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.

brother. To be more exact, I 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

why would I ever want

made me feel good to see him in this state of stupid agony. This feeling had been the exact reason I’d told Father all those years ago about that little bird of his. Sure,

for so long that I could hardly remember the pleasant days before he’d ever been born. Maybe back then, I had been more like Cora, a girl who led a happy life with love from everyone around her, a girl who’d dreamt about being one of the leading

I had a dream like Cora, and my ambition had been no

A

Beta’s

that I would become the future Beta, the first one in Wegalla’s

couldn’t determine if I’d truly had them or if it’d been a figment of my imagination.

that mattered now. Even if I’d dreamed of becoming the Beta of the Crescent Pack and warrior of Wegalla, Silas had arrived and taken Father’s former position. He was a male, after

interrupted my thoughts with a

warned. “A very wrong one. You both have made the hugest mistake, sister, and the whole family will be ashamed

was taken aback by his

for

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

be manipulated, not anymore.

spoil our responsibility and loyalty as Betas,” he said,

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

never understand me either, because he then blurted 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 when Asher wakes up. Things might seem exciting and grand now,

pawn, Let me go in there and we can pretend this never happened.”

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