Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 269

CASSANDRA

I stopped struggling and widened my eyes as my heart stopped in my

chest.

Asher’s voice sounded coarse and more tense than I’d ever heard it, but I knew at once that it was him.

It was almost impossible to believe, but it was true.

Asher was here in Yurene.

My mate was here in this cold, terrible country.

He turned around to face me, and though we couldn’t see each other in this darkness, the scent, the warmth of his body… everything was so familiar it couldn’t be ignored.

After a moment of silence, I felt Asher’s finger brush across my cheeks. I hadn’t realized I was crying until I felt the wetness of my tears against my skin.

When he pulled me into a tight hug, he whispered in my ear.

and kissed my neck “I’ve missed you so much, Cassandra,” he said, and then he pulled away and then my lips. Then he reached for my hand and began to kiss each of my fingers devoutly.

bear not seeing you,” he whispered in between kisses.

calm down. I wanted to let him kiss me forever, but I remembered that we were in the

my eyes darted around. “The maids could appear

room on the fourth floor,” he interrupted, and without another word, he grabbed my hand and led

walked in darkness, our hands clenched together tightly. I remember when we were young, we had always been like this. We would take each other’s hands and walk together

was no exception.

the end of the corridor and then rooted around and retrieved a key. He unlocked the door, and much to my surprise, the

we entered and he locked the door behind us, he explained that he had turned off the light before he’d left to wander the corridors, pretending to be

me against the door and began to kiss me. My heart pounded as surprise overtook me. I hadn’t expected this by any means, but I wasn’t protesting at all. As his body pressed against mine with carnal need, his warm,

my body erupted

me, I couldn’t help but whimper and moan. My entire body ached and yearned for him. I needed Asher

my sides and then rested on my hips, I began to tremble. His large hands grasped onto me firmly, and after a moment, his fingers darted underneath my blouse and then eased it up over my head. It dropped

took his time and care, and with every garment removed, my heart raced faster

so long. It was all I’d dreamed of since our last encounter

Asher led me to the bed and we coupled the way we had when we were young. Our lovemaking was tender and

la E.

dim that only our faces were illuminated, and when I finally got to

“Oh, Asher, how did you even get here

only able to be here because I used someone else’s name. Most people here have never seen me before, so all I had to do was don some dark clothes, and a cape… they could tell I was Southern from my accent, but other than that, I wasn’t

you use?”