Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper

Chapter 282
CAS SANDRA
Asher approached us silently, and once Helene stepped away from me, I glanced
at Rayden, who was rubbing his shoulder with an unpleasant expression on his
face.
“What happened?” I asked him directly. “Where are your people, Rayden?”
Rayden rolled his eyes at Helene. “Ask her. She's responsible for what
happened.”
I frowned. “What do you mean?”
The Alpha of Wild Crawler gestured around the area. I peered over the bushes
and noticed several people were lying on the ground, clearly unconscious. When
I turned back to Helene, she simply shrugged nonchalantly.
“I saw this man and the others sneaking around the grounds with a large wooden
box,” she answered, her eyes watching Rayden suspiciously. “I supposed they
were planning on taking something out of the castle, so I used some tricks.”
“What tricks?” I asked as fear swelled within me. I could see the men's chests
rise and fall with their breathing, so it was obvious they were still alive, but that
didn’t mean that Helene hadn't done something lethal to them. The necklace
weapon she'd gifted me proved that she was capable of plenty, and besides, I
was still a little hesitant toward her after the way she'd acted around Ronald,
She had been under his spell for a good deal of time, and while she seemed fine
now, I was still cautious.
“I wasn't going to fight against so many men alone, so I used some drugs to
make them pass out,” Helene answered calmly. Her tone was so casual that it
was a little alarming, and I fought the urge to groan.
Instead, I glanced at Rayden, who very much didn’t appear to be drugged.
“What about him?" I asked her as my eyes trailed over my friend from Wild
Crawler.
that he’s your
“I needed at least one conscious man to negotiate with,” she answered. “So I
gave him an antidote. And then you walked over here: Is it safe to say friend?
You seem quite worried about him.”
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I sighed and then nodded.
Though I'd been initially cautious, Helene seemed to have recovered from her
state of hysteria. She was speaking calmly and seemed to be making sense. But
now we had a bunch of unconscious allies around us that needed to be roused at
once. We needed all of the manpower we could muster if we were going to leave
Yurene for good.
“I'll keep my promise to help you get out of here, but I need these men in order to
carry out the plan,” I said. “Can you wake them?”
Helene let out a small gasp of happiness and then nodded quickly.
She got to work administering the antidotes, and as we waited for the men to
wake up, Rayden asked us what happened.
“I saw smoke and then watched a bunch of soldiers rush to the checkpoints,” he
explained as he rubbed his neck. “Il was so worried about you guys. Thank the
Moon Goddess you're alright. What happened exactly?”
I glanced at Asher and struggled to find the right words to say. How could I
summarize this madness when I didn’t understand the details myself?
“This country is doomed,” Helene spoke up, and Ronald isn’t any better than his
cousin.”
and all eyes fell to her. “Kaleb is crazy
Rayden furrowed his brow. “What does that have to do with the fire? I don’t
understand.”
“Kaleb set fire to the main building,” I explained. “He was trying to kill Ronald and
his accomplices, but they managed to escape somehow-"
“It wasn't “somehow”,” Helene interrupted boldly. “It was magic. I saw it with my
own eyes!”
I shot her a glare. “Stop, Helene. Things have been complicated enough. We can
our escape plan, alright?”
discuss the details late For now, we need to figure
out
Helene didn’t seem too keen to let it
go
but nodded anyway.
Asher finally spoke up.
“The men are all awake,” he pointed out. “We should be good to move out. We
just
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need a plan.”
Rayden offered him a polite bow of respect. “Your Majesty, it's good to see sorry
for not bowing sooner-"
you.
I'm
“Don't worry about it,” Asher assured him with a nod and when Rayden softened,
he continued speaking. “Where is the Alpha of Red Stone?”
“He left the castle earlier today,” Rayden replied. “He should be waiting for us
with a few of his soldiers in the nearest town.”
Asher nodded thoughtfully and then turned to me. “I suppose we return to Erika.
We need to take advantage of the commotion over there.”
I nodded in agreement, and when Helene, Rayden, and Rayden’s men
obediently did the same, we left the area surrounding the bushes and reunited
with Erika.
Once everyone was in place, we observed the gate. A bunch of guests were
running toward it, hoping to leave the castle, but it was soon made obvious that
no one was allowed to leave. One of the guests tried to forcer through the
checkpoint without permission and was shot immediately. Based off his attire, the
guest seemed to be a high-born from one of the Packs outside of the country.
Everyone was shocked. Both us and the other guests stared on in shock as the
high-born man fell to the ground dead.
My heart sank and I turned Finnick away so he couldn't see what was happening.
He buried his face in my neck again and I held him close.
“I wonder if the other gates are the same,” I whispered as my eyes scanned the
perimeter of the castle grounds.
“Most likely,” Asher replied, much to my dismay. “No one will be able to leave this
place tonight. I'm certain of it.”
I wanted to fight against this idea, but I knew he was right. The guards must have
received orders from someone. Ronald or Kaleb. It didn't matter. The cousins
likely knew the other had tricks up their sleeves and we were all collateral. They
didn’t care about us. They just cared about killing each other and maintaining
control of this country. This fight was inevitable.
past
few
I wanted to pull my hair out at the very idea. I'd seen more violence in the months
than any person should have and I yearned for a more peaceful existence
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rest of us would fight to
Helene had originally been appointed to stay with Erika, but she insisted on
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me.
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I didn't like the sound of that but nodded my
head anyway.
him a hug.
Once the plan was confirmed, I kissed Finnick and gave
“I love you,” I said as I held him close. “Listen to Aunt Erika, okay?”
He nodded his head. “I will. I love you too, Mommy.”
We parted ways a moment later, and after Asher and I shared a nod, we headed
toward the gate.