331: THE TENSION IN THE AIR

THE TENSION IN THE AIR

King Aeon said nothing, he let his dense son to speak on his behalf, as he was in deep thought. It was not he was not aware of this situation, neither he didn't know the dead witch. After all, this was part of his plan. 1

However, he couldn't wrap his head around the sight of the dark wisp. What was that? Was all black magic would be like that? He had seen Cyan used black magic a few times, but he had never seen such horrifying sight of dark wisp. Was there something wrong when the dark witch tried to curse Cane to break the mate bond?

Cyan was not here, thus it was hard for Aeon to confirm this. The only important thing for him right now was; did she succeed to break the mate bond or not? Damned that witch if she died without giving any contribution and instead creating more complication for him! What a useless piece of shit.

"There is no need to check whether the black magic came from him or not! All of us are the witness! We saw how the black smoke came out of his body!" Alan was infuriated because none of them backed him up and his father didn't help him immediately. What he was thinking? Would he forsake him again?

"That's ridiculous!" Ethan was enraged, he was on the verge of charging forward and ripped that useless mouth of Alan! He really wanted to kill this moron! "That's because he was being cursed!"

"Or maybe because he was the one, who used black magic!"

"Shifter can't use black magic, you idiot! Did you skip all of your class?! That's common knowledge!"

All the royal warriors and guards, along with the people around the king gasped to hear what Ethan had said. They knew what Ethan said was true and how idiot Alan was to not know such common knowledge, but it was not wise to cuss out the crown prince out loud, especially in front of the king.

"Impudence!" king Aeon roared. His face turned so red. He felt so humiliated, he knew how stupid Alan's argumentation was, but it was not something you could say out loud recklessly without any consequences. "Guard! Arrest him!"

This time, all the guards came forward to catch Ethan and the gamma was ready to shift into his beast. He had endured humiliation from Alan and he couldn't care less about the death anymore. After all, he came to the capital with the thought he wouldn't make it out alive from here.

His anger radiated throughout his whole body, as he glared at the warriors that came approaching him.

"Back off," Ethan said through his gritted teeth, as he pulled Iris behind him. He was thankful and also quite surprised to see Iris stood up by his side to hold their ground and fight for the alpha, but there was limit to what they could do and this time they had reached the dead end.

"Ethan, don't…" Iris clutched onto his arm, she didn't want him to die. Cane had taken a great pain to get him a pardon, but now they went back to square one. "Apologize now."

"Over my dead body," Ethan hissed icily. There was no way he would apologize for the truth he had said.

On the other hand, Aderan stepped forward, he stood beside Ethan, he was also ready to shift into his beast, he wouldn't let the gamma fought their enemy alone.

And right at that time, from behind them, Redmond and Trion joined them.

"What happened here, wimpy?" Redmond asked Ethan in low voice, as he pulled Iris behind him. "Why did you make them angry?" Ethan growled at Redmond, but the warrior ignored him, as he calculated the enemies before them. "I salute you for pissing off so many people. You really know how to push the right button." He clicked his tongue, but he didn't back down.

"Arrest them all!" Alan cried out loud, but then he became very quiet because his father's voice boomed in his head when he mindlinked his son to shut the fuck up.

The tension was very thick and Hanna was ready to flee from the scene when the fight broke out. Will would take the alpha with them as well, though the other four warriors wouldn't be able to hold their ground, but it would give them enough time to escape the palace.

As long as they could save the alpha, they would be able to make another plan. After all, they would die if they stayed and let those warriors to arrest them.

But, it was undeniable truth if the fight really broke out, it would be the end of them. Nevertheless, Redmond chose to stay with these warriors from the Howling Wolf pack and gave them time to escape.

"Let's see, how many you can take down," Redmond snickered and Trion felt like he wanted to kick his ass, but there were dozens of royal warriors in front of them and for him to stay was already a great help.

Ethan shifted into his beast and Redmond followed, while their opponent immediately shifted as well. The fight was unavoidable!

However, before someone got hurt, Cane's voice rang clearly in this heated moment.

"Enough!" Cane said from his sitting position. He looked lethargic, but his voice was so clear, it carried power and dignity, forced everyone, who heard that to listen carefully. Such authority was something that even the king himself couldn't pull it through. "My wise king, are you sure you want to do this?"

The fight abruptly stopped, Ethan felt it again, the same sensation whenever Cane pressed down his beast and forced him to shift back into his human form. How he could manage to do that when he looked so exhausted?

"We need to investigate this matter further!" King Aeon said, he was startled to hear how Cane stopped the fight with only one word, but he was not the only one, who could feel such strong authority that rolled in the alpha's voice.

"My brilliant king, are you trying to say that I can use black magic, even though I am a shifter?" Cane raised his head, his eyes turned into golden color, the color for those royal bloodlines. His beast resurfaced, even when he was still in his human form. "I am sure you are wiser and way more ingenious than our insensitive crown prince to know such common knowledge."

Wise, ingenious, brilliant… Cane used all nice words to call for the king, but Aeon felt like the alpha was cussing him instead.

"After all, my gamma had explained this before." Cane was still in sitting position, on the ground, but they felt like he was sitting on a high chair, while they listened to him. "Shift!"

The four beasts took tentative steps back and then shifted into their human form again. Aderan and Trion stood by Cane left side, while Ethan and Redmond on his right.

"The witch, who has cursed princess Osana is dead, isn't this the right time to figure out, who was the perpetrator?"

"What do you mean?" King Aeon was confused. He knew for sure that dead witch had nothing to do with Osana's curse.

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