Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

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Outside of the scientific research I’d conducted with Becky back in Anemond, I had known nothing about wielding magic before the fire in the main building at Vlokwell. When I cast the spell to put out the blaze and control and deflect the bullets from Kaleb’s soldiers, I acted completely on instinct. There had been no incantations, no rituals, just pure adrenaline.

I didn’t know what to expect when I ordered Raven to show me how to use these new powers, but I hadn’t realized it would be so difficult.

As she taught me, using sorcery required willpower, physical energy, strong belief, and determination. To practice certain forms, one needed to believe in what would happen next and be determined to make it happen. It was all bizarre and for someone like me, who had always thought magic powers were merely a fabricated story, practicing sorcery was a challenge.

After half a day of attempting different spells and techniques to no avail, I was ready to give up entirely. Still, Ravenworked insisted that since Emmett’s soul contained both strong willpower and energy, I could use magic properly regardless.

The dark-haired sorceress hadn’t asked me why I needed to practice magic so urgently, but I assumed she already knew by the way she hinted around it. Raven made it a point to mention that she wasn’t an expert in using magic for fighting, but Roxy was. She said if I wanted to get better at fighting, I’d better look for her sister instead.

At the mere mention of Roxy, Raven looked a bit dejected but refused to say outright that she missed her twin. In any other circumstance, I’d have felt bad for her, but the sorceress twins had been a thorn in all of our sides for so long.

During one of our lessons, I muttered something to myself quietly in frustration, and Raven’s face went pale.

“So, what are you going to do to me?” she wondered, her face uncharacteristically serious. “Burn me alive until I’m nothing more than ashes? Like what I did to you?”

“You will be imprisoned in Wegalla,” I answered without missing a beat. “I don’t believe in sentencing a person to death, but you will be detained for your crimes, Raven.”

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coping mechanism, but I was fully convinced that Raven was utterly insane. There was no other explanation for her weirdness, and I longed for the day

her and learn all I could

I had to admit that Raven was a good

more I worked with her, the more I began to understand what kind of a

that Raven was just evil and cun ning but that wasn’t the whole truth. It was true that she had a horrible personality. She

She was willing to work with anyone and stay anywhere as long as she had a chance to discover new things about magic. I supposed that was why she was

enough, I began to believe her more and

day, I decided to ask her about the method to remove poison from Asher’s body. I mentioned what Emmett had told me, that mating would

for me to finish and then

don’t see any reason why he would lie to you,” she remarked. “After all, if you and your king are in love with each

she was blunt with her words, she

was married but that was a long-forgotten fact. He’d never mated with Adalyn and he made it clear that he had no intention to do so.

up my mind long ago. Whatever the consequence was, Asher would be my only mate

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night, when Asher kissed me and said goodnight, I took his arm and pulled him in closer. He seemed surprised but didn’t

going to sleep with Erika tonight,” I whispered. “I want you to

for a moment, blinking his gray eyes at me in confusion. To his credit, we hadn’t been intimate since Lila and Finnick had seen us

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sure?” he

moment to gather my courage