Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 241

CASSANDRA

The next day, Lawoke with a’lump in my throat. My stomach ached with nervousness, and when I rose from my bed, my entire body trembled so mu li that I needed to sit back down. There was still so much on my mind that I could hardly contain my nerves. As I stared at the rays of sunlight streaming in through the ice-white curtains, I wanted to cry from the

I’d managed to stay strong and keep from breaking down so I wouldn’t worry Erika or Finnick, but that task was proving far too difficult these days. Ronald, Emmett, Kaleb, Raven, Asher.. all of them danced around my mind, rendering me unable te handle anything else.

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I wrapped my hands around my sheets and gripped them tightly, so hard that my knuckles turned white. I hated the king of Yurene for putting me in this position for putting all of us here Emmett too.

Suddenly, I heard movement behind me, and when I turned, Finnick stood by my bed, his favorite teddy bear in his hand. His dark hair was rumpled and his big gray eyes were bleary from sleep, but his expression was concerned.

“Mommy?” he prompted me. “Are you okay?”

I forced a smile and nodded. Wordlessly. Finnick walked over and climbed up into my bed. He sat beside me for a moment and then leaned against me.

“It’ll be okay,” he whispered, and I wrapped my arm around him pulling him even closer.

I kissed the top of his head. “I know, baby. I love you.”

“I love you too,” he whispered.

After a while, we crawled back under the covers and cuddled. Finnick fell back asleep, and though I was too alert to do the same, I closed my eyes anyway.

For now,

Ronald was in

say hello to me before she left us alone, but this time. she didn’t come to greet me. I supposed that like Ms. Benn had said the day before, Helene was seriously ill. I didn’t see her or her maid

her sickness either, which surprised me even further. When we stepped out onto the terrace it seemed to be business as usual. His soft blue

any progress?” he wondered with a slight tilt of his head, and then he took a sip of bitter tea

know how much information Ronald already had and I

galing

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what exactly because Raven refused to tell me. I briefly described what I had seen in those wards, the dying “guinea pigs. Of course, I didn’t call them that foul nickname, but rather by what they were, prisoners.

though he didn’t seem to doubt what I told him. He considered my words for a

he folded his hands on the table. “But I didn’t expect such craziness from my

didn’t know what to make of it. It was almost

seemed deeply troubled by this information. His eyes seemed distant and his mouth drew

more information next time,” he said calmly. “We need to

through his long hair and stared out at the wall surrounding the fortress.

rest.

is Helene?” I wondered. “Ms. Benn mentioned

needs some rest. Wedding planning has burnt her out, that’s

tone gave me the sense that he didn’t want to talk about her at