The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 452

Chapter 452: THE ROOM WITH CITRUS SCENT

Iris knew Cane was suspicious of Lady Cyan and he was cautious of her. Instead of the King, Cane actually put his attention more on the Lady.

If it was in the past, she would have started fidgeting the moment she understood what Lady Cyan was trying to imply and be bothered when the topic of Aria came up. She didn’t want to be blamed for her death, because somehow, she felt that way, since the people in the Howling Wolf pack mourned her death so much.

As she was the first person who was sentenced to death by Cane. The first death order that happened after they freed themselves from the slavery.

However, now, since Iris didn’t have too many expectations on these people, she felt a little bit lighter and it was less stressful than groveling to be accepted by them.

On the other hand, Cane put down his glass and looked at Lady Cyan calmly to answer her question. "My Lady, are you trying to say that I have ordered Aria to kill those three innocent children? Because that’s what she did. Not only did she get involved with dark magic, but she killed children as well. The punishment fits the crime." Cane smiled harmlessly. "I am trying to be fair here. I even ordered the death sentence of my own mistress, it shouldn’t surprise you that I immediately executed the five alphas for the same crime."

That was a very logical thing to do. Cane was being fair by delivering the same execution to a similar crime.

Iris lowered her head and smiled to herself at Cane’s reply. Her face brightened with satisfaction, she was so proud of him for turning the tables around and being so calm to answer Lady Cyan’s jab. She never doubted this man when it came to twisting words.

And he was her man...

The thought made her blush, reminding her of her numb hand and his face when he got his release. Well, the sight of him was worth the pain...

And Iris kept blushing, which made Cane wonder what she was thinking right now, because while everyone was on the edges of their seats and looked like they were too afraid to breathe too loudly, Iris was being bashful when Cane didn’t even tease her at all.

He was having a vicious banter with Lady Cyan using polite words, something that couldn’t possibly have made her blush, nor think of something inappropriate.

There were a moment or two, where he couldn’t understand her, but he liked the sight of her right now nonetheless...

"How’s Prince Alan doing, My Lady?" Cane asked, but his next words made Alpha Dristan kiss his new mistress to suppress his laughter. "I heard he was actually the one who had invited the people from the Holy Kingdom to come. He must have cleaned up his underground first, or else, the people from the Holy Kingdom will not be happy to see it. I am worried they will misunderstand the situation and think the people there were used as a sacrifice, since he was accused of getting involved in dark magic."

Lady Cyan’s smile didn’t falter at all when she heard how Cane retaliated to her words, while the King still kept mum, he looked around the dining hall, not bothered to be interested to join the banter when it was actually him who had started it.

"I am so thankful for your concern, Alpha Cane. Prince Alan has been trying to atone for his sins and prove to the people that he is innocent in regards of the accusation of himself using dark magic, that’s why he did his best to solve the problem, since we still didn’t know whether or not the lycan will appear again after the death of the five alphas. He did his best to help in this situation." Lady Cyan deflected the main point of Cane’s jab and focused on something else, which made her son look less guilty.

"I see, I see," Cane replied considerately, which made Iris want to laugh, as she reached her hand to take the fork, but when she was about to put the meat into her mouth, she lost her grip on the fork and the meat fell on her dress.

Her hand still hadn’t recovered its strength.

"Ah!" Iris gasped to see the stain on her dress. When she lifted her head, she caught Cane’s eyes. The Alpha stared at her with amusement dancing in his dark eyes. He even had the audacity to smirk at her! Iris really wanted to be upset, only she felt so bashful.

"What happened? Is your hand fine?" Cane asked innocently. He seemed to be in a good mood and didn’t think of the situation with Lady Cyan and the King seriously.

"Fine," Iris mumbled and then excused herself to change her dress, she apologized for the disruption and stood up.

But then, Cane too stood up with her. He grabbed her hand to make her stay for a while, because there was something he wanted to say first.