229: CANE'S STRANGE AFFECTION

CANE'S STRANGE AFFECTION

A wave of shock coursed through everyone present when they heard what Cane said, their face blanched and they were slightly worried for the alpha, as they stole a glance at the king. 2

Princess Osana narrowed her eyes, during this dinner, she had been paying close attention to this alpha and luna, and now her gaze became even more complicated, it was unsure what she was thinking about.

Meanwhile, king Aeon's expression turned darker, his veins popped up on his forehead, as his grip on his queen, who was sitting on his laps tightened, he was livid beyond word, rightly so after hearing such rude respond from Cane.

After all, he should be grateful because the king gave Nala as his mistress after he lost one due to the dark magic, it could be said the king gave him a grapevine to be connected with the royal family, but Cane didn't need that, he was part of the royal family after all.

Queen Della grimaced, she bit her lips tightly to prevent herself from screaming in pain because right now the king's claw dug on her hips.

But to everyone surprised, the king let go of this matter. He let it slide about how rude Cane was to reject his grace for him.

Instead, he guffawed, as if he found Cane's respond was funny. "I guess, you have a particular taste for you to reject such a beauty like her!"

The king waved his hand, indicating Nala to retreat, as she stood behind Cane, just like the other mistresses.

"Yes." Cane nodded, he was smiling gently at the king, the kind of smile that was only for formality. "I like red hair and blue eyes the most."

If it was not for the problem with Asturi stem and the wave of monsters in the north, Cane wouldn't be able to act brassly like this in front of the king and kept his polite front.

However, it was the king fault to corner him and force him to resolve to respond that way when king Aeon shoved Nala to him. It was also a warning for the king, since Cane held his weakness.

Even so, Ethan's verdict had not yet decided, thus Cane still needed to hold himself back and give some face for him to lessen the damage of his image in front of his subject.

"How strange, I like red color too!" Lou chimed in cheeky tone, as he flapped his cloak, to show them that he was wearing red. This was the only color that he was wearing and everyone, who met him before, must have known this. "Apparently we have the same taste!"

However, his words could have a double meaning as well.

"I can see that," Cane replied lightly.

Meanwhile, Iris was so quiet during the whole banter, as she was still in disbelieve with Cane's blatant rejection for the king's offer, especially the choice of words that he used, she thought only Redmond would act brazenly without thinking of the consequences, but Cane didn't seem to mind to offend the king.

Iris thought that way because she was not clear about the secret meeting between Cane and king Aeon regarding the Asturi stem and the monster wave in the north.

"I think both of you can get along well," Princess Osana chimed in, she was all smiling. Her hard expression vanished in a matter of second and she appeared like a nice aunt, who wanted to calm the situation, since the tension was pretty suffocating after Cane's rejection and now Lou talked so daringly.

Even though everyone was laughing, thinking it was a joke, but they knew this merchant was trying to provoke Cane.

Cane nodded, agreed with what she said, but then he added in casual tone. "As long as he doesn't touch what is mine, we can get along well."

Lou grinned when he heard that. "How territorial, typical of shifter."

Seeing that, Alan narrowed his eyes at Lou. He thought this merchant must hold a grudge against the alpha. Probably they could work together…

On the other hand, Cane paid no mind to Lou's respond and instead fixed his attention on Iris. He pushed a dessert toward her and a few fruits to her plate. It was something that none of them had ever done to their mate. A small and insignificant gesture that showed his affection.

In which, made Iris slightly confused. He didn't need to do this to this extent. Did he do this for a show? Iris didn't know for sure what Cane's plan was, but she enjoyed the attention that was given to her.

Even though, there was something that made her slightly uncomfortable, Nala's gaze bore on her head. She was standing right behind them, as she witnessed the display of affection that Cane showed to the whole people in this room and how he didn't let go of Iris's hand if it was not necessary.

She had never met a man like that before, a man who treated a woman so affectionate, since all the man that she met in this royal palace only nice to her when they wanted to bed her.

In the end, it was time for midnight, where they would go out to the balcony and the king and queen would greet his subject, while all the royal family stood behind him and the mistresses were dismissed.

Iris stood next to Cane, as she pressed her body against him because the night winter wind was so cold. She shuddered slightly, the dark cloak that she was wearing didn't help to keep her warm.

Feeling how his mate snuggled against him, Cane draped his own cloak on her shoulder and put his hand on her hips, as he drew her closer, without saying anything.

Meanwhile, below the balcony, Aderan raised his head and stared at the queen, his eyes obscured with her beauty and how he wanted to snatch her away from the king. He hated it when the king kissed her passionately in front of the people.

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