414: BEING CONSIDERATE

BEING CONSIDERATE

Because the king would arrive within three days, thus there would be a small welcoming party for him, since it was a custom to greet the sovereign. 

But, with the excuse of the current situation, so not to provoke the tension in the public, the welcoming party would be held moderately, especially after the death of the five alphas and with there were five packs' problems they needed to sort out, it would look good on the king to tone down a little bit from having his lust met. 

After all, he brought Lady Cyan and Nala with him, accompanied by his chief of royal guard, Leon. 

Iris's mood turned even sour when she heard Nala's name among the entourage of the king. She was not so dense to not see the desire behind that woman's eyes for her mate. 

Her mood became even more dour when Kaz suggested her as the coordinator of the party, since this was her job as the luna of the pack and she couldn't refuse it.

It would look bad on her if she rejected the suggestion, especially when that old steward brought it up in front of alpha Dristan and Sir Elijah. 

People had seen her as a failure, because she couldn't conceive a child with Cane, even after all this time and a lot of amount of time they spent together, thus she didn't want them to see her failed in her position as the luna of the pack. 

"You don't need to take it if you don't want it," Cane said, amusement in his eyes when he saw how Iris pulled her hair in frustration. 

They were inside the alpha's study room, where Cane was overwhelmed with a lot of things he needed to be done. He seemed didn't have time to rest and spend his time more in the study room than in his own room with Iris. 

Both of them sat side by side, as Cane asked someone to put extra table beside his for Iris to use, as she would handle a lot of paperwork too. 

"No, I can," Iris replied curtly. 

At this point, she looked like an upset little kitten that didn't want to be touched, as it would claw your hand. But, when Cane extended his hand and caressed her cheek, she mewled. 

Iris closed her eyes, before she realized it and pushed his hand away from her ear when he started to rub her earlobe. 

"You are distracting me," Iris grumbled. 

"Need help?"

"No."

Later on, Iris noticed even more the different treatment she received from the Howling Wolf pack member compared to Sofia. 

They gave her the hardest part for the arrangement for the party and purchasing all the food from the merchant, meeting them one by one and thought about the activities that they would do as long as the king was here to entertain him and some of important figures, who came with him. More so, Cane had a special request for it. 

Iris thought, she would dread her meeting with the merchants, as she tried to haggle for the first time, but thankfully, Cane sent his beta and Jace showed her how it to be done. Only then, she realized how petty the beta was when it came to money, because he would haggle for every penny. 

Meanwhile, Sofia used her pregnancy to not lift anything and walk around to comment on something Iris did and amazingly, she could find every flaw for whatever she was doing. 

Iris had enough with that. 

"Why everything will start after dinner?" Sofia complained again when she saw the new arrangement. "I heard people in the south used to have a party from the morning until midnight."

Sofia confronted Iris in the hallway when she saw her. Beside her, there were two omegas from the Howling Wolf pack and one young woman, who came with Sofia, acted as her personal maid. 

"Because that's how it done in the capital city," Iris said lightly. She stared at Sofia and felt bad for her in the beginning, but with the way she always tried to find something to provoke her, she threw her sympathy out of the window. 

Redmond didn't even want to see her. He stayed away from the pack house and Iris had not yet seen him ever since they arrived in the Howling Wolf pack. 

"But, this is in the south," Sofia said firmly. She lifted her chin, as if they were on the same status. "You should have done it in the way southerners do."

"What do you know about the south when you are not a southerner?" Iris kept her voice even. She didn't lower her head like she used to, neither she felt timid in front of Sofia, if anything, she felt annoyed by her constant presence to criticize her work. 

Cane knew what she did and he didn't say anything about it, thus for her, as long as her mate didn't complain, there was nothing wrong with her arrangement. 

"Luna… she will be part of us…" Maria said, she was the head kitchen. 

Iris remembered her when she spent her time in the kitchen with Ethan and Joel before her journey to the capital city and she treated her quite nicely, but it was such a disappointment that she clearly took Sofia's side, nursing her with the same quality of food that she gave to the alpha, if it was not even better. 

"Then why doesn't she help with anything?"2

"You can see luna, I am pregnant. I really want to help if I can, but currently, I am pregnant with the alpha's first child and I have to take a good care to our baby," Sofia said softly, as she caressed her stomach gently. 

The sight irritated Iris. 

"Luna, you need to excuse her and be considerate," Maria chimed in timidly. She was being polite with Iris, but it was obvious, she tried to shield Sofia. 

Something inside Iris turned cold. She had the same gaze just like after alpha Gill disgraced her. 

"I have been considerate enough to let her talk over me countless time when she is only a mistress and the alpha doesn't even acknowledge her presence."

The last statement struck Sofia's nerves. 

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