266: THE ASSASINATION PLAN

THE ASSASINATION PLAN

"If I remember correctly, the crown prince got a hold of the golden stamp in the past." Cane deigned a little bit recognition on Alan, as he glanced at him briefly. "So, I assumed, with a huge responsibility that the king entrusted me, my duty will hold the same importance like the crown prince had, for him to get a hold of the golden stamp in the past."1

It was an insult that Cane wrapped into beautiful words.

Everyone in this main hall knew Alan didn't have anything important when he got a hold of the golden stamp. The truth was; he created chaos in the whole kingdom, which only ended after two years, but he only got six months punishment.

All of the people in the court were very displeased at that time and made a petition to dethrone the crown prince and for the king to choose someone else, who was more competence, yet the king didn't budge, even until this second, Alan was still crowned as the next person to the throne.

And again, Cane brought up the unspoken topic that shouldn't have mentioned in front of the king and put the sovereign between the rock and hard place.

King Aeon couldn't refuse that because Cane had set a comparison of the importance of the situation between him and Alan.

It was ridiculous when Alan was allowed to hold the golden stamp when he only fooled around with it, while the king refused Cane to have it in such critical moment such as this time.

"Yes, you can have the golden stamp," King Aeon said through his gritted teeth.

Hearing that, Alan whipped his head and was about to protest again, but he immediately clamped his mouth and lowered his head when he heard his father's voice boomed in his head, as he warned him harshly through mindlink.

The pitiful crown prince could only ball his fists and endure the humiliation, while cussing Cane out in his mind. He would jump to the first opportunity if he had a chance to kill this alpha and for that thought, Alan and king Aeon shared the same sentiment.

"Thank you, my king, you are wise and just." Cane finally bent down and knelt in front of Archie, as he received the missive, which symbolized he accepted the duty, the direct order from the king in front of everyone.

The member of the Howling Wolf pack that was there had a mixed feeling, especially Ethan and Iris, who knew the storm had not yet passed.

Even though Cane received the golden stamp, but the fact that he had to solve the problem with the lycan, the black magic, the curse on princess Osana and also calmed down the public, was way too much.

How he would handle that? How he could deal with the problem with the lycan when he was the lycan!

"Alpha…" Iris tugged his sleeve when they finally could leave the main hall and the problem about Ethan finally ended, but none of them looked delighted.

The new duty from the king meant they had to spend months in the capital city and no one thrilled with that news.

"Later," Cane said. He grabbed Iris's hand that tugged his sleeve and pulled her away toward different direction of their bedroom.

Usually, Cane would send her back to her bedroom and let Hanna accompanied her until night came and she fell asleep. Cane would come and they sleep throughout the night, while the next morning he would leave without any explanation.

But right now, Cane actually took her with him to the warrior quarter, where he pulled Iris inside the room and he closed the door after Ethan entered as well, giving the three of them some privacy.

Meanwhile, out there, the rest of the warrior was baffled. They knew the alpha would have a private talk with his gamma, but why the luna was inside the room as well? They looked at each other, but none of them could figure out what was in their alpha's mind to include his mate in his private talk with Ethan. Iris was no help and had nothing to do with it.

Not only them, even Iris herself was confused, as she retreated to the corner and make her presence as insignificant as possible.

On the other hand, Cane and Ethan seemed completely forgot about her existence, as they stared at each other. The gamma had a lot to say, but he couldn't bring himself to ask the question without getting emotional.

He was frustrated and humiliated, even though he didn't need to crawl and beg for forgiveness to the damned crown prince, there was still turmoil inside of him.

Cane waited like usual, until his gamma was ready for having a conversation with him.

"What did you mean with what you said to me earlier? Did you say that only to placate me?" Ethan finally spoke after he was sure that he wouldn't snap at his alpha. "Or do you have some plan to kill that nasty person?" he hissed viciously. His whole body was trembling, he fought himself to shift into his beast and rushed out of the room to kill Alan or anyone from the royal family.

"I have a plan," Cane replied curtly.

"What is it?" Ethan narrowed his eyes. He calmed down a little bit when he heard that.

"You will know when the time comes."

Ethan growled when he heard that, though he expected this from his alpha. Cane would give them an order without a bigger picture of what he was going to do, the only thing they needed to focus on was to execute the order smoothly.

The only time they would know his whole plan was when they saw the end result of it and they put two and two together.

"I want to be the one to kill him."

"Hm." Cane nodded.

Meanwhile, Iris clutched her chest. Was it alright to discussing the plan to assassinate the crown prince so casually like this?

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