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.

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 it was or what its function

the questions I knew she would

wondered, and I made sure to sound as innocently curious as possible I wasn’t a fan of

sunive

the question for a moment, her dark eyebrows drawing

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

to destroy the body physically. In fact, it’s supposed to

and more. vital”

physical

I repeated bark

youth. Meanwhile the scholiest Black Marks quickly.

they deteriorate

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I asked as I stared at her in

actually seen Inferno or used it. Between us, I doubt if Emmett Keller was actually able to make something

end, her lips curled into a smirk, and I took a moment

Immortality.

not only unheard of, but also impossible. It seemed that the only thing in the head

many things that should have been impossible. Was there some merit in

My head screamed as I pondered all of the secrets I had to keep. I felt like

to be shifted about to further their ongoing agendas

and collected. I wanted to rip my hair out and scream from frustration. This wasn’t the life 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

for the crimes

in the back of my mind that even if I was able to see Emmett in my dreams again, I wouldn’t be able to get clear answers from him. Besides, I’d attempted to reach him

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