Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 200 On the road

When I woke up, I was in a car.

I waited for my vision to focus, and when it did, I realized I was lying in the back seat. In the front, I heard the driver of the vehicle talking with Kaleb, who was sitting in the passenger’s seat.

“The rain is too heavy, Your Majesty,” the driver said in a heavily accented

voice. “It would be too risky to drive forward. The conditions are simply too poor. I recommend that we find somewhere to take a pause and wait out the weather.”

The king of Yurene didn’t seem to be convinced by what the driver said. He

remained silent and stared ahead.

Silence lingered in the air for a moment, and then the driver cleared his throat and started the vehicle again.

It began to move forward, but quickly, the tire seemed to hit a pretty severe pothole and the car lurched. As it bumped, my head bonked against the door, and before I could stop myself, I released a heavy groan.

Kaleb whipped around at the sudden sound, and when our eyes met, a chill traveled through me. A smile formed on his full lips, and I wanted nothing more than to escape this situation. I was prey being cornered by a predator. I felt it now more

than ever.

tone.

“So, you’re finally awake, Miss Ca ss andra,” he noted with a somewhat mocking

Though I wanted to ignore the Northern king entirely, I nodded my head meekly. I knew my cooperation would only ensure my survival, so I needed to play along and do whatever, I could to stay alive..

Chapter 200 On the road

As I tried to make sense of it all, I realized I’d been drugged. I hadn’t expected that, though I knew it wasn’t all that surprising, given Kaleb’s sketchiness and overall dark vibes.

I was angry at the situation, but I couldn’t remain in a bad mood for long. Being angry at this point was useless. It wouldn’t save me, and it wouldn’t save Asher, Erika, or Finnick from meeting a terrible fate.

The heavy, swirling mist around us eclipsed my vision, but I could tell from the tall pines and dense greenery that we were far into the woods, which meant we

Kaleb interrupted my thoughts, and when I turned back to face him, he raised a golden-brown eyebrow. “The drug I administered was mild. My apologies for the situation, but I needed to do something, you see. At the very least, I tried to be

and I rubbed the aching spot on my head where I’d slammed against the inside of the car. “But I would like

replied with a nod, and without another moment

turned back around and faced

his attention, I glanced back

the mist, I noticed there were several cars following behind us, and one car ahead leading the way. Our car came to a light stop, and when

and approached our vehicle. I recognized them at once to be guards, and

rolled down the window and addressed

need a place to rest and reorganize,” he ordered in a firm but

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and offered a salute. He and

the guard who’d spoken

and cleared his throat.

far from here,” he reported back

ahead. The guard then turned to the driver and told him to follow their

my stomach. I had no idea what was about to play out and prayed things wouldn’t be

and a parlor

we walked in, and I

you would like to see Finnick and Erika now,” the foreign king noted when he turned back to me and his navy eyes flashed. “You can use one of the rooms to change your clothes and get some rest. We will depart when

up.”

supposed the others were diplomats or other people in Kaleb’s staff, though I didn’t

covered in mud because I had fallen when I’d been let out of the car, My knees had been weak, probably due to the drug, and

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