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.

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 asked some of the questions I knew she

to sound as innocently curious as possible I wasn’t a fan of manipulation, but I was learning that here in this Northern country, it

sunive

question for a moment, her

she said carefully, seemingly more prudent this time,

physically. In

and more. vital”

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repeated

infected with the pesu korp then, youth. Meanwhile the scholiest Black Marks quickly. That’s why

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I stared at her in disbelief, unable to contain my shock at the idea

said with enthusiasm, and then she nodded. “Inferno can turn someone immortal… theoretically. It’s just an 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

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

Immortality.

the effects of aging was 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 what Inferno was capable

of the secrets I had to keep. I felt like a pawn on Emmett and Kaleb’s chess table, with

that all we were to them? Pawns and players to be shifted about to further their ongoing agendas and

in my dreams again and tell him

punished for the crimes of others?”

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

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