Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 237

CASSANDRA

Though I was scared to do so. I decided to ask Kaleb if I could get some medicine for Ms. Benn’s daughter. I couldn’t let poor Lila suffer through the symptoms of her illness any longer. The herbs Td given the head housekeeper were enough to dull some of the aches and pains that came with pneumonia, but to be fully cured. I needed real antibiotics.

So, I summoned my strength and then requested an audience with Kaleb. The king of Yurene met with me in the same meeting room we’d conversed in the other day, and when I crossed through the doorway, there was an almost amused glint in his navy blue eyes.

“Cassandra,” he greeted me as I approached the couch and took a seat. “To what do I owe the pleasure of this meeting?”

I decided to skip straight to my request. “I need some medicine. Antibiotics and others. Is that something you could assist me with?”

“Medicine,” he repeated back, and then he raised an eyebrow. “Why do you need it? Are you ailing? Or perhaps it’s for your

son or maid:”

He instinctively leaned back as if I were contagious and I fought the urge to laugh. Instead, I maintained eye contact and then shrugged.

“None

OF

us are sick,” I replied. “The weather and the environment in Vlokwell are so different than Anemond. I want to be prepared just in case our immune systerns can’t handle the sudden change,”

but I wasn’t about to tell the Northern king about Lila and her illness. I didn’t want to cause Ms.

It wasn’t exactly the truth, bi Benn any trouble.

“Raven can cure you of any disease or ailment,” he said with a raised eyebrow

I was forced to think fast on my feet.

“I don’t want to rely on sorcery and magic,” I explained. As a healer myself, I’m more comfortable with the normal methods. of medicine. I do hope you can understand”

for a moment and

a list of medicines you need, and I’ll have someone arrange a kit for you,” he said. I was surprised he didn’t argue with me, but I was relieved

from the couch, but Kaleb stopped me before I could get

that’s handled, I will escort you to the prison tower “The prison tower?” I repeated back in surprise.

of Yurene nodded as if it were an obvious next destination. “Don’t you remember? You have to

1 telt my heart plummet in my chest. As a healej, I was no stranger to check-ups and medical tests. Hell I’d conducted them a million times. But it had taken me months to come around to feeling relaxed in Anemond’s clume. Yurene was a different story. While I liked Raven

decline agreed chalchs terms, and if

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my head, and then Kaleb held his hand out to me. I accepted it, though his touch made me deeply uncomfortable, and without any hesitation,

than I’d expected. Unlike Wegalla, where all of the prisoners were held captive underground, Yurene seemed to prefer to

breathless. I wasn’t out of shape by any means, there were just so many stairs that

their wards. It was nearly impossible to tell if they were alive or dead. The stench of excrement and decay permeated the air, and as we walked by, I detected black marks on the

it at once as a laboratory. An empty bed was set up in the center and three researchers stood around. One

embrace and when we parted ways, I noticed the other two researchers were smiling at me. Despite their friendly expressions, I still felt a

her. I didn’t hear his opening statement, but

haven’t seen Anubis today,” she said

Kaleb remarked, and his

and the king rolled his dark blue eyes.

updates from Roxy or any information about her, so he went to look for her,” he said.

will be

Kaleb lamented. He turned to leave, but before he dul, he made one last request to Raven. “Please escort Cassandra back to her

and then Kaleb left without another

and tried to gather as much information as possible. This place seemed scary, but I knew after everything I’d been through. I could handle this

assured me. This will be an easy

Thope I don’t have to lie on that

insisted with a wave of her

at best, and