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

but I was relieved that it wasn’t a fight. I supposed that my agreement to his proposal

began to rise from the couch, but Kaleb

“Now that that’s handled, I will escort you to the

of Yurene nodded as if it were an obvious next destination. “Don’t you remember? You have to receive a tull health Pamination. Raven is awaiting us as we

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

in any sort of position in decline agreed chalchs terms, and if

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daughter, I needed to

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

all of the prisoners were held captive underground, Yurene seemed

shape by any means, there were just so many stairs that my muscles began

my breath. I froze in place, stunned by what I saw ahead of me. An entire hallway of prisoners, lifeless in their wards. It was nearly impossible to tell

corridor, and once we reached 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 three researchers stood around. One of them was Raven, and she was enthusiastic when she

I noticed the other two researchers were smiling at me. Despite their friendly expressions, I still felt a little chilled. The laboratory was rather different than Keller’s in Anemond, and I had

her. I didn’t hear his opening statement, but I saw the dark-haired beauty frown.

Anubis today,” she said quietly.

Vlokwell,” Kaleb remarked, and his

the king

get any updates from Roxy or any information about her, so

shrugged. “Roxy will be just fine.”

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

Kaleb left without

around 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 exam

assured me. This will be an easy

lie on that bed.

the socess insisted with a wave of her land. That bed is for

at best, and