The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 46

Chapter 46: THE SOLUTION AND THE DEMAND

The king watched everything play out before his eyes, but he said nothing. This was the first time for him to meet with his nephew and he thought, after years of slavery, he would be easy to deal with, since Gerald would have broken him physically and mentally.

And yet, here he was, being so cunning with him. He turned the tables around and used the rules against the king himself.

The fact that they had castrated Mason, which rendered him unable to produce an heir, was something that he couldn’t refute, since the law said that one couldn’t be the alpha without having the ability to ensure his line of succession.

Moreover, King Aeon couldn’t punish Cane, since he made use of a different law, which said that he was allowed to do anything to the war prisoners, including killing them. The king used the same law to refuse to help the Howling Wolf pack in time of their need before.

"In this case, we need..." Alpha Gill was about to offer a solution, but Cane didn’t allow him to talk.

"He is not the only child that Alpha Gerald has." Cane looked at Jace and he nodded before walking away from the room.

Not long after, Will entered the room with Iris. He looked a little bit confused with the whole situation, thus when he was not ordered to go out, he stayed there to see how the whole thing unfolded.

"Alpha Gerald has a daughter." Cane glanced at Iris, who was trying to stay away from her brother, even though at this time Mason wouldn’t be able to do anything in his current condition. But the fear that had been instilled in her couldn’t be shaken off easily. "Based on our law, if the first heir is not capable of carrying the legacy, then the responsibility will be carried by the next child."

The five alphas gasped in shock when the realization finally dawned on them. Their eyes widened, while the king remained expressionless. If anything, he stared at Cane sharply, yet the alpha didn’t falter at all with his intention.

Meanwhile, Aderan and Will, who finally caught up with their alpha’s plan, were flabbergasted. They both stared at the beta and the gamma, trying to find out whether this was the alpha’s plan all along, yet they seemed to be as speechless as they were.

"What do you mean!?" Alpha James pounded his fist against the table, as he stood up, enraged.

"You want to place her as the luna?! A woman can’t lead a pack!" Alpha Gian was furious as well. He didn’t want to be on the same level as a woman, for him, a woman existed only to satisfy a man’s needs.

It was unheard of for a woman to lead a pack.

"You are crazy if you think a woman like her can lead a pack!" Alpha Gill was still miffed about the fact that Iris managed to run away in the middle of the welcoming party, when her status was still a slave, because they were distracted by Mason.

Iris flinched to hear how they were snarling at Cane. She wanted to step back, but Mason was lying naked behind her. While in front of her, the five alphas looked like they would snap her neck in two once they were given a chance.

On the other hand, the four men behind Cane, gritted their teeth and hardened their jaws to contain their anger. They wanted to attack them all for screaming at their alpha.

They were still not sure whether it was right to let Iris rise in ranks. There could be a backlash from their own people for this, but despite all of that, their unity was so strong. They would fight anyone that wanted to harm one of them, especially Cane.

Their alpha had done everything, including the unimaginable things for them to break free from the slavery. They had gone through hell together and they would never leave anyone behind.

"She is your slave! You are the one who made her a slave!" Alpha Darrian from Crystal Moon pack pointed this fact out.

"Right! A slave can’t rise in rank, unless she is your mate!" Alpha Gill agreed with his fellow alpha.

"Yes, she is," Cane replied calmly.

Jace and Ethan immediately knew what Cane would do after this and how he would assure them about Iris being his mate.

This was by no means intentional, but Cane seemed to be making the most of it.

"She is my chosen mate." Cane emphasized this, which sent waves of shock among them.

They thought this last day of decision making would be as easy as taking a walk in the garden, as Cane didn’t have anything to go against the decision and argue with them. Alas, they were so wrong about it.

"You can’t choose her as your mate randomly without a second thought just because you don’t want to give up the Blue Moon pack." This time, it was the king, who was talking, he stood up from his seat, which made alpha James sit down.

All of them were fuming, even the people from the Howling Wolf pack were livid, it was only Cane, who remained calm and Iris, who fretted by how tense the situation was, while Mason was not able to say or do anything. He cursed Cane and his sister. She was so useless, but his enemy found a good use of her.

If he knew it would turn out like this, Mason would have killed Iris a long time ago. What a useless creature! She put him in misery, since she gave Cane a weapon to go against the king’s decision.

"I didn’t choose her randomly. I have given some thought about it." Cane lied smoothly. There was no way he wanted his enemy’s daughter to be the luna of his pack. Not in his wildest dreams.

"Don’t lie to the king!" Alpha James snapped and this made Ethan growl at him. "What is that?!" Alpha James’s sharp eyes found the gamma, as he glared at him sharply.