Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 238

CASSANDRA

It wasn’t a joke.

I knew it in my bones

Raven’s expression had given it away the moment she’d been caught.

The storm clouds that had plagued my mind felt as if they’d cleared away, and the puzzle pieces felt as if they’d been pu together.

Mind control.

Sorcery.

Weapon.

That’s what Kaleb wanted, to turn the poor, diseased people into his weapon. Though it sounded utterly insane, this speculation seemed more plausible as Raven fidgeted and kept telling me what she had told me wasn’t a fact.

“I shouldn’t make jokes like that,” she said, her tone jittery and nervous. “Roxy would kill me if she’d heard that.”

The dark-haired sorceress offered me a dry smile, and for a moment, I debated on pestering her further, but instead, I decided to bide my time. It was best to go along with things for my safety, so 1 offered Raven a smile back.

“Don’t worry,” I assured her warmly. “I know you were kidding, Raven.”

She nodded and seemed to soften up a bit. “If you want to know more about the research, Cassandra, you could ask Kaleb Without his permission, I’m afraid I can’t share very much with you.”

I wanted to laugh but forced myself to keep a straight face. As if merely asking the king of Yurene would be enough for him to let me know what he was doing here in this prison tower. Surely, Raven thought we were far closer than we were, or else she would know better than to suggest something like that.

and began to take my blood. I cooperated well and didn’t fidget, though my mind ran in circles the entire time. Once she finished, she placed the tube of blood in a device I’d never seen before. It was both technologically advanced and a little archaic, and I wanted to ask what

I asked some of the questions I knew she would be able to

wondered, and I made sure to sound as innocently curious as possible I wasn’t a fan of manipulation, but I was learning that here in

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comidered the question for a moment,

this time, as if she

physically. In fact, it’s supposed to

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you mean immortal?” I asked as I stared at her in disbelief, unable to contain my shock at

Emmett Keller was actually able to make something so potent. I’ve never understood why Kaleb was so persistent in trying to replicate it if there was no evidence of its existence. Anyway, I’ve done my best and I don’t think Kaleb should expect more,

came to an end, her lips curled into a smirk, and I took a moment to absorb

Immortality.

poison could alter the body and keep it from suffering the effects of aging was not only unheard of, but also impossible. It seemed that

seen many things that should have been impossible.

couldn’t speak a word. My head screamed as I pondered all of the secrets I had to keep. I felt like a pawn on Emmett and Kaleb’s chess table, with Asher and the old king as

to them? Pawns and players to be shifted about to further their ongoing agendas and lust for power?

I’d wanted for myself, and as I pondered the web that we’d all become tangled in. I thought of Emmett and his part in the situation. I wished I could meet him in my dreams again and tell him that I knew what he’d done. I wanted to confront him and ask what he had wanted exactly, why he’d done all of these things to me and the people I knew. Was it all just for revenge! For something that Asher and I had

we being punished for the crimes of others?”

my dreams again, I wouldn’t be able to get clear answers from him. Besides,

studying me. Her lovely blue-green eyes nervously observed me. as if she wanted to make sure that she hadn’t said something