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.

said again. “Alpha

that’s unlikely,” 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

already and you can’t stop me. If you aren’t willing to

was busy all day and that was the only time he

didn’t believe Kiara would ask them to have a meeting in her room at such a time. I couldn’t blame them. If I were in their position, I would not have followed me so easily either. An outsider asking them for favors would be strange enough but a meeting in

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

Most of them anyway.

elder who didn’t want to comply. He was an ancient man with a long, thick white beard and beady

to the others, among other things. With every utterance, my agitation grew. The longer he dragged, the more time he wasted, and I knew any delay might

was worried about

from the others. Normally, I would have conducted myself more politely, but I couldn’t just

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

members seemed confused but intimidated by my threat. All nodded and then followed me down

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

who’d given me trouble asked, and I held my finger to my lips to shush him. All seemed confused but obeyed my order to be

can’t decide my future because my father is so controlling. He wanted me to marry the royal lord

I felt all of the Pack members’ eyes on me. “I love you,

she began to

right to interfere with his

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

as long as he’s alive,”

back a smirk. Perhaps this would work after

you mean?” Kiara wondered. “The healer said my father might die in a

members all widened their eyes

Sh t.

this wasn’t common knowledge. Luckily, before they had too

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