The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 75
Alexander
“I’m worried about Fiona. She didn’t look well this morning.” I wiped my brow with the back of my wrist, slicking off a film of sweat.
Kayden jumped neatly over a fallen log, landing his lead foot in a puddle. We both got doused in mud. “Yeah? How so?”
g between us.”
“Still
were running. I took a long, deep breath, relishing the tastes and smells of the damp forest air.
she doing after she goes to see her grandfather?”
ble.”
y anything I could do to break through my fiancée’s cold anger with me. And obsessing over our fight and begging her for forgiveness only seemed to be making things worse.
ed to ask if you’ve thought more about what we learned last night.”
ll thoughts of Fiona fled from my mind, chased awa
at are you gonna do?” He wasn’t asking for a battleplan, just wondering where my head was at.
time is right. As for what to do next, I need to talk to my uncle and get him up to speed before anything else.”
, means and opportunity to mastermind the entire plot.
y to end very badly for me.
About a month before she died.
one hand.
r revealed a secret of my
who it was.
first Luna in the ground.
mother, Sca
y father had likely bedded Scarlet before marrying her, and perhaps before my mother died. But I knew nothing for certain. And I was quite surprised to learn that Scarlet had moved into the palace while my mother, the Queen, was still alive.
thinking about my father doing such a thing
able. He stood and crossed the room, retrieving a pack of cigarettes. “After all these years…” He coughed out a cheerless, self-deprecating laugh. “Alexandra’s killer was
and took a big drag. Blew out a white stack of smoke that dissipated into the blue sky. “I can’t believe the old woman is still alive,” he mused. “Was she alone out there?”
oment longer, though, I added, “As far as I could tell.”
just received.
two moved away. Not just once, but many times over the years. All of the letters came with cash inside.”
d what did she have to say about all this? Agatha?”
e King with the information, but she was afraid he may have been involved.”
rad raised his eyebrows. “And what do you think about tha
he is complicit and culpable, even if indirectly.”
r. Because needing to kill the reigning Alpha King was a burden I did not wish to take on.
narrowed his eyes thoughtfully. “I have an idea. But let me chase it down first. I’ll let you know if anything pans out.”
lace by the time Conrad called with an update. I pulled off the highway and
and even claimed to have seen someone slipping a substance into Alexandra’s drink.”
ing in my chest.
is.” I knew exactly
called was about my same age, maybe just a year my senior. “But where is she? I never heard another mention of Iris again, after I r
er in my mind. Iris witnessed someone poisoning my mother. It had to have been either Scarlet herself, or someone my stepmother had been using to do her bidding.
was everything.
y uncle, “We have to find