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”

stared at me for a moment and

argue with me, but I was relieved that it wasn’t a fight. I supposed that my agreement to his proposal had sweetened

I said, and I began to rise from the couch, but Kaleb

“Now that that’s handled, I will escort you to the prison tower “The prison tower?” I

destination. “Don’t you remember? You have to receive a

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 a great ded I didn’t ressanly trust her and I wasn’t sure how medicme was practiced here,

chalchs terms, and if I wanted to get the antibiones

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daughter, I needed to

head, and then Kaleb held his hand out to me. I accepted it, though his touch made me deeply uncomfortable, and

than I’d expected. Unlike Wegalla, where all of the prisoners were held captive

highest point in the prison tower left me breathless. I wasn’t out of shape by any

in their wards. It was nearly impossible to tell if

the end, we stepped into a large room. I recognized it at once as a laboratory. An empty bed was set up in the center and

into a tight hug after she rushed over. I accepted the embrace and when we parted ways, I noticed the other two researchers were smiling at me. Despite their friendly expressions, I still felt

didn’t hear his opening

today,” she

not in Vlokwell,” Kaleb remarked, and his lips turned

the king rolled his

didn’t get any updates from Roxy or any information about her, so he

shrugged. “Roxy will be just fine.”

one last request to Raven. “Please escort Cassandra back to

agreed, and then Kaleb left without

information as possible. This place seemed scary, but I knew after

nervous.” Raven assured me. This will be

don’t have to lie on that bed. It looks a

the socess insisted with a wave of

best, and