King Aeon only glanced at Iris for a brief second 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 that one unnecessary detail about Sofia.
"Yes, that woman," King Aeon said, disgruntled. "You should have brought her with you to greet me. After all, 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 rumors 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 how unhappy the King was as tension swirled thick 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 corners 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 less than a week ago." Cane subtly implied to the spy that the King had put within his pack.
King Aeon narrowed his eyes, he looked annoyed by Cane’s statement, while Alpha Dristan frowned. Was it wise to provoke the King when he just arrived? He wondered what kind of game that Cane was actually 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 rumors about the Alpha rejecting Sofia and the baby being someone else’s, from who overheard the conversation, but then, the Alpha letting her stay in the Luna’s bedroom sent a mixed interpretation to them.
Some of the Alpha’s actions contradict one another...
It confused not just the members 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 that the baby is indeed 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 be confused as well with Cane’s actions and the way he was implying the situation, thus he could feel the King and the rest of the members of the pack.
However, the Beta was so relieved 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 have left for them to deal with.
"My wise king, I am very honored that this matter concerns you so much." Every time Cane praised King Aeon, the latter felt like he was being insulted instead. This irked the King and the Alpha knew it, thus he was very generous with his compliments. "Our Majesty, you don’t need to worry about this matter. I have 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 worse comes to the worst, you will be on my side to uphold justice and this matter will still be your concern."
King Aeon was vexed, he felt like he was walking straight into a trap without him realizing it. "You are thinking too much into that, Gallot will not do such a thing." He waved his hand, as if trying to get rid of the annoyance he felt right now.
Meanwhile, Cane was still smiling harmlessly. "Yes, there is no way Alpha Gallot will pull such a trick, right? After all, the punishment for defrauding the royal family is heavier than simply deceiving an alpha."
There, Cane smoothly connected the issue to his royal bloodline.
"I want to see Hanna," Iris said when they walked in the corridor, where they met an intersection. She would need to take her right if she wanted to see Hanna. "I have not seen her since yesterday." And this bothered her. Even though Hanna was fine and she probably had healed by now, Iris wanted to see that her wounds had healed with her own eyes. freewēbnoveℓ.com
From what she remembered, the wounds were so deep and there was so much blood. Every time she remembered it, she couldn’t hold back her anger. She hated it when someone dear to her got 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 either his beta or gamma not mentioning it, it was clear to see that 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 sides 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 heads and tried to look somewhere else, but they would end up stealing a glance or two at the two of them every other second.
Jace and Ethan were dumbfounded, they started to think Lu was taking over Cane’s body again when they heard Iris moaning softly.
It was not an innocent peck like Cane used to display in front of them, even so, that alone was already a surprise for the onlookers, let alone a full blown kiss like this.
"Can’t he spare us single people here?" Ethan groaned. What was this? Was the Alpha being petty for his slip of tongue this morning?
By the time 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 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 stood 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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