207: BICKERING

BICKERING

Cane watched how Iris swaddled her way through the thick snow. Hanna indeed had done her job thoroughly, because right now, his mate looked like she was having a hard time not only because of the snow, but also the few layers of cloaks that were put on her tiny body.

From afar, she looked like a pile of walking blankets. Her auburn hair was well hidden under the hoodie and the shawl.

"I think Hanna overdid it…" Will grimaced when he followed Cane's line of sight and found what he was looking at. "Where are they going? Is it okay to let them roam around?" He frowned when he saw Redmond and Ethan started bickering again.

Cane and a few warriors had scoured this area before their lunch and were pretty sure this place was only a vast land and there was nothing dangerous out there, thus he didn't stop them, after all there were both Ethan and Redmond with her.

"Should I ask them to come back?" Will asked Cane.

However, the Alpha rejected the idea curtly. "No. Continue," he said, asking for Will to continue with his report before Cane got distracted by his mate again.

"Mal and Lex managed to spread rumors about dark magic in the Riverside pack and now all the shifters are aware of its existence. People in the capital started to demand the King to investigate further about the truth behind it, but the royals are still not budging."

It was not strong enough to shake the King's confidence, as he remained silent, as if there was nothing major happening.

"The rumors about the lycan are also being mentioned," Will said carefully. He looked at Cane uncomfortably.

"Good. Tell the two of them to continue."

"Are you sure it will be fine to spread the rumors about the lycan?" Will was very worried because Cane was treading a dangerous ground by exposing the rumors about the lycan. He exposed himself by letting people know about the cursed shifter's existence.

"Many people had already seen it," Cane stated the truth.

"Those are our people. I don't think they would speak about it recklessly if we said it would endanger our pack."

"Do you think the King's spy will not let him know about it?" This uncovered spy of the King still vexed Cane because even until now, they didn't know who it was.

One more day their identity was still uncovered, it would be another day they would sit on edge. Jace had a lot of homework this time.

On another note, Cane would rather have the rumors come from him, than the King, because he could control the information that the people got. If this came from King Aeon, the end result would be something that would put him at a greater disadvantage.

At the very least, the king couldn't accuse him of hiding the existence of the lycan and pin his suspicions on him, because even now, people still believed the lycan was still in the Goffa mountain, though the searching party had been withdrawn.

"Send Leros ahead and ask him to scour the capital city." Cane then gave him a few more orders before Will left. After that, the Alpha could see his mate squatting down on the snow covered ground, staring at something, but he couldn't see her expression from this distance.

"Alpha, can I go with Leros ahead to the capital city?" Aderan approached Cane after he heard the new order from the Alpha for Leros.

There were six spies that used to work for his father, but right now they pledged their loyalty to Cane; they were; Arthur, Clad, Leros, Nexus, Mal and Lex.

While Nexus was in the Celestial Moon pack, Arthur had stayed in their pack to help Jace. Mal and Lex were out there to spread the rumors, thus it left Clad and Leros to join this small group.

"No," Cane replied curtly. "We will be there in a week."

It wouldn't do any good if people from the palace spotted him in the capital city, since they knew Aderan was his personal guard. As for Leros, not many people knew about him and probably the King himself didn't know about his existence and couldn't track him back to Cane.

Hearing the rejection, Aderan lowered his head and looked a little bit gloomy. He simply wanted to rush to the capital city because he wanted to be close to the queen, but then without entering the palace, he would have little to no chance to see her.

Therefore, it was only his impulsive request to go with Leros.

"Okay," Aderan replied in a defeated tone and then busied himself with what he was doing earlier.

Meanwhile, Cane stared at his mate in the distance, but then he decided to check on another thing instead of knowing what Ethan showed her that piqued her interest.

Actually, it was not something extravagant, it was only a little flower that bloomed in the crack of a stone. This little flower was in the color of white and currently, Ethan and Redmond had been bickering about what flower was that.

"It's a white lily," Redmond said.

"Hell no! Do you even know about flowers?!" Ethan retorted.

"So, what are you? A flower boy!?"2

"Hey, hey, enough… why are you fighting over this?" Hanna was trying to calm them both, but now they directed their attention toward her.

"You are a woman," Redmond stated something that was very obvious. "Tell me, what flower is that!?" He pointed his finger at the flower.

Hanna widened her eyes innocently, despite being a woman, she knew nothing about flowers. "I don't know…"

"How come you don't know? Are you even a woman?" And there Redmond was, once again showcasing his poor choice of words.

"Hey! It has nothing to do with her being a woman!" Ethan shouted at him. "You don't even know how to fight despite being a man!"

"I am going to kill you!"

"Come here! I have been itching to beat someone up!"

Hanna was speechless to see the two of them being like this, thankfully, Iris couldn't hear the commotion behind her.

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