The kiss on her hand made Iris blush, as she nodded absentmindedly. It was either because of the way he kissed her hand, or how happy she was to have breakfast with him tomorrow. She was already looking forward to it.
After their brief conversation inside the carriage, Cane had to return to attend another meeting before he met with Koda.
It was already late at night and they met at the East gate. This was the exit that Cane usually used to get out of the palace through a secret door, since the guards there were his father’s people in the past.
Koda was wearing a thick black cloak and hoodie, which covered his entire face and hid his identity, but of course, Cane knew it was him. Disguising his appearance didn’t help hide his scent.
"When will it happen?" Koda cut straight to the main topic once he saw Cane approaching him. He didn’t waste his time and his voice was filled with tension.
"This is a delicate plan, you can’t be careless." Cane didn’t even bother to hide himself, though he was on the King’s turf. He knew his men and he knew what he needed to do.
"I need to make sure that the bastard crown prince will pay for what he has done and my great grandson will be crowned as the next king," Koda hissed. He looked around, just in case someone was listening.
It was unclear what Cane said to him when he handed Princess Osana’s ring to him, but Koda was under the impression the Crown Prince was part of the reason why Prince Vemion had been taken away by the lycan. He was sure his grandson had died by now and he wanted his great grandson to be the next crown prince, though nobody knew what gender the baby that Laluna carrying would assume.
Vemion wouldn’t have a chance, but his great grandchild would have the whole Red Claw pack as his support and with the facts that would unfold later, they could use it as a leverage to press down the King.
"You will get what you want." Cane didn’t talk much as usual.
Koda narrowed his eyes. "What do you get from this?" He took a step closer to look at the young alpha intensely. "You gain nothing from this."
Cane looked at the old man with the same intensity. "Revenge."
The word was simple, but it carried a lot of weight, and was strong enough to make Koda believe him. After all, you would be so gullible if you thought the King didn’t have a role in the fall of the Howling Wolf pack a decade ago.
And for someone like them, the concept of revenge was way more believable than anything else.
They talked about a few more details of what would happen and Cane gave him a cursory description of what he needed to do and what to feed the Alpha of the Red Claw pack. Albeit, Koda no longer being the Beta of the pack, he was still a trusted and respected man in the eyes of the current alpha.
"I will meet you again in a few days. Be prepared to get out of the city."
Cane left with that statement and went straight to his bedroom. It was only three hours before morning came, which meant he only had those precious three hours to be with his mate.
Once he was inside the bedroom, he saw how Iris slept on the couch, seemingly trying to stay awake, so she could meet him before bed, but unfortunately, she slept like a baby when she was tired. She literally could sleep anywhere without problems.
Recently, her nightmares had reduced to a great extent and she could sleep better.
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