471: THE BLACK WISP

THE BLACK WISP

Redmond stared at the distance, he was currently in disbelieve upon seeing what the warriors under him had done behind his back. He had been a way for so long, until he didn't realize, Lyle had taken over his role and wormed into their loyalty to him.  2

Despite whatever reason it might be, it was still unacceptable. 

Currently, he was standing not too far from the howling Wolf pack's gate, staring at the distance toward a bunch of ungrateful jerk, who he thought was his people. They avoided his eyes, as if they felt shameful and guilty, as they should!

Behind Redmond, a few Howling Wolf pack's warriors followed him out for this negotiation, since this battle shouldn't happen in the first place, while Jace stood on the fortress, staring down at them all. The beta's expression was so cold, as if he was ready for the worst. He didn't believe it would go smoothly, the way they wanted it. 

Meanwhile, in front of Redmond was Lyle. 

His second in command, or should he call him as his ex second in command, stood ten steps away from him. They stared at each other and in the end, it was Redmond, who broke the silence. 

"What do you mean with this?! Back off now and admit to your wrongdoing, I will spare you!" Redmond barked, he was seething. The worse betrayal came from your close one and right now Redmond felt it. 

Lyle was the person that he had gone through so much together, ever since they were under the oppression of the other warriors in the Blue Moon pack, until they could climb into this position. 

For decades they had been comrades and now they had to stand in the opposite side. 

"You don't actually believe I will surrender, right? I have come to this point with preparation, I will not back down." Lyle looked calm, but his eyes showed his true emotions. He was determined, this was the hill he was going to die on. "Even if we did, the Howling Wolf pack will not as generous as you."

That was true, they were going to be slaughtered once the warrior from the Howling Wolf pack got their hand on them. Both parties knew that absolute fact. 

"Redmond, I know you hate the people in the Howling Wolf pack," Lyle said, this time, his tone was rather friendly, as if they were still a good friend, but Redmond showed nothing on his expression, thus he took this as his cue to keep talking. "I know you are not satisfied for being a dog for those slaves! They used to be beneath us and now they have been extorting our Blue Moon pack for their own benefit! They took our mines and that so called luna didn't do anything about it! How can you give your loyalty to such pathetic woman and follow her!"

That was how Redmond used to think of Iris. She was nothing but a weak woman, who couldn't even protect herself, let alone the Blue Moon pack. 

Just like how Howling Wolf pack people disappointed for having Iris as their luna and how seeing her triggered some dreadful memories about what her father had done to them, the Blue Moon pack also was not happy for having her as the luna, since she didn't do anything for her own pack. She literally handed over the pack to Cane in a silver plate and they felt so sick to see how the two of them showed some affection here and there. Their relationship seemed doing really well recently too. 

"Redmond, come. Come with me. We can revive the glory of the Blue Moon pack. We have the king behind our back," Lyle said gently, trying to persuade Redmond, because he knew this was what he wanted. 

Redmond was a loyal dog. His loyalty shouldn't be questioned, though he appeared so careless and reckless, but because of Iris was the last hope for the Blue Moon pack, he stuck with her. 

As it turned out, that runt was nothing, that stupid woman was drank by the affection that the alpha gave to her. 

"Together, we can revive the glory of the Blue Moon pack and stop the Howling Wolf pack from extorting our mines and our people," Lyle then spoke again, this time, his voice was rather deep. "We have the king behind our back, there is noting for you to stay in this fucking pack! We can fight them all and we can win!"

Jace frowned when he heard that. If he were Redmond, it would be the biggest temptation, since he knew Lyle only talked out loud what Redmond desired. 

He maybe placed his loyalty toward Iris, but Redmond saw her as the embodiment of the Blue Moon pack. 

This didn't look good, especially when Redmond made a move. 

He actually walked toward Lyle!

"Come here, Redmond." Lyle's eyes lit up. "With the king backed us up, we can revive the Blue Moon pack!"

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The black wisps shrouded Cane, as this old man tried to extract the lycan out of him, but it was not as easy as walking in the garden, especially when the cursed creature resisted to leave his vessel. 

Cane could feel the range of emotions from anger to disgust from Lu toward this old man. Sweat trickled down from his forehead when he used all of his power to get his hand on the lycan. 

Meanwhile, lady Cyan was still sitting on the ground, watching how the black wisps grew bigger and thicker. Was that the lycan's soul? Her father tried to suck the lycan's soul out?

What he was going to do with it? Lady Cyan didn't know what her father was planning with the lycan, but she was sure whatever it was, he did it for the revival of Decratic. 

"Arrghh!" Cane growled, as his eyes turned into golden color, the pain was almost unbearable and because of the earlier battle with the royal warrior, it drained his energy. 

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