Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 204 Mysterious woman

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I blinked in confusion and tried to gather myself, but my heart raced, and my head felt as if it were drowning in a sea of thoughts.

Beams of sunlight filtered in through the window, which told me it was already morning. That dream had felt so short, but hours had passed by like minutes.

“I’m sorry to wake you,” Erika apologized when I met her eyes again. “I found you shaking and grew worried. Your teeth were clenched, and you were whimpering. Did you have a nightmare, honey?”

I shook my head, but only a little. It wasn’t exactly a nightmare, though it had been unpleasant. I wondered if “Emmett” would have told me something useful if my dream hadn’t been interrupted. I didn’t believe the dream would have been prophetic, but I wondered if my late husband had indeed left me something like he’d said.

He must have because otherwise, why was Kaleb so determined to bring me to the North? But what could it be? Emmett hadn’t left me anything besides thick medical tomes and some of his notebooks. Nothing in those books seemed suspicious… but had I missed something?

Part of me wanted to scream in frustration. This was all such a tangled mess. All I wanted was to go back to my life at Kellers and divide my time between patients, Finnick, and Asher. I dreamed of a world that didn’t involve warring Packs, military coups, mysterious illnesses, and hidden identities. I just yearned for a

normal life.

But I knew that wasn’t possible. I was too deep in it now to go back to living a normal, carefree life.

I managed to gather myself and convince Erika that I was fine, and though the maid didn’t seem all that convinced, she let the subject go. We woke Finnick up a bit

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later, and soon after, a guard arrived at our door and informed us it was time to

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the inn, and filed back into the car. Just like last. night, we remained silent, and once Kaleb was seated in the passenger seat, the driver started the car, and

thick layer, but it was enough to make me stare in wonder. Though Yurene thus far was different than Wegalla, it reminded me a lot of Wild Crawler in the winter. It was full of

large city, resembling Anemond, but with much fewer people. The streets weren’t even remotely bustling, and there were half as many tall

the sky and a large, s piked gate surrounding it. The many windows of the palace were covered by

at war. I wasn’t sure if they had any conflicts with any of the surrounding countries or Pack s at the present, but the security here was obviously strict. We had passed quite a few sentries after entering Vlokwell, and I had the feeling that once we entered the palace, there

Kaleb turned around to

he said, and though he still appeared tired, there was a

we followed the king

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be indisposed for a while,” he announced, and he ran his hand over his golden brown

ser ant, a woman named Ms. Benn. She was a serious woman with pale blue eyes, a slightly pinched

me.

your room,” he said. “I’ll visit you

time.”

Ms. Benn escorted us to our room, which was

while there was a little color from the pale blue bedspreads, it wasn’t

after she

floor.”

us.

me a slight nod, the head se rvant

exchanged a glance, and then she offered

a bitter smile.

like a prison,” she commented, and I nodded. She was right. The whole castle felt like a well-guarded prison. There weren’t any guards inside because there was no need for them. The walls surrounding the place were thick and

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