Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 198 Imminent misfortune

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As I rushed out of the room, my head ached and my equilibrium was thrown off. was still immensely dizzy from whatever Adalyn had given me, despite the intidote she had administered.

The hall was empty, and I was certain that she had made some kind of an excuse to keep any onlookers or curious military officials from checking in on me.

I released a heavy breath in annoyance. I felt so st upid to think the Betas were under control, but this was far beyond my expectations.

What had made Oliver do this?

Was he planning on a war?

As far as I knew, even though Oliver had support from the councilors, he had no absolute power as a usurper. Unless, of course, he had an accomplice.

I shook my head in frustration.

I couldn’t believe it had come to this.

I knew the Beta was untrustworthy, but I hadn’t expected something like this to happen, not now.

Without another moment of hesitation, I fought my dizziness and went straight to the lieutenant’s office. I knocked on the door, and the moment I heard him call out “Come in!”, I opened it and walked into the room.

The lieutenant seemed surprised to see me. His blue eyes were wide with shock and he rushed to his feet quickly.

“Your Majesty,” he greeted me, and then he offered me a bow of respect. “How

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you fainted. We brought you to a quiet room to recover. Did you manage to

making small talk on my wife’s behalf. I was annoyed that she’d spun such an untrue story, but

is Silas?” I demanded, my tone

quivered once before he cleared his throat. “I-I

was dissatisfied with his answer, I couldn’t blame him, because he had no right to interfere in the Beta’s business or

chance that he had been drugged by Adalyn as well. He could very well be hidden away somewhere in the compound. But I had my doubts and was concerned that he was involved in all of this too.

There was always a

my mind swam with the possibilities, the lieutenant cautiously

something wrong, Your Majesty?” he

to him and then shook my head. “No. Nothing’s wrong, lieutenant. I was simply

was no need for him to know what happened, as it would likely cause unwanted problems. I couldn’t risk anyone on the military base interfering with whatever the Beta family was up to. I needed to conduct myself carefully

then left the office without another word. When my head continued to spin, I took a moment to lean against the

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steady, I continued

on Ector. While I was worried about Silas’ disappearance, Ca ssandra’s brother was one of my main priorities.

was safe.

walked, I prayed to the Moon Goddess that

when I entered the room at the end of the corridor, I was surprised to

and I had Ector tucked into

perfectly adjusted, almost as if no one had

I spied two syringes of sedatives were empty. They had been left

when I turned around, I was surprised to see

sleeping here?” I demanded. “Has anyone else

to stutter. “I-I, h-h-have no idea, Your M-Majesty. No healer has been here

the room without a

I cut him off, and he nodded. His forehead broke out

doesn’t need to report or be checked by anyone