345: HE WAS NOT AN ALLY TO ANYONE

HE WAS NOT AN ALLY TO ANYONE

Iris was still wearing his cloak and he pulled the hoodie down to cover her face and her hair, but with her body, people would still easily recognize her. 0

She thought, Cane would leave her alone with Hanna and she would spend her night with her because he would be too busy to take care of the mess inside the palace.

But, what Cane said about them leaving the capital city to go to the Riverside pack had completely caught her out of guard.

What about the problem with the crown prince? Princess Osana's curse? Prince Kellan and the orphanage? Why would he go to the Riverside pack instead when he had created this whole mess and left it at that?

Iris thought Cane would put his scheme into motion and stay in the capital city until he saw the result, but why he went to the Riverside pack instead? What he was going to do there?

The more Iris thought about it, the more she couldn't understand Cane's way of thinking. Even for someone that rather involved with his schemes, she was unable to figure out Cane's move, let alone those people that he used without them knowing it.

In her confusion, Iris kept quiet, as she followed Cane to meet with alpha Derick and Koda. This meeting supposed to be a secret meeting between them.

"Alpha Cane," alpha Derick greeted Cane with his deep voice. He had brown eyes and shoulder length hair, which he tied behind his nape. He was a half head shorter than Cane and his body was slightly lean for a man warrior, probably he was too comfortable with his wealth and enjoyed himself too much.

"Alpha Derick," Cane greeted him in the same way.

Iris lifted her head slightly, so she could read what they were saying.

"It's a pleasure to finally meet you in private," Derick said. All this time, their communication would happen through Koda, because two alphas talked with each other with the turmoil that brew within the palace wouldn't look good for both of them. They still needed to take precaution against the king. "I would like to thank you for the way you assist us."

Koda glanced at Iris, even without seeing her face or her peculiar hair, he knew it was her and was rather confused because Cane looked so attach to this woman. He saw the way he cradled her in his arms earlier. Wasn't she the daughter of alpha Gerald? The person, who had destroyed his entire pack?

"From now on, it is up to you how you will take advantage of the situation," Cane said. "I have provided the situation that you can gain benefit from it. Plan your move carefully."

And the conversation lasted for half an hour. From what Iris could gather, it was Koda, who had put the ring inside the crown prince's cabinet. It was the same ring that Cane got from Will, which belonged to princess Osana and somehow, he managed to do that, since they had their own people inside the palace as well.

After all, they had to have an insider, because prince Vemion was from their pack and it would help lady Ayla to stabilize her position as the mistress of the king.

With the fall of the crown prince and there were so many accusations against it, Alan wouldn't be able to get away from this and the king would be forced to strip him from his title.

It would be counted lucky if Alan was only being stripped from his position, because the crime against the royal family, such as putting curse on princess Osana could get him hanged.

And for Cane, he really wanted to know how far the king would protect Alan and what the reason behind it? Was it because lady Cyan? How powerful that mistress was to have the king wrapped around her finger?

Therefore, once the position of the crown prince was vacated, the people from the Red Claw pack could push the baby in Laluna's stomach, which was no other than prince Vemion's son to fill the position, since none of the king's son had a great family as their back up, because most of them came from humble families in the capital city.

It was up to Derick and Koda how to bargain the position with the king, because Cane had provided them enough with a favorable condition. He would let his pieces to move on their own, after he showed which path they should take, with this, it would safe him time and energy to deal with people he didn't like.

Especially with Kellan, people from the Red Claw pack would be strong enough to suppress him from taking the position as the crown prince again. Let them deal with that matter, while Cane would take care of something else.

Cane let his pieces to move on the direction he wanted, thinking they he was their ally, while the truth, he was not an ally to anyone.

Beside him, Iris tugged his sleeve slightly, reminding Cane that it was almost midnight and he would shift into his lycan form any time soon. Iris was nervous if they didn't leave soon, he would expose himself to them, though she was sure Cane would have never planned to do that.

"I will wait for the good news of your grandson." Cane nodded at Koda and Derick in the end of their conversation, in which, they were very pleased.

Originally, alpha Derick didn't mean to have a strain relationship with the royal and stopped the distribution of the magic stone, as it would lead to a war, but after he heard the plan from Koda, he changed his mind. Because the possibility of having someone from their pack to be crowned as the next king would give them a long term benefit for their pack.

As a greedy person, such offer would be so tempted, more so, the plan Cane offered to them was not a high risk at all, they only needed to be sneaky about it.

"May I know whether your mate is really able to sense the black magic or it was only a stage?" alpha Derick couldn't help, but being so curious about it.

Cane smiled, but his voice was as cold as usual. "I would rather not to say anything about it."

Hearing that, Derick guffawed and shook his head. "If you need anything, I will be more than willing to assist." Derick nodded politely at alpha Cane. He didn't expect him to turn out so well in term of being a mastermind for this huge scheme.

"Actually, there is one thing I want," Cane said lightly and this caught their attention so fast.

"What is it?" They had expected this, because there was no way Cane would do all of this without any ulterior motive, but what he wanted was not what they were thinking.

"My mate loves diamond." Cane kissed her hand gently. "I heard you find your lost treasure of diamond white tiger." The way he asked and brought up this topic was very smooth, not to mention about his lie about how Iris loved diamond.

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