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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even further. “What makes you say

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

play?” she repeated back, interrupting me. “I don’t understand, Kane. The head healer

hard to believe,” I said, raising my hands up a little as if to calm her. “But I’ve known and seen someone who had been taking chronic

Without thinking, I reached out and took

yet… it was almost as if I’d known her spirit for a while. It was a strange feeling, one l wasn’t used to. I wasn’t

thick dark lashes. She seemed disoriented as if this news was too much to bear. Her lips parted a few times but

Finally, she sighed.

medicine quite a few times. What if it’s poison after all? That would mean that I helped someone

your fault,” I interrupted her sternly. “You mustn’t blame yourself. You had no reason to suspect otherwise,

wondered as she shook her head. “My father has always been kind and generous

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

know,” I lied and I shrugged to reinforce

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a sigh, clearly buying my

she wondered. “We clearly can’t keep

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

is supposed to come back in two hours. We can confront him

natural answer,

soldiers,” I remarked. “The healer 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

knew that the healer didn’t live within the castle, which was something we could use to our

nodded. She told me where the healer lived and the route they took to

for him

come with you,” Kiara offered but

be too dangerous,” I

she insisted. “I would never forgive myself otherwise. Please, Kane. Besides, you have no helpers here. All of the Myriad soldiers left with the Alpha King and the Sky Pride soldiers aren’t very loyal to you. You

didn’t have many allies here. Darwin had seen to that personally. I knew it would be tough

“Be ready

hour and a half later, Kiara and I left the palace undetected and went to the road the healer usually traveled