Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 278

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Though there was still so much doubt in my heart and mind about this entire situation, Emmett seemed to have an explanation for everything.

“It’s true that Kaleb’s father’s condition worsened quickly, but he wouldn’t have died so early if Kaleb hadn’t been the one to end his life,” he said. “As for Asher, it’s because he’d been trying to control his condition for all these years.”

I sat there for a second and then my frown deepened even further.

“I don’t understand,” I admitted as my eyebrows creased together. “What do you mean, Emmett?”

“People who drink the concoction gradually lose their own minds,” Emmett explained. “Over time, they become nothing more than mere puppets for their master. A vessel without their own souls. My father had felt sorry for Asher. He thought it was evil and unforgivable to use an innocent young boy like that. So, before his death, my father asked me to try my best to cure Asher.”

I blinked back at him in surprise. Emmett had tried to cure Asher? When had this happened?

“How?” I asked. “And when?”

“I did my best to get Asher’s condition under control,” Emmett continued on as if I hadn’t interrupted him. “Every year, I would disguise myself as one of the royal healers and give him medicine I’d crafted to help.”

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That’s why you left Wild Crawler for a while every year,” I said, and then I frowned. “But you were meeting with Kaleb…”

“Things were complicated,” he sighed as he shook his head slowly. “And they only grew more complicated as the years went by. Kaleb somehow discovered the truth behind the concoction and tracked me down. He wanted me to help him just as his father had ordered around/mine.”

He paused for a moment and his lips drew into a thin line. “I knew I was going to die by his hand one day. Kaleb was more uncontrollable than his father and far more volatile.”

“Was Kaleb the one who killed you?” I wondered as I met his gaze. Sadness bloomed within me at the thought. While Emmett and I hadn’t shared a

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chance to do so. I burned myself alive so Kaleb wouldn’t be able to use my body for further research

my eyes welled up. This was far more intense of a conversation than I’d expected, and while I was relieved that Kaleb hadn’t killed- him, it was still a brutal death. Despite everything, Emmett hadn’t deserved an end

didn’t want to ask it. It was too hard and I wasn’t sure if I wanted to know the answer.

know the truth.

uttered once I found the courage

his head. “On the contrary. I’ve already found out what can save

as my heart raced

you. After I’d saved you from the inferno and realized you were Asher’s fated mate, I discovered something. If I wanted to cure Asher and stop his soul from diminishing, I needed to find someone who shared part of his soul or a bond with it. For most people, it’s impossible, because they don’t have a fated mate. For normal pairs, their wolf souls exist alone, and the mate claim doesn’t truly bind them together. But for fated mates, their wolf souls are entwined with

“You mean Asher could be saved

nodded, and while I should have been overjoyed by this revelation, all I felt was anger. It burned deeply

as my hands curled into fists. “Why hadn’t you told me all of this

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of your problems would have disappeared… but not mine. I didn’t care if I died, but I didn’t

problems,” I pointed out as I began to lose my temper. “And you still

it isn’t sorcery that