The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 45

Chapter 45: THEY WERE OUT OF OPTION

"Did the alpha know about this? The curse can be cured..." Iris muttered to herself, as she held the book close to her chest, thinking of how to tell him about this.

Serafim came to this continent fifteen years ago, for the royal wedding of the king and the queen. At that time, King Aeon and Queen Della were only the crown prince and the crown princess.

Their succession to the throne had left bad blood within the royal family, but fortunately, Cane’s mother was left out of it, because she stayed away from the capital and followed her mate back to the Howling Wolf pack.

She didn’t give any indication that she wanted to be crowned as the heir. That was why she was the only half sibling that survived, but it was no longer the case now, since Alpha Gerald killed her along with her husband.

Iris learned about all of this from her teacher when she was ten years old and she remembered how proud he was when he explained to a ten years old little girl the gory scene that was the death of Cane’s parents. He told her in detail, despite Iris having tears in her eyes, not wanting to know about that. He made sure she read his lips and knew what he was talking about.

Iris wanted to read more, but then she would have spent a lot of time in this library and she needed to get some sleep before she went to work in the mines the next day.

But then, she realized that she was attracting unwanted attention by finding these magic stones easily, so she wouldn’t find any stones tomorrow, which meant, there would be no warm meal for her.

She was not sure whether she had to hide this fact or not.

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"The queen said that the king is planning to put one of his people in charge of the Blue Moon pack and he has gotten the five alphas to approve the same," Aderan reported this information to his alpha.

Today would be the last day of their meeting and the king would announce his decision about the fate of the Blue Moon pack, as he was against the idea of merging the two packs together, since it would make Cane the alpha of two packs. The other five alphas supported the king’s decision.

"What should we do?" Aderan asked in a concerned voice. They would be damned to let those wicked people from the Blue Moon pack that had been involved in torturing them to be free and taste their freedom again.

Most of the people in the Howling Wolf pack demanded Cane to kill them all if things had come to that. Why would the king meddle in their business when he turned a blind eye while they were enslaved for a decade?

The king didn’t have any right to get involved.

Cane shared the same sentiment. His uncle shouldn’t have bothered to come all the way to the Blue Moon pack, he should have sat quietly on his throne.

"What about the messengers?" Cane turned his head to talk to Will, who was walking on his left side.

"They were supposed to arrive this noon, five of them had returned, but two messengers were still on their way here," Will reported the situation and Cane only nodded.

They didn’t slow down their steps toward the strategy room, where they held the meeting. The five alphas had been waiting for him. The king would arrive last.

Once Cane stepped into the room, he saw the alphas were sitting on their respective seats, while their betas and gammas stood a step behind their alphas.

The tension was so thick, as they awaited the final decision that would seal the fate of the Blue Moon pack. They would fight tooth and nail for this pack to not be merged with Howling Wolf pack, because aside from all the benefits that Cane would get, he would monopolize the mines all by himself if that happened.

Jace and Ethan immediately approached Cane and stood behind him when he sat down on his seat. The room was so quiet, it was so different from the day of the introduction a week ago.

[Ask Will to find Iris and bring her here on my order.] Cane mind linked the beta.

Gerald had done something to Cane in his slavery days, which severed the mind link between the members of the Howling Wolf pack.

He forced them all to drink poison, which cut the ties between one another, to weaken their unity, but only recently Cane managed to mend the severed bonds, but it was only with his beta and gamma, and they couldn’t use it if they were more than three steps away from each other.

Jace immediately walked toward the door and talked to Will about what the alpha had ordered him to do.

"Why should we get that girl?" Will frowned so hard. He thought this matter had nothing to do with her.

"Just do what you are told," Jace said and then patted his back. "Go."

Will didn’t have any other choice and left the premises to go to the mines, where Iris would be at this hour.

Not long after that, the king arrived and the final discussion about the fate of the Blue Moon pack would be decided now.

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Not too far from Iris, Will was standing with his arms folded in front of his chest, staring at her with a stoic expression. People tended to look at her this way if they were not directing a hostile gaze at her, thus she was used to this.

"You need to come with me," Will said, once Iris looked at him. "Now." He added when Iris didn’t move.

"Where to?" Iris asked, she stood up and dusted her dirty dress off the debris.

"This is the alpha’s order," Will replied.

That was enough reason for Iris to stop asking about anything. If this was the alpha’s order, then she couldn’t afford to make him wait for long. She was afraid that he would show his temper. _{ƒгeewёbnovel.com}