"In the letter, Aliana only said they met with Alan, but there was something unusual about him." Ethan frowned, because he himself was not sure what actually had gone down when they left Diandem pack to the Bloody Wolf pack. "In the letter, Aliana said this person that looked like Alan could do... magic. He killed the four merchants by forcing them to suicide..."
Ethan’s frown even deeper with he recalled what Aliana had written in her letter the moment they arrived in the Bloody Wolf pack. She wrote in detail.
"She thought that was not Alan, because aside from having the same face, there was nothing similar between the person they met that day to the coward king." Ethan moved closer toward Cane, who kept silence. He didn’t talk much nowadays, aside from giving a few orders here and there.
They were in the waiting game and time was very essential at this moment.
"What do you think? More so, with the death of the four merchants, we will have more problem with Karam." Ethan reminded Cane about this fact. Even if they could get the grain for this winter, there was no guarantee, they could do the same next year after they learned about the death of their merchants.
Eventually, it would only add more trouble in their plates sooner or later. Things only got complicated for them.
"How is Iris?" Cane finally opened his mouth and above all the important things that Ethan had relayed to him and a lot of matter that could be potential issues for them in the future, the most important thing in his mind was still his mate.
Maybe if the world was about to collapse one day, the only thing that Cane cared the most still would be his mate.
"She is... still unconscious, but her condition is stable. The healer there told Aliana, she was only exhausted and she will wake up soon."
Cane nodded. "And the baby?" This was his second concern above anything else.
"The baby is also fine. In the letter... Aliana said..." Ethan grimaced, he was not sure if he had to inform this, but Cane would figure it out when he read the letter himself. "Iris happened to bleed, but the healer has concocted a medicine to make her womb strong, so the baby will not be in danger. Both of them are fine now, you don’t need to worry, but in that case, Aliana had to tell the healer about Iris’s pregnancy."
"Keep an eye on the healer. I want someone to monitor her all the time." Aside from Grace, Cane wouldn’t believe anyone else to perform magic on his mate, but the problem was; Grace was here and there were thousands of warriors that needed her and Cane had to keep his rationality intact, when his impulsive desire gnawed his sanity to send Grace straight away to the Bloody Wolf pack.
It would be complicated without the healer here during this battle and to send another healer to replace Grace, it would take times, since they were waiting for the next move. Everything had to happen in order and according to his plan, or else, miscalculated in his part would be the doom for the entire plan.
"Okay, I will send the reply right away," Ethan said and then he proceeded to focus on another important matter. "The Serafim and her knights will arrive in the Bloody Wolf pack in two days."
Cane took a deep breath. He had arranged this way and one of the reasons why he kept Grace by his side, because he had planned for the Serafim herself would come to see Iris for the first time. Though, she couldn’t lift the curse on Koda’s great grandson, but there must be something that she could do to help with Iris condition.
But of course, the event where they met with someone, who looked like Alan was out of his calculation. Who was that person?
Cane’s best guest was that problem involved black magic and Decratic.
Ethan told him that Iris managed to get rid of that man, where he vanished into thin air. But, Aliana was not sure, whether that man had died of simply disappeared and Cane couldn’t be more proud than this for his mate for being able to handle the situation well.
Though the aftermath, where she lost her consciousness was still worrisome.
"Alpha Nolan is still besieging the pack and the border warriors crept in. There were around a thousand warriors, who died on our side, but we will be really doomed the moment their reinforcement arrived."
"Who leads the reinforcement." Cane took the letter from Aliana in Ethan’s hand, he would read it more detail about what happened to Iris later.
"Our spy has not yet confirmed anything yet, but it seems someone from the capital."
It meant, it could be anyone.
"What about Red Claw pack?" Cane asked grimly.
"They are..."
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Even though the dispute about the throne was between the royal and the Red Claw pack, but it seemed the attention fell on Cane instead.
It was understandable, since Cane was the real threat for occupying the whole southern area, while Red Claw pack only had this sick baby, who they pushed toward the throne. Once they lost the baby due to the curse, they wouldn’t have anything anymore to stand their ground.
"Why do you have to be cursed? Why can’t you be healed?!" Laluna was frustrated with her baby, but when little Vemion was crying, she cried as well. This whole thing was too stressful for her. "Please, don’t cry. I am sorry. I will not shout at you again."
Things had escalated very fast. Alpha Colter and Koda decided to use their a hundred of magic user to launch an attack to Golden Light pack first, knowing their warriors went out to the battlefield, thus the protection of the pack was not the best, despite their pack member were all a fighter, but they couldn’t stand a chance against this sneak attack that involved magic users. Mere pack members were not trained to fight magic.
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