Alpha King’s Lost Luna by Aubrey Pepper novel Chapter 135

Chapter 135 Ector Felix
ASHER
“Ector Felix?” I replied back in disbelief, and when he nodded, my calm expression turned into a frown. There was no way. Ector, Cora’s brother, had b banished to the border shortly after their father, Darrin Felix was imprisoned allegedly trying to harm Oliver Moses.
On paper, his punishment seemed kinder than that of his father’s, but in all reality, it was far worse. It was nearly impossible to survive at the border of Wegalla. The land was deserted and lacked many resources. A sentence to the borderlands
was a sentence of death.
Back then, after Cora perished in the fire, and I’d built my own power in Anemond, I’d sent guards out there to search for Ector and see if he was still alive. But when my team returned, they were empty-handed. Ector was nowhere to be found.
Since that day, I’d a*sumed he was dead.
But now, Silas said he’d found him?
“How did you find him?” I asked as I tried to wrap my brain around this information. “And how do you know for sure that it was Ector?”
“When I was inspecting the borderlands, I found a man being chased by roguel werewolves,” he explained. “The man’s clothes were ragged, but it wasn’t difficult for me to recognize that he was from Wegalla. So, I saved him from the rogues. Once we got away, I got a good look at him. The man was thin and weak, and suffering from malnutrition. He could hardly hold his head up or even speak. He led me to a house he’d built out of tree branches and dry gra*ses. It was a terrible sight, Asher. It was a wonder he was still alive with a shelter that poor. I wanted to take him away, but he insisted on staying at this ragged house. While I was there, I found a Felix family badge.”
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My lips parted as I fought the urge to drop my jaw. A badge of Felix. Ever since the family had been framed, no one had dared to keep a Felix family badge, lest they be accused of conspiring with them.
Considering where Silas had discovered the man, it was easy to believe that he was really Ector.
“So why
why hadn’t I found him myself?” I asked aloud, not even realizing I’d spoken the words until Silas sat up in his seat.
“I think it might be because the man hid himself deliberately,” he answe calmly. “When I found him, he was panicked to see my armor and the crest of Wegalla. He’d tried to run away from me, but before he could get too far, the rogue wolves appeared. He couldn’t get very far, which is how I got the opportunity to
catch him.”
I nodded, and when my head began to pulse again, I gently rubbed my temples to soothe the pain. “Where is the man now?”
“He’s still in that house,” Silas replied. “I left a guard there to look after him, and some basic supplies should be arriving to them soon. I wanted to bring him back to Anemond, but I don’t see that being an easy task. It was almost impossible to get him out of that ragged little house. When I ordered the guards to drag him out, hel tried to hurt himself. So, I had to give up on the matter.”
I nodded.
This… this was so much more than I’d expected to hear from Silas, and I di know what to do with this information.
Cora, Ector, and I had been so close as children. We were an inseparable trio, always playing games with one another, and always going on adventures throughout the palace and the surrounding area. I’d always considered Ector to be family. Since I hadn’t had siblings until Kane, Ector had always served as a friend
and role model.
He’d taught me how to properly hold a sword, how to climb trees… We’d spent countless hours together reading, drawing, playing… He was one of the best ment
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that I knew, and I looked up to him greatly. He was kind and thoughtful, not to mention he had a wonderful sense of humor that kept me laughing even when palace life grew tense.
When the Felix family met their demise after the false accusations had been made, my heart ached like no other. Undoubtedly, my biggest regret was the loss of Cora, but Ector’s exile hit me hard as well. When I hadn’t been able to find him, I’d blamed myself. His death felt like another on a long list of heartaches, and it was one of the nightmares that kept me up at night.
Until recently, I hadn’t believed in miracles. But now that Cora had returned to me and Ector Felix had been discovered in the borderlands… I needed to offer an
extra prayer to the Moon Goddess in thanks.
My mind went immediately to Cas sandra. This was incredible news, but I didn’t know what to do with it. Until his identity was confirmed by either my own eyes or Lancel’s, I couldn’t take it as fact. I needed to know with one hundred percent certainty before I got Ca ss andra’s hopes up. She was in such a fragile state lately and this news, if wrong, had the possibility of really hurting her.
Of course, if it was true, this could really turn things around for her.
Being reunited with Ector was a possibility she probably never considered.
But, I was getting ahead of myself in more ways than one. I needed to be level-headed and get all of the facts before I proceeded. If it wasn’t really Ect Felix, I couldn’t risk Cas s andra’s sanity.
“What do I need to do with the man?” Silas asked me calmly, and I was insta pulled back into reality. “How should I proceed?”
I considered the Beta’s question for a moment, and before I gave my answer, I had one question.
“Does your father know about this?” I asked quietly.
Silas frowned slightly and shook his head.
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“No,” he replied. “I didn’t tell him and I don’t intend on telling him. We both know how that information would affect him. No, the only people who know about the man are us and the guards I have stationed with him at the borders.”
“Indeed,” I said, and after I let out a long exhale, I rolled my shoulders back. “For now, Silas, I want this to be kept between us. No third party should be privy to this, not even your parents. I don’t want anyone to get the wrong idea and I don’t want to risk any harm coming to the man. It sounds as if he’s been through a lot.”
“Of course, Asher,” Silas replied, and he gave me a small bow. “You can t loyalty.”
I studied Silas. Unlike the rest of the Moses family, he seemed to be sincere and kind-hearted. But I couldn’t easily trust him, especially on this. I needed to visit the man in person if I wanted to confirm that he was Ector.
I certainly wanted the man to be Ector. If so, that would definitely lighten. Cas sandra’s spirits and bring her some much-needed happiness.