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.

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

instead. I asked some of the questions I

Inferno and Black Marks? I wondered, and I made sure to sound as innocently curious as possible I wasn’t a fan of manipulation, but I

sunive

for a moment, her

prudent this time, as if she were weighing her words. “But the

destroy the body physically. In fact, it’s

them stronger and more. vital”

physical

I repeated bark

pesu korp then, youth. Meanwhile the scholiest Black Marks quickly.

they deteriorate

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stared at her in disbelief, unable to contain my shock

assumption since no one has actually seen Inferno or used it. Between us, I doubt if Emmett Keller was actually able to make something so potent. I’ve never understood why Kaleb was so persistent in trying to replicate

into a smirk, and I

Immortality.

and keep it from suffering the effects of aging was not only unheard of, but also

many things that should have been impossible. Was there some merit in what Inferno was capable of?

to the sorceress, I couldn’t speak a word. My head screamed as I pondered all of the secrets I had

players to be shifted about to further their ongoing agendas

in my dreams again and tell him that I knew what he’d done. I wanted to confront him

we being punished for the

I wouldn’t be able to get clear answers from him. Besides, I’d attempted to reach him for days, even weeks, to no avail. I had no idea how to make another meeting

eyes nervously observed me. as if she wanted to make sure that she hadn’t said something wrong