270: THE DOUBT IN THEIR EYES

THE DOUBT IN THEIR EYES

When lady Cyan came to see her son, her perfect brows furrowed with the sight of the little diamond white tiger that curled his bloodied body on the corner of the room. He was barely alive after the torture that he received from Alan. 0

She knew his son well and this sight didn't surprise her, but she didn't like to see blood, especially something unorganized like this room.

She couldn't even tell this was a crown prince room, because everything had been broken and shard of glasses scattered on the floor.

"Mother…" Alan called her, but he stopped to approach lady Cyan when he saw dissatisfaction on her beautiful face.

"Prepare another room for the crown prince," lady Cyan said, as she turned around and walked out of the room, Alan followed her.

"Mother, how could father reproach me so harshly? This is unfair! His son almost died in the hand of that mutt! But, he sided with that slave alpha!" Alan complained right away to his mother, like a five year old boy, though he was in the end of his twenty now.

Lady Cyan was the king's favorite mistress, the king liked her more than he liked his queen, though she was no longer as young as the queen, but her beauty was something that you would rarely see. There was something in her that would attract you and demand your fully attention on her.

She was a shrewd and elegant lady, thus people couldn't understand how a woman like her could give birth to such clueless son like the crown prince.

"Mother!" Alan threw his temper when his mother ignored him, but when lady Cyan stopped walking and turned around to finally face her son, a harsh slap landed on his face.

It was strong enough that made Alan stumbled in his feet and fell on his back. His eyes widened in surprise when he was trying to register what had happened.

In front of him, his mother stood tall with dignity, but her eyes ablaze with rage. This was the first time for Alan to see his mother was so enraged, especially to him.

This was also the first time his mother slapped him.

"Mother, why did you…" Alan blinked his eyes, trying to comprehend the whole situation.

"You are a disappointment." Lady Cyan glanced at the two warriors that stood close to them and they immediately helped Alan to stand up, while he was still reeling with a mixed of emotions. "When will you learn to listen?"

The king and she had warned him to keep his mouth shut and not to escalate the situation, as they would handle it, but this disgraceful son of her didn't listen. He opened his mouth and ruined the plan that the king and she had concocted.

"I coddle you so much, until you don't know how to think and learn to read the situation." Lady Cyan narrowed her eyes, while Alan lowered his head. He looked like a little boy, who was being reprimanded by his parent because of misbehaved.

The sight of this made the royal warriors frowned. How could someone like him be entrusted with the whole kingdom?

What would happen when he finally took the throne?

Sensing the questionable gazes from the warriors, lady Cyan closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She reined in her emotions, it wouldn't look good for her and Alan's image if she lost it in front of them.

It was not a secret that most of people in the court did not favor Alan as the crown prince, they still wanted prince Kellan to take the throne, especially when a decade had passed and the incident had faded away from people's mind.

They still thought, prince Kellan suit more to the role and up to their expectation, more so, people loved him. He won the public's heart, while Alan only created trouble after trouble.

"Meet me in my place right away after you cleaned up yourself," lady Cyan said in stern voice and Alan only could agree timidly.

Once lady Cyan was out of sight, Alan lifted his head and glared at the royal warrior around him. "Call the healer and treat that creature! If he died, all of them will die too!" he roared, venting out his frustration.

He really wanted to torture that diamond white tiger again, but the creature would die if he beat him for one more time, more so, he was the last of his kind and it would be a waste if he had to die.

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Iris lifted her head when she sensed someone entered the room and her lips tugged into a beautiful smile when she saw Cane walked in.

It was so rare for him to return to their bedroom at this hour. It was still afternoon and the weather was not as cold as before, thus Iris opened the window slightly to let the wind entered the room, while she was reading her book.

Hanna was away, thus she didn't want to go out alone, since she didn't want to run into those members of royal family, Nala or Lou.

"Have you eaten?" Cane asked. He approached Iris and glanced at the book in her hand. She was still reading the information about this continent and a long history of the twelve packs in this kingdom.

"Not yet," Iris said, she put away her book. She gave him her fully attention.

"Do you want to have lunch with me?"

Iris was surprised to read that invitation, because she thought Cane only came for changing his clothes or taking something that he forgot, but he actually came to ask her to have a lunch with him?

"Yes, I would love to." She perked up, her eyes shone brightly like the blue sky.

"Change your dress, we will go for a ride." Cane took the book that Iris read and opened it casually.

"We will go for a ride?" Iris blinked her eyes. "Where are we going?"

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