The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 352

Chapter 352: LOU’S SUGGESTION FOR THE FALLEN CROWN PRINCE

"Where is Annie!?" Kellan roared at Bion, the royal warrior, who usually pushed his wheelchair. He had followed the Prince ever since he was chosen as the Crown Prince and was always so loyal to him. He didn’t talk much, but his knowledge over Kellan’s secrets was quite vast.

Currently, the crippled prince was enraged because he heard the news of the plan to crown a few days old baby as the next crown prince.

He vied for the position of the Crown Prince and had been trying to look for an opportunity to rise within the royal ranks again ever since Alan had been stripped from his status, because the pressure was too much and the King couldn’t ignore it again this time like he always did.

However, without the support from Cane, because he had gone missing, the only packs that supported his claim were the Celestial Moon pack and the Golden Light pack, the former pack of Lady Abigail, Kellan’s mother.

Though he had two packs behind him coupled with the favor of the public, somehow, his scandal from a decade ago resurfaced again, reminding the people of his wrong deeds, which swayed the public opinion. Meanwhile, those two packs were not on par in terms of value with the Red Claw pack.

The Celestial Moon pack and the Golden Light pack were combatant packs, as most of the members of the former pack defended the north from waves after waves of monster attacks, while most of the members of the latter one were the royal warriors within the palace.

Yet, with the Red Claw pack dominating the economy of the kingdom, their retaliation, no matter the level, would affect several sensitive aspects of people’s lives.

The day the Red Claw pack refused to trade magic stones had caused the royal family to lose a significant amount of money, which affected people as well, especially those merchants, who resided within the capital city.

Therefore, though there were many people who disagreed with the current crown prince, they limited it to small talk among themselves and didn’t raise any protest.

"Someone is taking her here, my prince," Bion said respectfully.

And true to his words, not long after that, someone knocked on his door and a warrior entered with a young girl with freckles on her nose. She was around twelve years old and outsiders always thought she was one of Kellan’s favorite children, who he kept inside his palace.

Once Kellan caught sight of her, his frustration was assuaged greatly and a smile crept up the corners of his lips.

"Come here, little one..." Kellan said, beckoning Annie with his fingers.

The beautiful girl was wearing a pretty white dress while her hair cascaded down her back freely. People could mistake her for one of the King’s granddaughters, a princess, but the look on her face could make you feel the fear that coursed through her veins.

She was on the verge of crying, but she held back her tears and shook her head.

"Why don’t you come closer to me? Don’t you always say I am your favorite?" Kellan frowned, he gestured at Bion to bring Annie closer to him.

Bion was a typical warrior, he had an intimidating appearance and looked so scary, thus it was easy for him to drag this young girl in front of the prince, as he made her kneel before him.

"Good girl..." Kellan said, as he stretched out his hand and touched her hair. "I wish you have red hair... but it’s okay. I like your curls..."

Alan could shift into his beast, but without any ability to fight, coupled with how weak his beast was because he had skipped training for years, just like any other spoiled prince, he couldn’t even fight a guard. No wonder, he almost got himself killed when he fought Ethan.

"What do you want to say?" Alan grumbled, still acting all high and mighty.

Lou tilted his head and looked at the former crown prince. He looked haggard, anger rimmed his eyes red. He looked as stupid as usual. The merchant sighed, he failed to figure out what Cane was planning, but he couldn’t forsake the offer he gave him, thus here he was.

"I have a way for you to get back the respect you deserved from the people."

"Cut the crap and start talking for real!" Alan cussed like a pirate and if it was not for Lou’s tremendous patience and the thought of the benefits he could harvest later, he would turn this man into a snack for monsters.

"Well, as you can see, our situation right now with black magic and the lycan..." Lou started, giving him a little bit of an explanation because Alan cared about nothing else, except himself. "I wonder why the King has not yet written anything to the Holy Kingdom, since it fell under their responsibility to control the black magic users."

Alan frowned. He tried to grasp what Lou wanted to say. "What do you want? You want me to write for the Holy Kingdom?"

"Yes, you are so brilliant!"

Lou fought hard not to roll his eyes when he saw a smug smile appear on Alan’s lips when he praised him. "People from the Holy Kingdom must know how to handle this situation and if you are proven not guilty for the crime of using black magic by the Serafim, you will gain people’s sympathy."