443: THE ALPHA WAS BEING PETTY

THE ALPHA WAS BEING PETTY

King Aeon only glanced at Iris and after that, he paid no mind to her, as he kept looking around to find a certain someone. "Where is that woman?" His tone was cheerful and light. 

"What woman do you mean, my king?" Cane asked, playing a fool. 

"The woman, who is carrying your child," King Aeon said with a click of his tongue because he had to explain the obvious. 

"You must mean Sofia, one of alpha Gallot's mistresses." Cane's voice was so calm when he mentioned the unnecessary detail about Sofia. 

"Yes, that woman," King Aeon said, disgruntled. "You should take her with you to greet me, since she is your favorite mistress and is currently carrying your child. She is part of your pack."

Cane didn't falter at all when he spoke again. "My king, I don't know what rumor you have heard, but I have never said anything about her being my mistress."

King Aeon frowned. The rest of the people became very quiet, as they could feel the king was not happy and the tension rolled over in the air. 

"You put her in the luna's bedroom, what do you mean she is not your favorite mistress now?"

There was this harmless smile on the corner of Cane's lips, but his eyes were sharp enough to kill someone if a gaze alone could do the job. "Your observation and awareness are very excellent, my king, for already learning about the information that I only knew when I reached the Howling Wolf pack a week ago." Cane subtly implied the spy that the king had put it within his pack. 

King Aeon narrowed his eyes, he looked annoyed by Cane's statement, while alpha Dristan frowned. Was that wise to provoke the king when he just arrived? He wondered what kind of game that Cane was trying to play. 

"What? Do you want to say she is not pregnant with your child?"

King Aeon's voice was rather loud, as he raised his tone and the people behind Cane could hear that clearly, as they became anxious at the same time. They heard the rumor about how the alpha rejected Sofia and the baby from someone, who overheard the conversation, but then, with the alpha let her stayed in the luna's bedroom, it gave a mixed interpretation for them. 

Some of the alpha's action, contradicting one another… 

It confused not only the member of the Howling Wolf pack alone, but right now, the king as well. 

"I never said anything like that, but before the baby is born and there is no doubt the baby is mine, I will not assume or claim anything."

King Aeon gritted his teeth when he heard that. "Do you want to deflect your own child?"

Jace grimaced when he heard that, if he didn't know any better, he would have confused as well with Cane's action and the way he was implying the situation, thus he could feel the king and the rest of the member of the pack. 

However, the beta was so relief it was Cane here, who was facing the king, or else, he didn't even want to imagine what kind of disaster the lycan would create. 

"My wise king, I am very honor that this matter concern you so much." Every time Cane praised king Aeon, he felt like he was being insulted instead. This irked the king and the alpha knew it, thus he was very generous with it. "Your majesty, you don't need to worry about this matter. I have a good faith the baby is mine, or else, it will cause a huge discord and conflict between the Howling Wolf pack and the Moon Dew pack, because it only means alpha Gallot is trying to deceive me. I hope if the worst came, you will be on my side to uphold justice and this matter is still be your concern."

King Aeon was vexed, he felt like he was walking straight toward a trap without him realizing it. "You think too much about that, Gallot will not do such thing." He waved his hand, as if trying to get rid the annoyance feeling he felt right now. 

Meanwhile, Cane was still smiling harmlessly. "Yes, there is no way alpha Gallot will do such trick, right? After all, the punishment for defrauding the royal family is heavier than simply deceiving an alpha."

There, Cane brought the topic smoothly back about his royal bloodline.

On the other hand, lady Cyan observed Cane silently, as she said nothing and listened to how the alpha led the conversation to the direction he wanted. She was able to see what Cane was trying to imply and the rough scheme he was trying to set the king up. 

Seeing this, lady Cyan had this inclination feeling that the baby was not his. In the beginning, she underestimated this man so much, since he was only a new alpha, who just recently came out of the slavery, as it turned out, he could be a potential danger for her plan. 

After witnessing how Cane turned the situation in the capital city upside down, Cyan paid close attention to him, that was one of the reasons why she was here right now. 

She knew, there would be another scheme here and Aeon was not smart enough to play the game Cane had set up. 

Therefore, before king Aeon could say anything else, she immediately interjected casually. "This is a lovely sight here, but I think all the people need to rest after such a long journey, is it okay for us to come inside now?"

Hearing that, Cane shifted his attention toward lady Cyan. "Pardon my rudeness, my lady. Please, over here."

The fact was; it was not only lady Cyan, who had been observing Cane, because the alpha did the same thing to her. Instead of the king, Cane was way more intrigued to know more about this lady, since he had this gut feeling that she was the one, who had been pulling the string behind every decision that was made by the king. 

And with that the conversation ended with Cane didn't even give the king the answer about Sofia's whereabouts and with lady Cyan tactfully ended the topic, the king couldn't ask for Cane to call Sofia over.

"I will call someone to deliver your breakfast, my king, my lady. You must be very tired after a long journey," Iris said politely when they arrived at the guest bedroom that had been prepared for the king.  0

The king requested for lady Cyan to sleep in the same room with him, thus the other room would be empty. 

Cane stood beside Iris, his fingers intertwined with hers and this gave her a comfort. 

And after making a few small talks here and there, they left the king and lady Cyan's bedroom. Jace, Ethan and three servants followed behind them. 

"I want to see Hanna," Iris said when they walked in the corridor, where they met with intersection. She would need to take her right side if she wanted to see Hanna. "I have not yet seen her since yesterday." And this bothered her, even though Hanna was fine and she probably had healed by now, but Iris wanted to see her wounds had healed with her own eyes. 

From what she remembered, the wounds were so deep and there was so much blood. Every time she remembered about it, she couldn't hold back her anger. She hated it when someone dear to her was being hurt.

"Okay, I will see you before lunch." Cane nodded. He had a lot of things to do as well, not to mention alpha Dristan had been requesting to see him to discuss an important thing. 

Albeit his beta and gamma had not yet mentioned it, but they had been very agitated to report to Cane about critical information. 

"Okay," Iris agreed readily, as she had been wanting to go to see Hanna, but when she turned around, Cane grabbed her hand and spun her body, and before she could digest what happened, she could feel his lips against hers and his palms on the side of her face. 

The alpha kissed his luna for a good two minutes in front of his beta and gamma, along with the other three servants, who immediately lowered their head and tried to look somewhere else, but they would end up stealing a glance or two toward the two of them. 

Jace and Ethan were dumbfounded, they started to think Lu was taking over Cane's body again when they heard Iris moaned softly. 

It was not an innocent peck that Cane used to display in front of them, even so, that alone was already a surprised for the onlookers, let alone a full blown kiss like this. 

"Can't he spare us single people here?" Ethan groaned. Was this? Did the alpha was being petty for his slip tongue this morning?

Once Cane was done, Iris was breathless, her face had turned red and even redder when she realized they had a few spectators. 

Thankfully, it was not only her, whose face had turned so red. The poor five people near them looked like they were going to cry. 

"I will see you at lunch." Cane caressed her slightly swollen lower lip with his thumb and then kissed the tip of her nose before he left, while Iris was still dumbstruck there, until she realized she needed to see Hanna and immediately rushed toward her bedroom. She was not thinking straight and her body felt so hot. 

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