meek.

“Father can’t do this,” he muttered, but it was clear by his expression that he didn’t believe his own words. We both knew what Father was capable of. He appeared helpless, though he tried his best to hide that. “1 thought Father wouldn’t…”

His words trailed off and I kept waiting for him to finish his sentence, but he never did.

An uncomfortable pause resumed once again and I tried to imagine what he was thinking about. His gold eyes were distant and his every feature was timid, as if he were a child rather than a grown man.

never tried to understand him. Why would I want to do so? Silas had always been the one to receive endless amounts of attention and doting from the family ever since his birth. Ever since his arrival, he had taken everything away from me. No

would I ever want to

ago about that little bird of his. Sure, I could have remained

days before he’d ever been born. Maybe back then, I had been more like Cora, a girl who

I could remember that back then, I had a dream like Cora, and

A

Beta’s loyalty

the future Beta, the first one in

think back on those dreams, I couldn’t determine if I’d truly had them or if

warrior of Wegalla, Silas had arrived and taken Father’s former position. He was a

interrupted my thoughts with a clearing of

warned. “A very wrong one. You both have made

his declaration for a

“sister“, perhaps for the

surprised by this appellation. As far as I knew, Silas hadn’t called me that since the death of his bird, and I wasn’t sure why he was claiming me as family all of a sudden. Maybe he was trying to provoke a sense of closeness, or he was trying to show some softness in an attempt to coax me

be manipulated, not

spoil our responsibility and loyalty as Betas,”

me a Beta. They always say ‘Beta Silas” and “Beta Oliver‘, but never ‘Beta Adalyn‘. I’ve only ever been called a lady. You can’t imagine what that’s like, can you? To be reduced to nothing more than just a lady, when I come

out “Regardless of what people of the court say, you shouldn’t do this to the Alpha King. Adalyn. There could be no way back from this. Imagine what’s going to happen

expression softened. “Please, Adalyn. You don’t have to be Father’s pawn, Let me go in there and we can pretend

nonsense, I might have been moved by his kind tone. He spoke in a way that