546: THE TRAITOR

THE TRAITOR

Lil Thing had been roaming around the pack and ended up in the orphanage, where he was taken custody by the children there, as they loved it. Of course, the furball couldn't shake them off and end up as their play thing. 

Meanwhile, its owner didn't really care about it. 

On the other hand, the warriors were dumbstruck to see how this white furball could be so docile with little children, despite witnessing how ferocious this creature was when in the last battle. It could be said, this bear killed their enemy more than them, but it didn't even extend its claw when the children climbed on top of its body. 

"It's okay," Iris said, she walked forward when Zephyr shielded her from Lil Thing. She extended her hand and caressed its head, as it whined against her touch, as if complaining. 

Even though it was proven that Lil Thing was harmless to children, but Zephyr had witnessed the feral side of this white furball, so out of instinct and duty, he needed to step forward and protect Iris. 

"It's okay, that's furry creature is fine," Eron said to Zephyr, as he handed over another chess for him to put inside the carriage. "The one that you need to pay close attention is the merchant."

The alpha had emphasized to not let Iris engaged with the sorcerer as much as possible. 

"It is so hard to find a way to talk with you," Lou complained, as he approached Iris and pushed the white bear aside. "I heard you drink a few nights ago, do you want to try to drink in broad daylight?" Lou had this brilliant smile on his lips, as he made a bold offer. 

Of course, hearing this, the seven warriors immediately jumped in to interrupt. They still remembered their punishment to chase after the monsters in the Goffa mountain and now they didn't want to imagine what else their alpha would do to them if they let this to happen. 

"Luna, you need to get into the carriage."

"Luna, you come here for a while, there is something I want to ask."

"Luna, have you met the horses that will pull your carriage? Come, I will introduce you to them."

They tried to use all the excuses they could think to get Iris away from the merchant, even though some of them sounded very ridiculous. 

Meanwhile, Lil Thing was not happy Iris was taken away again. 

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"Is it wise to force a retirement on Kaz? He has been around for decades," Jace asked Cane, he returned to the study room once he had shown Carla her bedroom in the pack house. 

"Not every decision needed to be wise," Cane said curtly. He had done so many unwise decision, thus it was not being wise that he was looking for. 

Jace wanted to retort it, but seeing Cane's expression, he knew it was a futile attempt and it was better for him not to try and irk the alpha. 

"Have you found out the other traitor?" Cane asked next. 

Jace scratched his head. "No. Not yet. No clue." The beta frowned. With Lyle, they got the clue from Aderan, who had gotten it from the queen, but from what they learned, Lyle was the only traitor. 

Jace had been keeping his eyes on him and used to feed him with false information, so the king got the wrong news, with that, they could slightly control what kind of information the king had from their pack. 

However, there was no way Lyle knew about the secret passageways inside the pack house, because all the Blue Moon pack warriors were either working in mines or guarding the entrance of their pack. They didn't come closer to the pack house, let alone knew about the secret passageways. 

Even Redmond, who used to come in and out as he liked in the pack house was clueless about the existence of the secret passageways. 

"We are going back to square one again regarding this traitor…" Jace muttered under his breath, he looked upset. 

"What about the member of our pack?" Cane suggested and this made Jace frowned even harder. 

"Do you suspect the member of our pack?" It crossed Jace's mind, but then it was hard for him to go through with that, the thought the member of their pack had betrayed them was too disturbing. 

"Check on them," Cane said and then stood up to go to the front yard, they were going to depart in an hour. 

The alpha was not thrilled to investigate his own pack member and learn they betrayed him, but then it would be even more dangerous if they looked past it.

However, without Cane realized it, his intuition was proven right in a way, because it was indeed his pack member, who had disclosed about the secret passageways. 

But, he would have never imagined who that person could be…

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"Miss Aria, lady Cyan said she wanted to see you," Letto called Aria, who was staring at the town through a small window in her bedroom. She had stayed in the capital city for more than two months, but she had never stepped outside of this tower. 

Ony a handful people who knew her existence here. Life looked so blurry in her eyes, as she didn't know what to do and what to expect. 

Therefore, she held onto the only emotion that she knew; hatred. It was so easy to hate something and her favorite person for her to hate was; iris. 

She would end up like this if it was not for her. She wouldn't live a miserable life if she did not come to the picture. Even if Cane didn't love her the way she did, she knew he wouldn't be with someone else and she would be the only woman by his side. 

Cane. What he was doing right now? Did you still remember me? Did I ever cross your mind?

Those questions were the most frequent questions that came into Aria's mind, while she indulged herself in misery. She loved him, despite everything he had done. 

She loved him and would give up anything for him, but he didn't want it and now, she would do everything to get back to him. 

If she couldn't be the person he loved, then she would be the only person, who would be in his mind. 

Aria loved Cane and she was willing to do everything to get his attention, for him to remember her, even though her way was so twisted. 

"Miss Aria?" Letto called Aria again, she was sitting near the windowsill, staring outside. Her stomach looked so huge, she would due within a few weeks from now on. 

"Hm?"

"Lady Cyan wanted to see you…" Letto repeated again carefully, because Aria's mood was a little bit sour nowadays. She refused to see his master, unless she was so thirsty and wanted his blood to quenched her thirst. 

"What that blind woman wanted with me again?!" Aria snarled. She had laughed to Cyan's face when she saw her the last time. She was blind and now from what she learned, Cyan's existence in this palace had been kept secret, just like her. 

Aria hated that woman, even more when she heard that she failed with her grand scheme against the Howling Wolf pack, but what irked her more was the fact Iris was still alive. 

If she was going to fail, at the very least, she should kill that slut!

Aria was not sure about the detail and how Cyan got blind, but then she couldn't care less about that trivial matter. 

"I- I don't know, miss…" Letto said, he flinched. He could feel her wrath filled the air. 

Aria then stood up and walked out of the door, pushing Letto out of her way. She hated this slave boy. See? It was so easy to be hateful and she lived with that emotion. 

"What do you want?!" Aria asked, once she entered Cyan's bedroom. It was not big or luxurious, just like her bedroom when she was still the king's mistress, but it was convenient enough and was way nicer than Aria's small one. 

"Sit down, there is something I want to discuss with you," Cyan said firmly, it was a tacit understanding that they didn't like each other, thus it was better to lower their interaction and go straight to the point. "Tell me about your former pack, Winter Moon pack."

Aria was Leane's personal maid, they came from Winter Moon pack before Leane found Cane was her destined mate and she moved almost right away to the Howling Wolf pack. 

Therefore, as the future luna's personal maid, of course, Aria had the privilege to know about those secret passageways. She was also the one, who told Cyan about the situation in the Howling Wolf pack and how many people still perceived Iris as Gerald's daughter and harbor ill feeling toward her. 

This kind information looked insignificant, but it was a tool for Cyan to sow discord between the Howling Wolf pack people. 

While men used to use cunning tactic to set a trap, woman used to play with emotions, the way they schemed was different and subtle. It was not a direct approach or a threat like men used to do, but it could leave a long impact. 

This method suit Cyan the most, since she was also a mind controller. 

"What do you want to know about Winter Moon pack?" Aria narrowed her eyes. 

Winter Moon pack joined hand with Red Claw pack to fight for the throne, but they failed. 

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