286: IRIS WAS CONFLICTED

IRIS WAS CONFLICTED

"How could the king still hold back the investigation about what happened? Vemion is still his son, though he was not the crown prince." Laluna cried again, as she caressed her stomach. She was due to give birth in the next month, she was so scared and her mood was erratic with the whole matter regarding the fourth prince. The stress was too much for a pregnant woman like her. 2

"The king doesn't want to attract people's attention and muddy the already worse situation in the public's eyes," Iris said. "That's what Cane told me."

The relationship between Iris and Cane returned to normal, or as normal as it could. They didn't talk about it again, as if they had never had that conversation in the first place, but her decision of what she chose, would determine what kind of relationship they would have in the future and Iris still had three days left.

"Still, Vemion is his son. The king is so cold." Laluna wiped her tears, her emotions were all over the places.

On the other hand, Iris felt so bad. She knew prince Vemion had died and how he died… thus, to come here and have a tea with Laluna, while consoling her about her grievances, felt so fake. This made Iris uncomfortable.

This was one thing that Cane wanted to emphasize to Iris. She couldn't be soft hearted, because she would encounter this difficult situation many times.

Iris would be fine if her feeling was genuine when she felt sorry for Laluna, but she knew the truth, she knew too much for her own good and it wreaked her from inside to be pretentious like this.

Cane adored how clear Iris's emotion was, there was no underlying meaning behind her action, neither he had to read too deep in each word she said.

However, being a good person was not equal to be a good company. His enemy could use her to get to him and that was the most common method one would use to scheme against their opponent.

"The alpha is the head of the search party, isn't he?" Laluna suddenly said, she wiped her tears from her cheeks and immediately grabbed Iris's hands. "I want to see him. I want to talk to him. Can you help me to meet with him?"

It went without saying, as the king's special envoy, the king confidently gave the responsibility to Cane to find the fourth prince and calm the public. The king efficiently put all the brunt on the alpha.

"My mate will have announced it if he found out something." Iris tried to dodge the plea. "You don't need to be worry, princess."

Instead of calling him as 'the alpha' or using his name, Iris went straight to call Cane as 'her mate'. She was empathized with Laluna's situation, but it didn't mean she was alright with her talking to her mate, knowing how she felt about Cane and the way she looked at him.

Iris had taken a great pain to come here and choose this time because Cane was away, so she would have a reason why Laluna couldn't meet with him, but she directly asked her to meet with her mate. Somehow, this annoyed her.

"My mate has worked so hard, even if you talk to him and push him to find the fourth prince immediately, he still can't do that." Iris blinked, staring at Laluna innocently. "My mate will find your mate, princess. You don't need to worry."

Called her petty, but what she said was true. Laluna wouldn't help with anything by talking to Cane. More so, Cane would definitely find prince Vemion, since he was the only person, who knew where the dead body of the prince was.

Time flew by and the tension in the palace didn't reduce at all, if anything, everyone was on edge with the arrival of the people from the Red Claw pack and the king's health had been deteriorating, as healers went in and out from his chamber.

Because of that also, he made the envoy from the Red Claw pack waited for him, which didn't make them happy at all.

"Useless piece of shit!" King Aeon threw the ink bottle toward Leon, which made the old warrior's face stained with dark liquid, even so, he still didn't dare to raise his head and look at the king, neither he had the guts to complain.

Standing on the side, Nala gritted her teeth to see her father was being treated that way, but there was nothing she could do, aside from to calm down the king's wrath, as she went toward him and started to massage his shoulders.

"Alpha Cane has not yet found any clue about the fourth prince whereabout, I am very sure he will make progress. He is a reliable person, after all."

King Aeon narrowed his eyes, as he pulled Nala onto his laps. She had been staying inside his chamber for days and took care of the king's need every now and then. The king didn't even care when he did her in front of Leon. It was a way for the king to humiliate both father and daughter because they didn't meet his expectation.

"Don't praise another man in front of me, understood?" The king squeezed her breast, which made Nala gasped painfully, as she nodded. "What is your plan with Cane?"

Nala felt uncomfortable when the king slipped his hand under her dress and started to fondle her breast. Leon was still here and Nala didn't want to be seen in intimate moment with her father nearby.

"Tomorrow alpha Cane and prince Kellan decided to go to the orphanage and I will go with them."

"Foolish woman. Do you really thing by coming to the orphanage and play with those dirty children will make you his mistress?" The king started kissing her slender neck.

"I… I have plan…" Nala stuttered. She really wanted to push this old king away from her. "I will go with the witch that Lady Cyan recommended to me."

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