Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 220

CAS SANDRA

I froze in place, but my hand began to tremble as I stared at the amulet in shock.
My mother’s moonstone necklace shone like a beacon and the sight of it made
my stomach twist into complicated and painful knots.

I didn’t dare speak a word.

Kaleb's dark blue eyes glinted with satisfaction and his full lips curled into a cruel
but contented smile. It was as if he were wearing his devil's mask once more,
and a shiver traveled down my spine when I met his gaze.

How had he found the necklace?

And how had he figured out my true identity?

“I knew that you must have been from one of the prestigious families, but I didn’t
expect you to be from such an important one,” he remarked after a while."How
interesting it was to figure it all out. You've been such a mystery to me, Cas
sandra, and I'm so pleased to know that such a strange story is finally being
solved”

He plucked my mother’s necklace and held it up. The pendant swung and for a
moment, I felt as if I were hypnotized. Even just the sight of it in his hands was
enough to set me over the edge.

This is quite lovely,” the king of Yurene noted. “A very nice piece of jewelry
indeed. I'm sure you're happy to see it again.

“You're mistaken,” I tried to say. “I've never seen that necklace before-"

But the king of Yurene held his hand up and cut me off at once. Once he set the
necklace back down, he sat back in his chair and stared deeply into my eyes.
“You're a terrible liar,” he said. “Did you know that according to one of Yurene’s
laws, you could be hanged for lying to the king? Hiding your true identity falls
under the category of lying and falsehoods. We might be lax when it comes to
some things in this country, but something so treacherous...

I took a quick breath and then raised my chin slightly. A touch of bravery flooded
through me and then I spoke up.

“I didn’t know there were laws in Yurene,” I countered in an attempt to deflect
from our conversation. “You seem to have the right to decide everything at your
will.”

Kaleb laughed. “You're right. A king can do whatever he wishes, but only if he can
handle the price.”

I frowned. “I don't understand what you mean.”

“Some of the kings have paid terrible debts for their wrong decisions,” he noted,
and then he rolled his deep sapphire eyes. “Our former king was obviously one of
them. I hadn't finished the story I began to tell you last time, and I would love to
tell you more about the subject. You must be interested in the rest of the tale.”

“I didn’t believe anything you said,” I snapped at him. “I figured you were telling
me what you needed to to get me here.”

“You didn’t believe me?” Kaleb repeated back and then he snorted and scoffed
loftily. “How interesting. I thought you did. There’s no one else who could tell you
the truth of things, so you would do well to trust me. We could be allies, Cas
sandra. I'm not your enemy.

“If you want to take over control of Wegalla, then you're my eneiny for sure.” I
replied shortly.

“Why do you even care about Wegalla after everything that happened to you?”
he wondered, and he raised a golden-brown. eyebrow in surprise. “Your father
and brother were killed by the former Alpha King, and everyone else in the
country

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despises your family’s name because of their supposed traitor status. No one
dares to speak about them, not to mention say something fair for them. It's
ridiculous to fight for a country that cast your blood aside.”

My lips drew into a thin line. I couldn't find any words to retort back.

“Of course, I suppose there's always your mate to consider,” Kaleb continued,
and his eyes glinted cruelly. I can see you're worried about that weak king.”

I clenched my teeth and anger swelled within me. My body began to shake from
the tension and it took all of my power to keep from snarling at the smug, foreign
king.

“Asher isn’t weak.” I fired back at him despite myself.

“Oh, but he is. Kaleb replied, and he crossed his arms against his chest. “The
king has never seen the cruelty of life. He didn’t know how to protect his mate,
and he didn’t know how to protect his country either. Asher Collins doesn’t
deserve you. You deserve someone better than him.”

I stared at Kaleb for a moment, my anger still flowing through me, and after a
moment, I realized what he was talking about. My irritation shifted to disbelief as
my lips parted in surprise, and then my brows knitted together.

“You must be kidding.” I asked flatly.

There was no way he was suggesting this

“I don't like making jokes in such circumstances,” he replied. “A highborn queen
from the South would cheer up the morale. of the North, especially if the queen
was from a family that had been persecuted by the Southern king”

Bile rose up my throat and I jumped from my chair at once. “You're out of your
mind. I would never agree to something like this.

“Never say never.” Kaleb quipped. “Il wouldn't say anything too definitive”
“Enough,” I hissed. “This wasn’t what you'd told me in Wegalla. You said you
wanted me to help you figure out the great sorcery Emmett left behind before he
passed. Was that all a deception to get me here? Was your plan to pry me away
from Anemond and marry you for your own political gain?”

“Oh, the sorcery?” Kaleb repeated back, completely ignoring the latter half of my
statement. “Don’t worry, I've already found it?”

My heart skipped a beat and I stared at him in confusion, “What? Where?”

The king of Yurene eyed me for a moment and then offered me a small,
contented smile. The expression was devilish and smug, as if he believed himself
to be the most cunning man in the world.

“It's on you,” he remarked, and his deep blue eyes trailed over me.

I felt lost at once.

The Northern king was speaking in riddles and vague sentences that kept me
interested but confused.

Why the need for such dramatics?

What was he talking about?

When I asked him as much, he rose to his feet and began to pace around the
small, windowless room. He glanced around as be walked, and after a minute of
complete silence, he spoke again

Do you really think it's a coincidence that Emmett saved you from that terrible
inferno?” Kaleb asked me, his voice both

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amused and annoyed. “He didn’t do it out of kindness, Cas sandra. Sorcerers
aren't kind or warm-hearted. Emmett did it because he knew you were the young
king's mate. There was no kindness about it. He just wanted to manipulate you
and use you to defeat the king. His plan just didn’t work out. I promise you,
Emmett wasn't the man you believed him to be. You were a pawn and nothing
more.”

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