450: LADY CYAN'S MOVE

LADY CYAN'S MOVE

"No way. The alpha did that?" Maria was in denial, as she watched Joel nodded. 

"I was the one, who barred this morning per the alpha's order," Avid said, munching on his meat. 

"Are you sure, that's really the alpha's order?" Maria mumbled, but it was loud enough for Avid and Joel to hear, both of them stopped eating and stared at her in disbelieve, which made Maria became self conscious. 

"Are you really questioning it?" Avid asked, his voice deepened when he glared at the old woman beside him. "That's an insult for a warrior for not knowing from whom the order came from."

"You are too much, Maria," Joel chimed in, he creased his brows. "You only want to hate the luna without reason at all."

Joel knew about the provocation from the royal warrior, they just arrived for a few hours and they already disrespected them and some of them, if it was not most, started talking ill and cursing at their luna under their breath and this made Joel was really mad, but no one allowed to talk about this matter and escalate the already tensed situation. 

Therefore, the two warriors didn't want to hear the same thing here when they were eating. 

"I am sorry," Maria said in small voice, knowing she wouldn't be able to argue with them two, thus it was easier to stop the contention before it started. 

Knowing this argumentation wouldn't go anywhere, they dropped the topic and minded their own business. 

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Ethan entered the room and then found Will was sitting on the edge of the bed, his head was down, as he stared at the necklace in his hand without saying anything. He had been like this for God knew how long. 

He didn't say anything and Cane had released him from all the duties, since he was mentally not stable enough to be responsible for anything. 

The gamma remembered, the last thing he said was; help me, and after that, Will didn't say anything at all. 

Hell. 

Ethan didn't even think his soul and mind were still intact with his body. He wondered, if he punched him as hard as he could, would he give him some reaction? An anger would be better than this numbed Will. 

The gamma really considered his option, but then he sighed and sat down next to him, but Will didn't even show any reaction that he acknowledged Ethan's presence. 

"Who had done this to you, Will? What actually happened to you?" Ethan talked to himself. He stared at Will, who looked so pale and fragile, as if a single attack could end his life. He looked like a fire that burned the last candlewick. "Can't you tell me something? I swear I will help you to get revenge. Hell. I will do anything for you."

There was only silence that greeted Ethan. 

"Well, I am sure the alpha must have planned something for that, since he knew about what happened to you." Cane knew about this and Ethan didn't have any doubt for that, though the alpha had never mentioned it explicitly. "Hang in there, Will. Hang in there."

Ethan patted his back and then stood up, he left the room and the silence returned. 

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Iris pursed her lips, she grimaced when she glanced at her right hand. She felt so sore. Her hand never felt so sore and numb like this before. 

Meanwhile, the culprit was trying to ease her discomfort by helping her to put on her dress. This dress was a little bit complicated, since they would attend a formal dinner with the king and lady Cyan, but he didn't allow Hanna to come and help. 

Iris couldn't believe it, she did that for more than an hour! That was insane! In that case, why he didn't have a sex with her instead?

But then, she dismissed the thought. If her hand was so sore like this and she was barely able to hold anything, if Cane really made love with her, she was probably bedridden by now. She would end up in bed for a few days when they had sex in the past and this was not the right time for that. 

She needed to be with Cane in order to greet the king and his mistress, lady Cyan and also to make sure everything went well, since this was her responsibility. 

Done with the strings on her dress, Cane turned her body around and lifted her chin, so she could look at him. "Okay?"

"My hand is not okay," Iris said sullenly, showing Cane her hand that was still a little bit shaking. 

"Sorry," Cane kissed her palm lightly and this made Iris flinched, the butterflies in her stomach, fluttered their wings. 

On the other hand, Cane looked happy enough to get his release. He didn't think he could get it in such lame way. He used to not be able to feel anything, since his phallus was scarred so badly, but her touch was different. 

"Should we go to see Grace to check on your hand?" Cane asked casually.  1

"No!" Iris immediately replied, horrified. She still remembered the first and the last conversation between Lu and Grace and now Cane wanted to take her to see the healer? No way!

Seeing her strong reaction, he kissed the tip of her nose. "But, if I am not mistaken, you were the one, who gave me the offer," Cane smirked to see how Iris blushed, but at the same time, she wanted to get angry with him for his comment.

"Ugh!" Iris bit her lips in distressed, but Cane leaned over and bit it for her. 

"Thank you," he said softly and then took her hand to walk out of the bedroom, which the smell of sex lingered so thick in the air. Only if Iris could smell it the way Cane did, she would be mortified. "Did the king's comment bother you?" 

Cane showed some mercy for his mate, as he changed the topic and talked something else, since he needed to do something to distract his mind. His mood was so light and the guards and warriors that followed behind them could see it. 

"What comment?" Iris asked, she was still blushing, but she welcomed this new topic so well. 

"About this morning."

Iris immediately understood what Cane was trying to talk about. "No. I don't really care about what he was trying to imply," Iris replied honestly. 

After the disrespect she received from the king and everything that happened only a day prior of his arrival, king Aeon's snide comment didn't even bother her at all, she didn't even think about it the second the old king disappeared from her sight. 

"Good." Cane nodded, satisfied. He wrapped his arm around her waist protectively, as they met with Jace and Ethan halfway to the dining hall, where they could hear the noise of people were talking to each other. 

As the alpha and the luna of the pack, Cane and Iris should be there first before the king. 

[Alpha, the situation in the warrior's quarter is pretty tensed,] Jace said through the mindlink when they were close enough to do so. [I think they did it on purpose to provoke us.]

Cane listened to more detail about what had transpired in the warrior's quarter and how those royal warriors had blatantly disrespected them. They even became more aggressive with their words when they didn't get the reaction they wanted. 

For now, Jace still could control their warrior and calmed them down, but it was only a matter of time before one of them could no longer hold back their anger. 

[Understood.] Cane said, but he didn't give him any other instruction after that. The alpha didn't see it coming, after all, this trick was not like the king at all. 

As he had expected, this must be lady Cyan. She used the royal warriors to talk shit about them to get their reaction. The king wouldn't beat around the bush like this and used 'trash talk' in his plan, king Aeon was way more confrontational and straightforward in his attack. 

This roundabout route was a plan that would never come from his mind. 

With the problem with Sofia, Cane was trying to drag the king into the mud as well, involved him with the upcoming trouble with Moon Dew pack, it would be nice if he could use the king, something that he had planned in the beginning. 

However, lady Cyan's move was not familiar for Cane. He only met with her a handful of time and now, she was here and tried to disrupt his pack. 

Since she couldn't start it with Cane or Iris, she tried it with the pack member and used their old wound to incite their anger, sowing discord between his people. 

Lady Cyan was smart enough to move from that point to shake their strong bond. 

What a cunning woman…

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"Are you sure, the alpha will come to see you tonight?" Maria asked, as she washed Sofia's hair and put more petals flower to the bathup, where the pregnant woman dipped herself into this flowery scent water. 

"Yes, the alpha said it himself that he will come to see me tonight." Sofia was all smiling, as she caressed her stomach lovingly. She could feel her baby was moving. The baby must be so excited to see their father after all this time. 

"I am happy for you," Maria said genuinely, as she smiled lovingly. "The alpha must have finally come to his sense."

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