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.

vision, but I could tell from the tall pines and dense greenery that we

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.

I didn’t want to answer, and I rubbed the aching spot on my head where I’d slammed against the inside of the car. “But I would

with a nod, and without another moment

turned back around and faced

no longer had his attention, I glanced back

leading the way. Our car came to a light

them at once to be guards, and although one held

the window and addressed the

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

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guard nodded immediately and offered a salute. He and the

several minutes, the guard who’d

and cleared his throat.

a wooden house not too far

guard then turned to the driver and told him

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

were two rooms and a parlor

after we walked in, and I shivered after being in the

he turned back to me and his navy eyes flashed. “You can use one of the rooms to change your clothes and

up.”

cars?” I wondered as I glanced out the window. I supposed the others were diplomats or other people in Kaleb’s staff, though I

eyes trailed over me. My pants were soaked and covered in mud because I had fallen when I’d been let out of the car, My knees had been weak, probably due to

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