Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 252

ASHER

As I stared at the beautiful yet disgusted face of the raven-haired sorceress before us, I searched

to go about questioning her. Now that we knew her name, Roxy, it was clear that she was on the v a matter of prying her further.

I remembered that I had once attended an interrogation with my father before his death. He’d been sile the dungeon, and once we reached the staircase, he turned to face me with a tense expression and his cold

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“We’re going to teach you some techniques that will be useful in the future,” he remarked sternly. “Pay attention. This will useful in the future when you need to dig out the truth.”

Though I wasn’t too keen on the idea, there was no refusing my father, so I nodded, and then we continued our walk. Once we were in the dungeon, we were met by a pair of my father’s men and then escorted to a cell in the back.

They were interrogating a servant who had been involved in a half-baked plot to steal valuables from the treasure trove of the palace. He’d been caught on the scene, lingering around the entrance of the room, but despite his obvious involvement and intention to steal, he was stubborn and refused to confess.

I couldn’t remember what exactly they had done to make him speak, but when the servant broke down, he told us all of the details and became so cooperative that he even gave away his accomplice.

I hadn’t understood why the servant would give in so easily, but when we left the dungeon, Father said that it was what people did when they felt abandoned and alone. If given the chance, they would act out after perceived betrayal, and try to turn things around by joining their rivals.

That was likely what Roxy was about to do, now that she knew that her accomplice- this Anubis, had betrayed her and left her behind.

We stood there in silence for a while. Neither Kane, nor Silas, nor I dared to speak. We simply waited for Roxy to start the conversation.

It simultaneously felt as if an eternity had passed but also a few minutes, and after Roxy wiped her eyes, I finally addressed her.

“Why are you here?” I asked firmly but still calmly. She seemed surprised by my question, and I half-expected her to scoff at me, but she didn’t.

bring him back to the North,” she explained, her tone rapid and her voice heavily accented. “I don’t know why he wanted me

to me at the last word of her statement, and her discontentment was incredibly obvious. She clearly harbored some sort of irritation toward Cassandra, though I wasn’t entirely sure

go on the mission?” Kane spoke up before I could, and he crossed his arms

asked, she answered as if it were obvious,

“And yet you didn’t obey this time, did you?”

her face looked a little paler, as if

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each of us, as if searching for something, and then, after

you’re joking or pretending to be confused,” she remarked, and then she smirked stupid. “Where did I

fr ancestor. If it

Ewonmiams?” I cut her off as my eyebrows knitted

and rolled her eyes. “I see the great king of Wegalla knows nothing

I chose not to act on those

“Most of its members died from the accident and that’s why sorcery and magic is

again

idiots if you believed that to be true,” she remarked. “But then again, it’s understandable… after the purge, nothing about sorcery remained in this country. I suppose the real history of Ewonmiams was obliterated. So, I’ll simply tell you the truth. Wegalla was built on treachery and slaughter, and your

blurted out angrily. His eyes flashed

have to tell you. There’s a story you should all know, Once I’ve finished, you can decide

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to nightfall. As a warm breeze blew through the wind, I took a deep breath. Despite the nice weather, I felt a chill and couldn’t get warm. I was too plagued by what Roxy had told us.

to Wegalla. After appointing himself the king, he betrayed the

I pondered the tale, I heard someone approach and turned

stepbrother asked

it felt

offered. “The sorceress might be trying to disorient us and distract us from what’s going on.”