Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 289

The healer appeared dejected as the Alpha’s daughter stared him down with a vicious expression on her beautiful face, but he seemed to know that it was too late for him to deny the truth.

“Please, forgive me, Kiara,” he pleaded pathetically. “This all got out of hand and it didn’t go the way you think. I didn’t do this for revenge or to spite your father. Darwin forced me to administer the poison. He threatened to kill my wife and children if I disobeyed his orders.”

Kiara softened slightly but I maintained my ferocity. As cruel as it sounded, I wasn’t going to wilt just because the healer had an excuse. If he was telling the truth I would let up, but until I was certain, I wouldn’t relax.

“What does Darwin want?” Kiara repeated herself.

The healer simply glanced at her without saying a word.

The answer was self-evident. If the Alpha died without a proper heir, Darwin would be the one in power. Kiara would either have to marry him or suffer the same fate as her father. Something told me that Darwin had a preference but would accept either option to get what he wanted.

Kiara seemed flustered as she started to put the pieces together, so I spoke to the healer instead.

“Can the Alpha be saved?” I wondered.

The healer considered the question for a moment.

“It would be difficult, but I could try,” he said finally. “I think if I had the proper herbs I could rouse him from his coma and then begin to treat the rest of the poison as I would anything else. It would take some time, and there’s no guarantee, but I think I could try.”

I nodded and then glanced at Kiara. She snapped out of her daze and then nodded. Once I had her turned my attention back to the healer.

approval, I

not unkindly. “If you comply, we’ll make sure your

nodded quickly. “Of course. You

his neck and wiped the small droplets of blood away from his skin. My claws hadn’t pressed in hard enough to inflict too much damage,

to the palace to check the Alpha’s condition together. Just as expected, the healer gave us a warning stare before we entered

as instructed and allowed the healer to examine Arthur. Kiara maintained her distance, but her eyes remained locked on her father. She seemed fiercely determined to make sure he would be okay, and

to realize he would only speak to us about the Alpha outside of the castle. It was risky to follow him out since we still

healer out of the castle and all the way to the side road again. After the healer glanced around, he broke the silence and let

is okay, he informed us. “Darwin had instructed me to increase the strength of the poison the other day, but I didn’t do it. I will stop the administration of the medicine at once and shift him

up at this news but I wasn’t

you better not be playing any tricks. I won’t stand for any more harm coming to the Alpha. Do you

That’s why I hadn’t yet used

then the healer left to head back to his home. After he was gone, Kiara reached out and held on to the wall, as if trying not to collapse to the ground. I rushed to her side

I demanded

instead muttered to herself. “How could Darwin

offered her a sympathetic expression. “I

slipped out before I could

she remarked sadly. “He’s always been my father’s right-hand man. He’s never done anything

is much younger than my father, he considered Darwin to be his best friend. He’s always been so kind to me. How…

are complicated,” I explained. “Men are

I even considered marrying him,” Kiara murmured as she shook her head. “How st upid am I? The rest of the Pack is right.

Darwin may have been loyal in the past. He was probably kind back then too. When you’re close to someone, it can be hard to recognize a change right away. One also tends to trust those who have been loyal in the past. Believe me, I understand how you feel. The feeling of being deceived by one of the