46: THE SOLUTION AND THE DEMAND

THE SOLUTION AND THE DEMAND

The king watched everything play out before his eyes, but he said nothing. This was the first time for him to meet with his nephew and he thought, after years of slavery, he would be easy to deal with, since Gerald would have broken him physically and mentally.

And yet, here he was, being so cunning with him. He turned the tables around and used the rules against the king himself.

The fact that they had castrated Mason, which rendered him unable to produce an heir, was something that he couldn't refute, since the law said that one couldn't be the alpha without having the ability to ensure his line of succession.

Moreover, King Aeon couldn't punish Cane, since he made use of a different law, which said that he was allowed to do anything to the war prisoners, including killing them. The king used the same law to refuse to help the Howling Wolf pack in time of their need before.

"In this case, we need…" Alpha Gill was about to offer a solution, but Cane didn't allow him to talk.

"He is not the only child that Alpha Gerald has." Cane looked at Jace and he nodded before walking away from the room.

Not long after, Will entered the room with Iris. He looked a little bit confused with the whole situation, thus when he was not ordered to go out, he stayed there to see how the whole thing unfolded.

"Alpha Gerald has a daughter." Cane glanced at Iris, who was trying to stay away from her brother, even though at this time Mason wouldn't be able to do anything in his current condition. But the fear that had been instilled in her couldn't be shaken off easily. "Based on our law, if the first heir is not capable of carrying the legacy, then the responsibility will be carried by the next child."

The five alphas gasped in shock when the realization finally dawned on them. Their eyes widened, while the king remained expressionless. If anything, he stared at Cane sharply, yet the alpha didn't falter at all with his intention.

Meanwhile, Aderan and Will, who finally caught up with their alpha's plan, were flabbergasted. They both stared at the beta and the gamma, trying to find out whether this was the alpha's plan all along, yet they seemed to be as speechless as they were.

"What do you mean!?" Alpha James pounded his fist against the table, as he stood up, enraged.

"You want to place her as the luna?! A woman can't lead a pack!" Alpha Gian was furious as well. He didn't want to be on the same level as a woman, for him, a woman existed only to satisfy a man's needs.

It was unheard of for a woman to lead a pack.

"You are crazy if you think a woman like her can lead a pack!" Alpha Gill was still miffed about the fact that Iris managed to run away in the middle of the welcoming party, when her status was still a slave, because they were distracted by Mason.

Iris flinched to hear how they were snarling at Cane. She wanted to step back, but Mason was lying naked behind her. While in front of her, the five alphas looked like they would snap her neck in two once they were given a chance.

On the other hand, the four men behind Cane, gritted their teeth and hardened their jaws to contain their anger. They wanted to attack them all for screaming at their alpha.

They were still not sure whether it was right to let Iris rise in ranks. There could be a backlash from their own people for this, but despite all of that, their unity was so strong. They would fight anyone that wanted to harm one of them, especially Cane.

Their alpha had done everything, including the unimaginable things for them to break free from the slavery. They had gone through hell together and they would never leave anyone behind.

"She is your slave! You are the one who made her a slave!" Alpha Darrian from Crystal Moon pack pointed this fact out.

"Right! A slave can't rise in rank, unless she is your mate!" Alpha Gill agreed with his fellow alpha.

"Yes, she is," Cane replied calmly.

Jace and Ethan immediately knew what Cane would do after this and how he would assure them about Iris being his mate.

This was by no means intentional, but Cane seemed to be making the most of it.

"She is my chosen mate." Cane emphasized this, which sent waves of shock among them.

They thought this last day of decision making would be as easy as taking a walk in the garden, as Cane didn't have anything to go against the decision and argue with them. Alas, they were so wrong about it.

"You can't choose her as your mate randomly without a second thought just because you don't want to give up the Blue Moon pack." This time, it was the king, who was talking, he stood up from his seat, which made alpha James sit down.

All of them were fuming, even the people from the Howling Wolf pack were livid, it was only Cane, who remained calm and Iris, who fretted by how tense the situation was, while Mason was not able to say or do anything. He cursed Cane and his sister. She was so useless, but his enemy found a good use of her.

If he knew it would turn out like this, Mason would have killed Iris a long time ago. What a useless creature! She put him in misery, since she gave Cane a weapon to go against the king's decision.

"I didn't choose her randomly. I have given some thought about it." Cane lied smoothly. There was no way he wanted his enemy's daughter to be the luna of his pack. Not in his wildest dreams.

