Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 290

Kiara’s plan was far too risky, even by my standards.

I hadn’t exactly been known for my self-preservation skills, but then again, I still knew when things were too dangerous to do.

When Kiara finished speaking, I shook my head and frowned deeply.

“I can’t let you do this,” I said sternly.

“I must,” she insisted, answering my frown with one of her own. “You know I must, Kane.”

She was incorrect. I didn’t know such to be true. Kiara intended to offer herself as bait. She planned to seduce the truth out of Darwin’s mouth. She would speak with the villain in private and try to irk him into making him confess his disloyalty to her father. Meanwhile, I would summon the key members of the Pack and lead them to the room, making sure they heard what Darwin said.

Normally, it would have been a half-decent plan, but the idea of Kiara putting herself in that position didn’t sit right with me.

“I know how to protect myself,” she insisted when I fell silent. “Besides, I don’t think Darwin would dare to kill me. And you’ll arrive soon after the talk begins, so if anything happens, you could step in right away.”

“Just because you can doesn’t mean you should,” I sighed and I pinched the bridge of my nose between my fingers. “If we need to confront Darwin and force him to tell the truth, I should be the one to do the job. You shouldn’t be the one shouldering all the risk. I know you said Darwin wouldn’t kill you but-”

Before I could finish my statement, Kiara stepped forward and placed her lips against mine. I was taken aback but didn’t pull away. Her lips were warm and soft, and her perfume was intoxicating.

We remained there, tightly pressed against one another until she finally pulled back and gazed up at me with warmth in her eyes.

“I understand the risk,” she said softly. “But I’m the best pick for the job, Kane. Darwin likes me he’s always considered me naive. He would be defenseless.”

I studied her for a moment, my

I was a bit puzzled.

It took me a second to gather myself and then I spoke.

don’t have to do this,” I said again.

she cut me off. “And I know you can’t wait, nor can the Alpha King. Besides, I can’t bear it anymore. I

can’t stop me. If you aren’t willing to help carry out the

before dinner because he was busy all day and that was the only time he could agree to, but it gave me quite a bit of difficulty in persuading the

I couldn’t blame them. If I were in their position, I would not have followed me so easily either. An outsider asking them

that, most of them had agreed to the request because they thought the lady might have something important to say. They had no reason to

Most of them anyway.

an ancient man with a

insisted to the others, among other things. With every utterance, my agitation grew. The

was worried

had to threaten the elder, which caused more suspicion and doubt from the others. Normally, I would have conducted myself more politely, but I couldn’t just stand

not be an excellent fighter compared to the Myriad soldiers, but I could still deal with all of you in no time,” I warned. “If anything happens to Kiara because of your delay, I’ll kill you all,

but intimidated by my threat. All nodded and then

room, I noticed that the door had been propped open just a hair. It wasn’t enough to be detectable, but allowed us to hear what was being said immediately. When we arrived, we could hear Kiara

and I held my finger to my lips to shush him. All seemed

Kiara’s voice filtered out into the hall. “I can’t decide my future because my father is so controlling. He

of the Pack members’ eyes on me. “I love you, Kiara, and I know you share the same

shouldn’t say that,” Kiara insisted, and she began to sniffle. “My father

Alpha has no right to interfere with his daughter’s marriage,” Darwin replied, his

according to his will. As long as he’s alive and wears the crown, his decisions can

he’s alive,” Darwin remarked. “But what

back a smirk. Perhaps this would

Kiara wondered. “The healer said my father might die in a week, but it isn’t a solid

members all widened their eyes and

Sh t.

before they had

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