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.

attention and doting from the family ever since his birth.

why would I ever want

told Father all those years ago about that little bird of his. Sure, I could have remained silent and allowed my brother to continue taking care of the creature, but I’d

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

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

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that I would become the future Beta, the first one in

think back on those dreams, I couldn’t determine if I’d truly had them or if it’d been a figment of my

the Crescent Pack and warrior of Wegalla, Silas had arrived and taken Father’s former position. He was a male, after all, so he

and interrupted my thoughts with a

very wrong one. You both have made the hugest mistake, sister, and the whole family

his declaration for

perhaps for the first time in years.

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 into doing what

way, I wouldn’t be manipulated, not

loyalty as Betas,” he said, and I

one has ever called 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

people of the court say, you shouldn’t do this to the Alpha King. Adalyn. There could be no way back from this.

have to be Father’s pawn, Let me

I might have been moved by his kind tone. He spoke in a way that suggested that he was really