349: USED THE ENEMY'S STRATEGY

USED THE ENEMY'S STRATEGY

This was a dimly lit room with sweet scent from the incense filled the air, while in the corner, braziers were lit up to ward off the last breeze of winter. 

The room was huge enough, with two pillars in the middle of it and luminous pearls to illuminate the darkness. 

There were three people stood near the first pillar, their shadow casted on the dull wall behind them, as they didn't say anything. 

From the look of it, the three of them waited for someone. 

"Master… Why we are in the palace? Do you know someone here?" the young boy asked the man next to him, while the woman behind the two of them had her face covered under her hoodie and her body was covered by a very long and thick cloak. "Do you know someone in the palace?" The young boy was in awe. 

However, the man said nothing, his eyes fixed on the opulent door in front of him. It was different door, which he used to enter this place. He was waiting for someone and his expression was undiscernible. 

It was hard to tell what was in his mind and why he took the risk to be in this journey to the capital city with the woman behind him. 

This was not the time yet for them to be here, but with the appearance of the lycan, it messed up with their plan, after all, they couldn't afford a mishap. 

They had built this plan for decades, they even grew with this plan in mind, as their father breathed down their neck to make sure they understood the importance of it. 

This plan was the life of their clan. 

So, why would his sister needed him here? If it was only the matter with the lycan, she must be able to handle it. 

Because he spent a long time to avoid people on their journey here, he had no idea about the recent incident within the palace. He also missed the sight of countless citizen, who protested and camped outside of the palace, demanding the crown prince's head, because they went inside through the secret door. 

It took him more than two hours to wait for this person and when she finally came, the man immediately approached her with steady steps, his expression darkened. 

"What do you mean with this, Cyan?" he immediately asked, even before the other person had taken down her hoodie. 

"Things had gone completely wrong," Cyan said, but she didn't stop to wait for her younger brother to berate her, as she went straight to the other woman, who came with Dexter. 

Dexter was the dark sorcerer from the Riverside pack, someone who had tricked Aria and revived her from her death. In that case, the other woman was…

Cyan stood in front of the woman, Dexter had brought with him, while the young boy bowed his head respectfully and stepped aside. 

Cyan flicked her fingers and the hoodie that covered Aria's face was pulled up, revealing her identity and then the cloak she was wearing dropped to the ground, so the mistress could see her slightly swollen belly. 

"How long she is?" Cyan asked through her gritted teeth. From the look of it, she knew it was not ready yet. They needed more time, but the people outside had demanded Alan's life. 

"She is five months pregnant," Dexter replied, he approached his sister. 

On the other hand, Aria glared at Cyan, her red eyes shone brightly, as if she was going to kill the other woman. 

"Don't touch me!" Aria growled, she swatted Cyan's hand from her stomach, while the mistress looked at her disdainfully. 

However, Cyan paid no mind to Aria, as she talked to her brother. "There is change in plan."

"What?" Dexter furrowed his brows. "At the very least, you need to tell me what happened here. Have you talked to father?"

Cyan turned her body and faced Dexter. "You will stay in the palace and help me from inside."

"How?" Dexter's furrow deepened to hear that. 

"The head of royal sorcerer will be hanged tomorrow and you will be introduced as the new head." A flash of deviousness flitted cross her eyes. 

In this messy situation, she managed to make the best out of it, thanked to the alpha of the Howling Wolf pack, Cyan could get rid a few people she didn't want and put her own people in the position she needed them to be. 

Actually, it made things easier for her, if she treaded her steps carefully. Should she thank Cane for this? A vicious smile rose on the corner of her lips. 

Cyan would teach Cane that the supreme importance in war was to attack the enemy's strategy.

And that was what she did with Cane's scheme against the royal.  0

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Kellan just arrived at the capital city and heard what happened. He couldn't rush back with Cane, Koda and the other because it would take him more time to reach the capital, since he couldn't ride a horse and a journey with carriage took days. 

More so, he was taking five orphan children with him from the other city. Of course, he needed to take care of them too. 

"What happened?" Kellan asked Ethan, as he was the one, who was in charge, since the alpha and the luna had gone missing for two days. 

"We are still trying to look for alpha Cane and luna Iris, but the last clue we got didn't help much." Ethan looked anxious. 

The gamma had been working with people from the Red Claw pack and also Leon Dmitri from the royal warrior to look for the alpha. 

This time, with the enraged citizen right in front of the main gates of the palace, the king was no longer able to brush the matter off like he did with prince Vemion, not to mention there was this problem with the crown prince. The public also favored luna Iris and this made matter worse for the king. 

"I heard the king will punish the head of royal sorcerer."

"Yes, he was found guilty of having committed black magic as well as several magicians within his rank. It turned out that he was the one who had cursed princess Osana and summoned the lycan," Ethan informed him. "While the matter with the crown prince is still under investigation."

Kellan frowned when he heard that. It was hard to believe the head of royal sorcerer was the one, who had cursed princess Osana and summoned the lycan. 

"I don't believe that…" Kellan murmured. 

"The king has proof, but only a few people had seen the proof, since it's an ominous item." Ethan scoffed derisively within when he heard about the news. 

With that, the next day, the head of the royal sorcerer and another four people were hanged in front of the public. 

And the next day, a new head of royal sorcerer was being introduced. 

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Iris hugged the neck of a huge black wolf beneath her, as the beast slowed down and finally stopped. The creature lowered its body and let her slid down from its huge body. 

Meanwhile, Iris looked relief when they eventually took a break. 

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