Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 270

CASSANDRA

Confusion flooded my mind and my lips parted as I stared at Asher. I felt lost, and I kept waiting for the Alpha King to say something more for clarification, but instead, he simply

stared at me.

For a moment, he reminded me of Finnick. The two looked so much alike and this expression was no exception. Sometimes, Finnick would stare at me in the same way if I forgot something I had promised like he was a puppy who had been wronged by his owner. It was a vulnerable look I’d never expected to see on an adult man’s face, and the mere sight of it made my heart hurt.

“What do you mean?” I asked him directly after another moment of silence.

Asher’s dark eyebrows creased together and then he let out a soft sigh.

“I heard that you are about to marry the king of Yurene,” he revealed. “That you two are engaged to one another. Is that true?”

A lump formed in my throat and

my eyes

widened.

How had Asher found out about this? Kaleb had promised to not let him know. It was one of the requirements of our agreement, and he’d violated it somehow.

My cheeks suddenly began to burn as heat surged through my body. Though I had done nothing wrong, I still felt embarrassed. This was something I’d never wanted Asher to find out about, and from his large–eyed stare, I knew my fears had been valid.

“It’s true,” I admitted, but I kept speaking before his mouth could open. “But it’s nothing more than a strategy, Asher. Kaleb wants to use me to achieve some great sorcery, and I, on the other hand, need him to provide antidotes for Wild Crawler. I have no intentions to marry him. I just need to bide my time until the antidotes are ensured, and then I’ll find a way to break it off.”

a step closer and stared deeply into his eyes. “You’re the only man

and

for a moment,” he assured me and then reached out and

my hands

was just afraid that Kaleb had forced you into this

our engagement?” I wondered. “The news wasn’t supposed to leave

woods,” he explained. “She tried to attack us, but we stopped her before she could cause too much damage.

I hadn’t seen Roxy in quite some time. Had Kaleb

down my spine. I shouldn’t have trusted him for a single moment. All of the promises he’d made to

her?” Asher wondered as his

of Raven, another sorceress who’s in charge of medical research. She’s an

Had Roxy managed to hurt him? The very thought made my stomach twist in knots and

Roxy under control. In fact, if it weren’t for her, we wouldn’t have figured out a lot of

I frowned. “Kane’s plan?”

in Anemond, or at least that’s what I’d asked him to do

story for another time,” Asher said vaguely. “But

“And

Roxy?” I

answered. “He’s perfectly fine and safe but something terrible happened before my departure. Silas was attacked by someone who tried to take Roxy back with him. He must have been her accomplice or something. From what she explained, he was a skillful killer, but he died in the fight with Silas and

Skillful killer?

once that had to be Anubis, the suspicious man with the dark eyes and

was correct, that meant that Kaleb had lost two of his trusted assistants. And Raven didn’t seem to be very loyal to him. This could be a chance to break him, could it? Though I

I couldn’t risk losing the medication needed to cure the ailing people in Wegalla, not when I’d endured this

took my chin and raised it, causing