372: BLOODSHED

BLOODSHED

Elijah was the leader of the border warriors, these warriors were stationed in every border of the southern pack, but a few days ago, Cane mobilized them to gather in the Riverside pack by using his golden stamp. 

Of course, alpha Gill knew about this, but in his mind, these many warriors gathered in his pack to defend him against the Red Claw pack, since he received news about how alpha Dristan marched here with some royal warriors, asking for his responsibility of the death of the fourth prince and the lycan, thinking he had a hand in this matter.

Who would have thought, all of this was part of Cane's plan. However, with the death of Alpha Gill, the plan had changed and what Sir Elijah would hear next made his jaw dropped. 

"Alpha Cane!" Sir Elijah approached Cane, once he saw the alpha, he was about to protest, how he was lied to by him. 

Because of the golden stamp that Cane held, he could mobilize all the royal warrior as he liked, no question asked, but what Sir Elijah learned once he arrived was something that made him fumed. He was asked to defend the Riverside pack against Red Claw pack?! His men were trained to avoid a conflict between the pack, not to support one of them.

But, now he was ordered to surround the other four alphas inside the main hall?! What kind of sick game alpha Cane was playing?! Did the king know about this?

Yet, before a word of protest could slip his lips, Cane had showed him the golden stamp, as if reminding him of how there shouldn't be any question to be asked from him. 

"Alpha!" Sir Elijah cried out, but he couldn't say anything to see how dark Cane's expression was right now and how he drenched with blood. Whose blood was that?

"I will only say it once, so listen carefully," Cane said, emphasizing every words slowly, so he could hear him clearly. "You will lead your men to slaughter all the people inside the main hall."

"What?!" Sir Elijah was taken aback with what Cane ordered him to do, he took a step back. "You can't do that…" But, after saying that, he corrected himself, remembered about the golden stamp in his hand. "We- we need to inform the king!"

Cane was not happy to hear his command was denied. He glanced at Oliver, who was standing beside him. "Arrest him and put him in the dungeon. You will lead the border warriors."

"Alpha!" Sir Elijah screamed on the top of his lungs, as he fought Oliver and two more warriors, yet he couldn't shift into his beast, since he was bounded to his duty. It was already wrong for him to question Cane in the first place and he couldn't afford the second offense. "You are going to kill the four alphas from the southern packs! How will you explain this to the king?!"

No. It was not four, but all five of them, leaving Cane would be the only alpha in the south. 

"Alpha! You can't abuse the golden stamp! Alpha Cane, the king will not please with your decision! Alpha!" Sir Elijah was furious when Oliver forced down a leaf of Rottingbane, which could make him unable to shift into his beast, something that you would give to slave. 

After that, the two warriors dragged Sir Elijah to the dungeon, while Oliver did what Cane ordered him to do. 

On the other hand, those border warriors couldn't do anything when they watched their leader was being dragged away. If Sir Elijah couldn't do anything in front of the golden stamp, let alone them…

With the sudden change of the plan, that night turned bloody. The party had turned into a massacre, where the four alphas of the southern packs had to succumb into their horrendous fate, something they never thought would happen to them when they marched toward the Riverside pack with their women. 

Their warriors had the same fate as them, while the women were spared and now they were gathered inside one room, trembling in fear and crying to watch the annihilation of their alphas and masters. 

And when the sun rose in the next day, there were five heads hang on the fortress's wall. 

People was shocked and the rumor about what happened started to circulate among the member of the Riverside pack. Eventually, this news would reach the other four packs, as they also lost their leader within a night. 

However, during those bloodshed event, a certain woman slept through the night peacefully. She was clueless about what kind of fate her assaulter had to face. 

Yet, her peace didn't last for long because once she opened her eyes, all the dreadful things she had gone through came in full force into her mind, akin to a broken dam. It was overwhelming, as she had to deal with a lot of emotions at once, the stream of anger and fear came down on her. 

However, when Iris thought, she wouldn't be able to endure it, she turned numb. She had this out of body experience, as if what happened to her was something that happened to someone else and she watched it from the sideline, as if she learned about it from another people. 

Something clicked in her mind and she didn't feel any emotions. 

Iris was surprised, she blinked her eyes in confusion, but then she tilted her head when she felt someone was staring at her. 

It was Cane. He was standing a few steps away from her. There was silence between them before the alpha approached his luna. 

Cane looked impeccable, there was no trace of blood, neither the disgusting smell of it when he came closer to Iris, despite what had happened out there and the turmoil he had caused for the five packs in the south. 

"How was your sleep?" Cane asked Iris, he sat down on the edge of the bed, gauging her reaction with their closeness, but it seemed, it didn't affect her. 

"I am fine," Iris replied in small voice. She stared into his eyes and then averted her gaze toward the window. The sky was so bright, it was a beautiful day, despite the horrifying night. "Something… happened?" Iris trailed off. She thought, she would dread the topic, but when she brought it up, she felt nothing. 

"Gill is dead… so did all the four alphas."

Iris was surprised when she read it, but she didn't look too shock, as she only frowned her brows slightly, as if she heard something unpleasant.  1

"I will take you back to the Howling Wolf pack with Redmond. Stay there for a while, I will clean up this mess first. You will be safe there and Hanna will arrive in a few days." 

Cane didn't use to explain himself. If he was going to send Iris to the Howling Wolf pack, he would only tell her so, but he felt it was necessary for her to know the reason why he sent her away. 

"No." Iris shook her head. "I don't want to go back." She then added. "I want to see his dead body."

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