The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 510: A FICKLE HEART

Chapter 510: A FICKLE HEART

Apparently, Ethan made a bet with the seven warriors on how it would end and how many more weeks they would stay in the dungeon until the Alpha’s anger subsided and they were allowed to go back within the ranks.

All of them thought they would spend at least one or two months there before the Alpha finally summoned them back.

But, Ethan was pretty confident when he said they would get out once their luna found out.

The Gamma did that because he wanted to save money, but also because he wanted to make the situation not as serious as it looked like for them, since they looked so guilty to fail their assignment, as he knew, Cane punished them out of impulse.

"I told you, you can rely on our luna!" Ethan laughed. "Now, the seven of you will take turns to pay for my meals for the next two weeks! You can choose the day!"

"Meals in the pack house are free! Why do you want to eat outside when you can snatch anything from the kitchen?" Eron grumbled.

"Hey, I am not always in the pack house."

"You actually made a bet with them?" Iris frowned as she heard this ridiculous conversation. She was worried sick she would get more haters from the pack members, especially the warriors because of Cane’s punishment for them, but as it turned out, the situation was not as serious as she thought. Eron looked fine actually, so she assumed the others would be, too.

"Huh?" Ethan turned around, his eyes wide. He was sure Iris was behind him and didn’t read what he said.

"I was very worried, but you actually made a bet in this situation?" Iris narrowed her eyes.

"Lu- Luna... you can hear that?" Eron was quick enough to grasp the situation. Though the question was a little bit offensive, he couldn’t help, but ask.

"Yes, I can hear nice and clear," Iris said, still not happy.

Ethan and Eros then gasped in surprise.

"Did the Alpha know about this?" The Gamma came closer to her, as if he couldn’t look at her clearly.

"Yes, and I think I will ask him to put you in the dungeon, too," Iris said, annoyed. She even decided to pester Cane to release them all if he refused to listen to her request earlier, thankfully it didn’t take much effort to persuade him.

But, it showed how much Iris cared, only to find out they were betting on the situation.

"Nooo..." Ethan wailed.

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Cane stood in front of the room and a guard handed him a cup of tea. The smell was so sweet, it made one want to taste it.

"How is she?"

"She has not been eating much and only lying down on the bed." The guard glanced at the door. "No one talked to her, but it seems she didn’t want to talk with anyone either."

Cane nodded and the guard opened the door to a small, but clean room, where a girl was sitting on the edge of the bed. She had this anticipating look in her eyes when she saw Cane enter the room. She must have sensed his presence.

"Alpha Cane," Chrystal greeted him politely, as she stood up.

"You can sit down." Chrystal sat down on the edge of the bed again. "Your name is Chrystal?"

"Yes, Alpha," Chrystal replied.

"Do you know why I am here?"

Chrystal glanced at the cup in Cane’s hand, she gulped down and her eyes became teary. "I know," she replied in a whispery tone. "Alpha, if I swear to you and pledge my loyalty, will you spare my life?"

"You can’t pledge loyalty to me," Cane said. He stared into her eyes when he spoke again. "You have been in contact with Lady Cyan when she was here."

The shock on Chrystal’s face was the answer that Cane needed. "Alpha... lady Cyan offered me freedom, if I followed what she said. I was so desperate to be free from all the pain. Alpha Gill had never treated me well, Alpha Dristan was not so different." Tears started to trickle down from her face. "I only wanted my freedom, Alpha. I think you can understand that..."

As a slave, she knew her fate wouldn’t turn out to be so well. She thought she would be in a better place when she became a mistress, but being with Alpha Dristan was not different from being with Alpha Gill at all. Both of them were sick in the head.

"Alpha, I will not betray you... I swear. I want to be part of your pack. I want to live here, please... please have mercy on me. Lady Cyan had not yet given me any instruction, she only told me to wait for her instruction. I swear, I am not lying to you, Alpha..."

Cane leaned his back against the wall, still holding the cup. Chrystal looked genuine with her words, but he couldn’t take the risk. She had been in contact with Lady Cyan and that was enough reason for him not to put his trust in her, especially with such a secret.

It was a pain to find the spy inside his pack, he didn’t want to have another potential spy under his command again. After all, he knew how fickle someone’s heart could be. And with the importance of information that Chrystal knew, the risk was too much for Cane to let her live.

On the other hand, seeing how Cane didn’t budge even after so much pleading, Chrystal burst into tears, as she sobbed loudly. Her whole body was shaking, knowing she wouldn’t have a chance to live the normal life she always dreamed of.

"Alpha... you can’t spare my life because I have been in contact with Lady Cyan?" Chrystal finally asked once she was a little bit calm, but Cane didn’t answer her. "I only wanted to to survive. Is one act of survival nobler than the other?"

Cane knew what she meant. He also coalesced with the lycan in order to survive. It was not different from what she had done, if anything, his act of survival was even worse than what she did.

She was pretty smart emotionally and could read the situation pretty well. It was unfortunate that he couldn’t trust her.

"Then, you should have succeeded with whatever way you chose. Because at the end of the day, no matter what way you choose to survive, you need to make it, for it to work, or else, it’s only a bad choice."

Chrystal cried a little more before her gaze fell on the cup in Cane’s hand. "Will it hurt?"

"No. You will feel sleepy as your heartbeat slows down. You will feel like you are going to fall asleep." Cane handed the cup to Chrystal, which she received with shaking hands.

"If I can be so brazen for one last time, can I ask one more thing?"

"What is it?"

"I don’t want to be alone." Chyrstal gulped down with so much difficulty, she felt the cup was so heavy in her hand and she knew, no matter how much she begged and cried, she wouldn’t be able to change this alpha’s decision.

"You can drink now."

Chrystal smelled the tea and tasted it a little bit. "This is sweet. I was never allowed to drink or eat anything sweet when I was with Alpha Gill..." she said bitterly and took another big gulp. "I used to sneak inside the kitchen to eat something sweet, but when they found out, they would beat me. I like sweets. Thank you for making the tea taste so good."

Cane said nothing, he only listened to her rambling, until her words became incoherent and the empty cup fell from her hand, so did her body.

But before she could drop to the ground, Cane caught her body and laid her down on the bed. Her heartbeat slowed down pretty fast and soon, she breathed her last, while the Alpha watched her.

Once it was so quiet and the poor girl’s heart was no longer beating, Cane walked out of the room, where Jace had been waiting for him.

"Bury her in a nice place," Cane said.

People might wonder why Cane personally came to deliver the poison when he could ask someone else to do the task, but it seemed, the Beta knew the reason why, though he couldn’t confirm, or be a hundred percent sure about it.

The girl’s name was the same as the person Cane respected the most. Probably it was only a nice gesture from him because he had lost so many people recently and having to kill someone on top of that was not really comforting.

"Trion sent word that Aderan had kidnapped the Queen," Jace said, as they walked away, which made Cane stop walking and turn around.

The Beta could see the anger in Cane’s eyes.

"Where is he now?" Cane didn’t raise his voice, but Jace could feel his anger as clear as the day.

"Trion is not sure, but he thinks he will take a ship to a neighboring continent," Jace replied, as he handed the letter from Trion that they received only now.

You could see now, how fickle a person’s heart could be and this happened with a warrior that pledged his loyalty to him...

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Ethan was trying to appease Iris’ irritation, while Eron and Dyne gave her an apologetic look, and the rest tried to avoid her eyes.

"Fine. But, I want my meals to be paid too," Iris said slyly.

"How can you do that, you are the Luna!" Ethan, Eron and Dyne whisper shouted at the same time.