"Don't lie to the king!" Alpha James snapped and this made Ethan growl at him. "What is that?!" Alpha James's sharp eyes found the gamma, as he glared at him sharply.

"Take him out," Jace told Will to get Ethan out of the room, since it wouldn't be in their best interest if he wreaked havoc now.

Ever since enduring torture in the slavery, he developed anger issues and he would become unrestrained once he was let loose.

Will knew about that and immediately escorted Ethan out of the room. Fortunately, he obliged without making so much as a fuss.

"I am not lying," Cane said, as he grabbed Iris's hand and pulled her in front of him, to make all of them see her and also in order to distract their attention from Ethan, just in case they wanted to find fault in that. "I have marked her."

Cane pulled down Iris's collar and showed his mark on her neck. He tilted her head, so his mark was on full display for them to see.

Silence fell over the room, the tension was so thick, you could feel it in the air.

Meanwhile, Iris made an attempt to free herself from Cane's grip, since she didn't like the way they stared at her, at the mark on her neck as it made her uncomfortable, but Cane didn't allow her, he held her firmly.

The alpha showed his mark for a little bit longer, just to rub this fact in their faces.

The mark had fully healed, while it would take around a week for that to show. Cane had marked her a week prior, thus their accusation of him marking her out of the blue couldn't hold the ground.

"She is the luna of the pack now, which means, her pack will also be under my responsibility as her mate." Cane finally let Iris go, as she shrunk back and stood behind him.

Mason screamed something, but it was hard to understand, since he was gagged.

Right at that time, Will returned to the room and whispered something into the alpha's ear, which made Cane smile even more.

Even though he was smiling, it didn't reach his eyes at all. His eyes were empty, cold even, they were devoid of any emotions.

"Just because there are only five alphas that came to this meeting, it doesn't mean the rest of the five alphas' opinions don't matter." Cane looked at them one by one.

They must know that the other five alphas couldn't come due to the condition of their packs and the fact they were far away from here, it would take them more than a week to reach Blue Moon pack.

Therefore, only these five alphas, who lived nearby the area, as these five were in the south of the kingdom, who would always be frequented by alpha Gerald and do their dirty deeds ever so often.

After saying that, five men entered the room, they looked worn out, as if they had gone through a long journey. They were still in their traveling gear while their cloaks were covered in dust and dirt.

"They are here to deliver the message from the other five alphas." Cane stepped aside to let them say what the messages were.

Iris moved along with him, as she unconsciously took a shelter behind Cane's back. The alpha glanced at her briefly and saw her staring at her shoes. She was not comfortable with this whole ordeal.

"This is the message from Alpha Derick of the Celestial Moon pack…"

And the messengers were reading the messages that they brought one by one. In conclusion, the other five alphas did agree with Cane's idea to take over Blue Moon pack, especially when they knew Mason was no longer able to produce an heir, though they said nothing about Iris.

"The outcome of the voting is five against five." Cane looked at the king, while the five messengers resigned themselves from the room.

"I don't want chaos in my kingdom," king Aeon said through his gritted teeth. He thought it would be an easy decision to make, but Cane made it more and more difficult. He didn't want to lose face in this meeting.

"I didn't wish for that to happen either, my king," Cane said soothingly. "But the voting is even and if you disregard the other five alphas' opinion, I am afraid this will cause a disruption in our kingdom."

"Are you trying to threaten me?" King Aeon narrowed his eyes at Cane, but the alpha tactfully lowered his head a bit, to show his submission. He couldn't push him more than this, or else the king would take an impulsive decision feeling his ego was hurt.

And just like what Cane thought, the king was rather pleased to see him showing a little bit of respect and submission to him.

"I will not dare to do that." Cane lowered his head, but his eyes remained defiant. "I have a solution and I think this will be the best outcome for all of us. After all, I have chosen her as my mate, all of you had seen the mark on her neck. She bears my mark."

King Aeon sat down again, his eyes hard on Cane, but the alpha simply kept his head low to make him unable to see his eyes, which gave satisfaction to the king as well, since this made him feel like he still had the upper hand on Cane.

"Fine." King Aeon nodded. "Do as you wish. She is your luna and now the Blue Moon pack will fall into your responsibility."

The other five alphas didn't look satisfied with this solution, but they kept it to themselves, since the king was talking right now.

"Since the new alpha and the luna have to be blessed in the capital, I want to know when you will go to the capital and have the ceremony." King Aeon widened his eyes. "Since the problem here is an heir, I will give you two years to prove to me that she is able to give you a child. If after two years, you are still without a child, we will discuss this matter again."0

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