189: SILVER PLATE

SILVER PLATE

"Alpha, the monster attacks in the North have gone crazy and Alpha Derick believes the King has been using the Asturi stem to aggravate them in order to keep him in his pack, just like ten years ago."

Ten years ago, there were repeated monster attacks in the North. It was so bad that Alpha Derick couldn't move an inch from his pack, let alone send troops to help ward off the doom of the Howling Wolf pack.

More so, Kellan, the Crown Prince at that time, the very person that both Cane's father and Alpha Derick supported, was ripped off his title because of his misconduct with Gerald's mate.

When you saw the bigger picture, you could see clearly that all of the things that transpired had been fabricated and now, the King wanted to use the same method to clip off Cane's support from the North by brewing the same scheme. After all, Cane managed to take two packs under him, especially with the magic stone mines in the picture. 

How boring the King was to use the same method again…

"Did Alpha Derick find any trace of the Asturi stem there?" Cane asked languidly, as he moved toward the bed and sat there. His body moved to get closer to his mate unconsciously.

"It is hard to tell because from what the sorcerers there said, the traces of Asturi stem are hard to locate, especially after three days had passed, but they still tried."

The Asturi stem that Cane got from Lou was still in his hands and with this information, he knew what the King wanted to do with this. But, how stupid he was to give that task to his very 'reliable' Crown Prince .

"Alpha Derick can't give the sorcerer at this moment because the situation there is very critical and right now, Nexus is tracking down the distribution of the Asturi stem."

Because this was a rare thing and was not commonly found in the market, it would be easier to track down its buyers in the past few months.

"Alpha Derick also gave me this to deliver it straight to you." Aderan approached Cane and gave a piece of parchment, but its texture was quite different from that of a normal parchment. This particular parchment almost felt like it was made of scales.

However, when he unfolded it, there was nothing inside of it, which made Cane frown, but Aderan put it on the bed and straightened it.

"I can only use this once, because it is sealed by magic and unless there is someone who could use magic, we can't see it again." Therefore, they had to pay close attention to this.

"Do it." Cane nodded, he wanted to see what would happen.

Aderan then took off his gloves and wiped the surface of the parchment with his bare hand, at which some lines appeared on the surface of the parchment and from the looks of it, they constituted a map.

From the visage, it was not a map of the Ogregon continent. Cane had never seen this place before.

"What is the meaning of this?" The image that appeared only lasted for a minute before it was gone and the parchment showed blank space.

"Alpha Derick only said he needs to see you in person to discuss this matter," Aderan replied.

Cane was silent for a while, before he put away the parchment and waved his hand, indicating Aderan to leave. "Call Jace and Ethan to come."

"Yes, Alpha."

It was an act of sheer luck that Cane got his senses back before he shifted back into his human form in front of the other warriors.

He managed to run away from the scene, while they looked after Iris and it was only Jace, who came looking for him.

Until now, no one knew the lycan was the Alpha, aside from the people inside the bedroom that night when he shifted into his lycan form.

All the warriors that scoured the Goffa mountain thought the lycan managed to escape and was still in the mountain, while the Alpha was still sick.

Therefore, the rumors out there still mixed up because only a handful of people knew the truth about this.

Will and Grace were still in shock, but absolutely, they wouldn't utter a word about this after the explanation, but the problem laid with Redmond and Cane needed Iris to make his decision regarding him.

Not long after that, Jace and Ethan came into the room, the gloomy sky reflected well on their mood, as they felt the near future looked so bleak.

"I want you to do something," Cane said, his voice heavy, as he was going to make a difficult decision.

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"I want to see Cane," Aria said, she lowered her head, ashamed. "I will not say anything if Cane doesn't want to see me."

Ethan was having a headache when he had to deal with Aria. She was very obstinate and wouldn't budge until she got what she wanted.1

In the past, he admired this trait of hers, because she looked so strong standing firmly by what she believed, but right now, she simply looked like a brat.

"Aria, you can't make any demands here," Ethan reminded her. "Your crime is so severe. You will be hung tomorrow, at the very least, do something to redeem your mistake."

Aria clasped her hands, she trembled in fear. She couldn't believe Cane imposed the death sentence for her. She was not a traitor, she didn't commit treason, she didn't mean for them to be harmed, or even die. She didn't mean that.

"I want to see him," Aria repeated the same words again, tears fell on her cheeks and Ethan felt so bad for her.

However, every action had its own consequences and the aftermath of this ordeal was still bleak. Now, people were already talking about the lycan that appeared in the Howling Wolf pack and if word got out, things would escalate really quick.

With the information from the North, they learned that the King had made a move and the problem with the lycan would only serve the Howling Wolf pack in a silver plate to the King.

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