The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 452: THE ROOM WITH CITRUS SCENT

Chapter 452: THE ROOM WITH CITRUS SCENT

Iris knew Cane was suspicious of Lady Cyan and he was cautious of her. Instead of the King, Cane actually put his attention more on the Lady.

If it was in the past, she would have started fidgeting the moment she understood what Lady Cyan was trying to imply and be bothered when the topic of Aria came up. She didn’t want to be blamed for her death, because somehow, she felt that way, since the people in the Howling Wolf pack mourned her death so much.

As she was the first person who was sentenced to death by Cane. The first death order that happened after they freed themselves from the slavery.

However, now, since Iris didn’t have too many expectations on these people, she felt a little bit lighter and it was less stressful than groveling to be accepted by them.

On the other hand, Cane put down his glass and looked at Lady Cyan calmly to answer her question. "My Lady, are you trying to say that I have ordered Aria to kill those three innocent children? Because that’s what she did. Not only did she get involved with dark magic, but she killed children as well. The punishment fits the crime." Cane smiled harmlessly. "I am trying to be fair here. I even ordered the death sentence of my own mistress, it shouldn’t surprise you that I immediately executed the five alphas for the same crime."

That was a very logical thing to do. Cane was being fair by delivering the same execution to a similar crime.

Iris lowered her head and smiled to herself at Cane’s reply. Her face brightened with satisfaction, she was so proud of him for turning the tables around and being so calm to answer Lady Cyan’s jab. She never doubted this man when it came to twisting words.

And he was her man...

The thought made her blush, reminding her of her numb hand and his face when he got his release. Well, the sight of him was worth the pain...

And Iris kept blushing, which made Cane wonder what she was thinking right now, because while everyone was on the edges of their seats and looked like they were too afraid to breathe too loudly, Iris was being bashful when Cane didn’t even tease her at all.

He was having a vicious banter with Lady Cyan using polite words, something that couldn’t possibly have made her blush, nor think of something inappropriate.

There were a moment or two, where he couldn’t understand her, but he liked the sight of her right now nonetheless...

"How’s Prince Alan doing, My Lady?" Cane asked, but his next words made Alpha Dristan kiss his new mistress to suppress his laughter. "I heard he was actually the one who had invited the people from the Holy Kingdom to come. He must have cleaned up his underground first, or else, the people from the Holy Kingdom will not be happy to see it. I am worried they will misunderstand the situation and think the people there were used as a sacrifice, since he was accused of getting involved in dark magic."

Lady Cyan’s smile didn’t falter at all when she heard how Cane retaliated to her words, while the King still kept mum, he looked around the dining hall, not bothered to be interested to join the banter when it was actually him who had started it.

"I am so thankful for your concern, Alpha Cane. Prince Alan has been trying to atone for his sins and prove to the people that he is innocent in regards of the accusation of himself using dark magic, that’s why he did his best to solve the problem, since we still didn’t know whether or not the lycan will appear again after the death of the five alphas. He did his best to help in this situation." Lady Cyan deflected the main point of Cane’s jab and focused on something else, which made her son look less guilty.

"I see, I see," Cane replied considerately, which made Iris want to laugh, as she reached her hand to take the fork, but when she was about to put the meat into her mouth, she lost her grip on the fork and the meat fell on her dress.

Her hand still hadn’t recovered its strength.

"Ah!" Iris gasped to see the stain on her dress. When she lifted her head, she caught Cane’s eyes. The Alpha stared at her with amusement dancing in his dark eyes. He even had the audacity to smirk at her! Iris really wanted to be upset, only she felt so bashful.

"What happened? Is your hand fine?" Cane asked innocently. He seemed to be in a good mood and didn’t think of the situation with Lady Cyan and the King seriously.

"Fine," Iris mumbled and then excused herself to change her dress, she apologized for the disruption and stood up.

But then, Cane too stood up with her. He grabbed her hand to make her stay for a while, because there was something he wanted to say first.

"I will go with my mate for a while to help her, I hope you will enjoy the next act of entertainment. I want to introduce a new member of the Howling Wolf pack."

This was the main event of the whole dinner, but at this moment, Cane chose to leave with Iris instead. Jace and Ethan could only facepalm themselves. Was it fine to be this reckless? They wondered if it was actually Lu, who took control of Cane’s body again. Or maybe the lycan had rubbed some of his bad traits on their reserved alpha...

"My beta will proceed with the introduction." Cane nodded politely to the King and Lady Cyan.

"You can ask someone else to help her change her dress," Alpha Dristan voiced his opinion. For someone like them, it was unheard of for them to help with anything related to their women, since there would be hundreds of maid servants, who would do the job.

"Her personal maid is not available and I like to take care of my own mate," Cane replied, his voice was firm and this made not only the three people in power inside this room narrow their eyes at his answer, but also made the members of his pack have this mixed feeling. "Please, enjoy the next act of entertainment."

This was exactly what Cane had specifically asked Iris while she organized the party. Although the discussion of this still went back and forth, in the end, Cane decided to go through with the original plan after he thought about the pros and cons with his beta and gamma.

Cane nodded at Jace, who immediately carried on with the next step of this said welcoming party, as Cane pulled Iris out of the dining hall.

At the same time, Iris walked out of the room through the side door, Haco entered the room in his dark cloak, creating fireballs in both of his hands. He performed some form of fire act in front of the people.

Yes, that was right, the new member of the Howling Wolf pack that Cane wanted to introduce was Haco. He wanted to officially welcome him to the pack, so his presence wouldn’t be a question in the future if they saw him with the Alpha often.

"Cane, is it okay for you to leave when Haco is being introduced?" Iris asked as soon as it was only the two of them outside of the dining hall. She was worried. The old sorcerer would probably cry right away when he saw Cane was not in his seat, since he was against the idea of himself being introduced to the royal family. Probably because he felt self conscious, since he was the true culprit behind Princess Osana’s misery.

"Jace will handle it just fine," Cane replied. There was nothing much he needed to do even if he stayed.

"I can change my own dress, you don’t need to bother," Iris said again. She felt her body was hot when the cold breeze hit her face and realized it was only the two of them in this part of the pack house, since the crowd gathered in the dining hall.

"But, I am bothered." Cane suddenly opened an empty room next to him and pulled Iris inside before he closed the door and trapped her between his body and the wall. This room smelled like citrus. "What made you aroused?"

Cane’s face was so close to hers and Iris could see her reflection in his eyes.

"I am not," she lied and both of them knew it was a lie.

"You are, Iris." Cane was not sure how he became so sensitive to her arousal. It was a faint scent, but he could tell the difference.

People around Iris wouldn’t be able to pick up the slightest change in her scent, but he could and he knew it happened during his banter with Lady Cyan.

"What were you thinking to be so bashful like this?" Cane was genuinely curious. "Were you thinking about what happened earlier?"

Iris shook her head. Another lie that both of them knew very well. She bit her lip when Cane pressed his body against hers so she could stop herself from moaning because of their closeness.

"I don’t think I will get enough of you," Cane said in a hoarse voice as he leaned over and kissed her lips. Her arousal made him aroused as well.

And this breakthrough made him want to explore more.

As a response, Iris nibbled on his lip, while tiptoeing to wrap her arms around his neck.