The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 359: A PLEASANT DINNER

Chapter 359: A PLEASANT DINNER

Iris frowned. She pouted her lips when Cane whispered into her ear, as he told her where the body of Prince Vemion was.

She then tilted her head and stared at him in disbelief as she said in annoyance. "You know I am deaf, right?"

Mirth danced in those dark eyes of his as a small smile tugged up the corners of Cane’s lips when he heard her protest. "I know," he said curtly.

"Are you playing with me?" Iris narrowed her eyes at him, but he simply brushed her bangs and stood up.

"Let’s go, we will have dinner with Alpha Gill." Cane took Iris’ hand. She looked reluctant to have dinner with Alpha Gill. She didn’t even want to be near him whatsoever.

Cane could see that, but he couldn’t cater to her every need. Iris should learn how to fight her discomfort because just like what he had told and showed her, their road ahead would be filled with much worse than just some discomfort, thus she needed to figure out how to face her own crisis.

Protecting her was his priority, but coddling her wouldn’t help anyone in the long run.

Iris took his hand and stood up. She was not happy to have dinner with Alpha Gill, but she didn’t refuse to go. As long as Cane was by her side, she could endure this dinner.

"Tell me, where is Prince Vemion’s body?" Iris became curious because Cane tricked her.

"I have told you earlier," Cane said, as both of them stepped out of the bedroom, holding hands like usual, but for Jace, who had been waiting for them outside of the door, this was something that made him frown.

Since when did the Alpha start being so touchy? He was not like this even with Aria. Because of the nightmare they had gone through, most of them hated to be touched casually and developed a habit of avoiding skinship altogether, unless it was with someone they were comfortable with.

Did he feel comfortable with her? What actually happened in the capital city? For someone who didn’t see them for months, this change puzzled him greatly.

"Hi, Jace," Iris greeted him sheepishly when she saw him.

"Oh, hi Luna..." Jace mumbled. He saw difference in Iris as well, because she was way more comfortable with Cane than before, same as the Alpha and this luna was talking a little bit more than her usual reserved self that he came to know during the few times he met her.

Iris smiled, but she avoided looking into his eyes, as she turned her focus back to Cane swiftly. "Tell me..." she said in a low voice, tugging at his sleeve, but Cane simply repeated the same trick, leaving his mate frustrated.

Meanwhile, this subtle gesture and the banter between the two of them didn’t go unnoticed by Jace. He was floored. Was Cane teasing her? Did that even make sense?

They exchanged letters very often, whether it was a secret missive or a report regarding the two packs, which would be fine even if the King’s spy read, since it would be too suspicious if they couldn’t find anything to be reported back to the King.

But then, of course, even in those two types of letters, Ethan had never mentioned anything about the progress of the relationship between Cane and Iris.

Jace was determined to interrogate the Gamma once he got back to the pack. He was going to dig out every detail, because for him, it was so absurd.

And if the Beta thought that was it, he wouldn’t be surprised again when he witnessed how naturally Cane leaned over and kissed Iris’ forehead, as if he was coaxing her, because he refused to tell her the whereabouts of Prince Vemion’s body. Cane casually slid down his hand from her shoulder and rested it on her waist protectively, as they walked down this long corridor.

Somehow, the Beta felt awkward. He felt like he was disturbing their alone time together, though they were in the enemy’s territory and such display of affection was not necessary.

As for Cane and Iris, the time they spent together in the forest for those two weeks made them grow closer, even though they didn’t really realize it themselves. It just happened...

Thankfully, Jace didn’t need to be fed by such a sweet scene when he didn’t have a mate of his own for a long time now, as they arrived in the dining hall in no time, where they could hear a lot of laughter and music in the background.

This must be a typical dinner setting in the standards of the southern pack, as they loved to be fed and to be pleased.

Jace immediately scrunched his nose as the smell of sex filled the air.

Iris’ body stiffened when the door to the dining hall opened and before her eyes, there were a few naked women, sitting on some men’s laps, walking around the table while some were being passed among men.

Alpha Gill himself had a naked woman with brown hair, sitting on his lap, while he dropped honey on her bare chest and licked it from there. He was too occupied in indulging his own pleasures, he didn’t even realize Cane was already there.

On the other hand, Jace felt like he revived the days of their slavery. This was the same exact thing they used to see.

There were not only women, but also naked men there, as they pleased their masters or gave them a show.

This was not a dinner, but if you were from the southern pack, you would know this kind of thing was very common here.

The Alpha and all the highborns in this pack loved to have their carnal desires fulfilled. They would use any occasion to have this kind of party and this time, this ’welcome party’ was to honor Cane and Iris.

"Alpha Cane!" Alpha Gill raised his head from the woman’s breasts and grinned at him and Iris.

Iris felt like she wanted to vomit, she kept her eyes down and didn’t dare to look around this room. She lost her appetite. She didn’t want to eat anything here, which had been contaminated by those people’s fluids...

"Alpha Gill," Cane said politely, as he sat down next to him, while Iris settled by his side. She clutched onto his pants, as he uncorked a bottle of wine and poured some for her, so she could relax a little bit.

"Someone come! Serve them their meals!" Alpha Gill’s voice boomed inside the room and two maidservants wearing transparent dresses, which covered nothing of their skin immediately came to serve two portions of meals to Iris and Cane.

One of them intentionally brushed her chest against Cane’s shoulder, which made Alpha Gill grin.

"You must have been dreaming of being served like this, right? After all, you have been to many parties that were held by Alpha Gerald. Unfortunately, at that time, you were not in a position where you could do as you pleased..." Alpha Gill smacked his lips lewdly. "Now, I have prepared some women for you!" He slurred, he was drunk, but did not completely forget about his mission to get on Cane’s good side, since they found Vemion’s head in his pack and now the Red Claw pack was enraged.