Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 288

KANE

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Though it was a bold theory I had yet to find evidence to support, I knew it was a stronger guess than anything

else the Sky Pride healers made.

Even though it had been many years since then, I could still remember what Asher’s father looked like when he’d died. His face had the same yellowish sheen as Alpha Arthur’s and his lips were unusually purple. The two men had the same dryness in their skin, and the same frigid bodies.

It was too much of a coincidence to not be true.

If my assumption was correct, that would indicate that the head healer was complicit in this scheme.

But why?

What were the motivations behind it all?

“Is the healer still administering medicine to your father?” I asked Kiara, my eyes still locked on the unconscious

Alpha.

“Yes,” she replied. “The treatments have been more frequent lately because the healer thinks the medicine will help him live longer.”

I knew at once that wasn’t the truth. I could almost be sure that the “medicine” Alpha Arthur was taking was in fact poison. The mastermind behind this plan seemed impatient and couldn’t wait any longer for the Alpha’s death, so the frequency of the treatments had been increased.

Kiara took notice of my expression and wiped the tears away from her face. Her eyebrows knitted together and

she studied me closely.

“What’s wrong?” she wondered suspiciously. “You seem… intrigued. Is something going on?”

I parted my lips, unsure of what to say. I didn’t want to alarm her since she was in such a fragile state, but then again, I couldn’t keep her in the dark. This was her father’s life. She deserved to know my theory.

“I’m wondering if there’s something wrong with the medicine,” I said calmly.

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hazel eyes widened even further. “What

signs,” I answered vaguely. “Signs that there might be

back, interrupting me. “I don’t understand, Kane. The head healer has served

raising my hands up a little as if to calm her. “But I’ve known and seen someone who had been taking chronic poison under the guise of medicine before. He shared certain traits with

silent. Without thinking, I reached out and took her hands in mine. They were

to soothe her. It was an instinctual need, the desire to make her feel better. We didn’t know each other well and yet… it was almost as if I’d known her spirit for a

thoughts of her, she gazed up at me through her thick dark lashes. She seemed disoriented as if this news was too much to bear. Her lips parted a few times but then closed again as if she didn’t wish to

Finally, she sighed.

said as she continued to tremble. “I’ve always trusted the healer and I’ve helped administer the medicine quite a few

interrupted her sternly. “You mustn’t

her head. “My father has always been

name in mind, I didn’t tell Kiara my theory. It would be too much of a blow to her and she was too

don’t know,” I lied and I shrugged to

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sigh, clearly buying my

“We clearly can’t keep letting the

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healer and force her to tell us the truth,” I replied. “We can’t

solemnly. “The healer is supposed to come back in two hours. We can confront him

that seemed like the natural

needs to be questioned by someone in a high position, someone she wouldn’t dare go against. If we question him here, we might not get the truth. Do you know which road the

castle, which was something we could use

the healer

wait for him there

offered but I shook

be too dangerous,” I stated

would never forgive myself otherwise. Please, Kane. Besides, you have no helpers here. All of the Myriad soldiers left with the Alpha King

knew it would be tough to

I advised. “Be ready to come with me. We’ll meet in the

the palace undetected and went to the road the healer