The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 571: THE CURSED BABY

Chapter 571: THE CURSED BABY

They named the baby after his father. Vemion. It was a devastating moment for Laluna to learn that she lost her mate because of the lycan only a few weeks before she was supposed to give birth to Vemion’s first child.

Not to mention everything fell apart after that moment. A lot of things had happened and Laluna felt like she was not able to keep up with the drastic changes that surrounded her life.

From losing her mate to be the mother of the future king of this kingdom and then the unrest in the capital city, where she had to leave and go back to her pack for protection. Only then did she realize her baby was being cursed and now they were so desperate to find a cure for her baby.

They were willing to do anything to save little Vemion, because this less than three months old baby held great power. He was the only valid reason for them to fight for the throne. Without the baby, they would be seen as a rebellious pack, as they would lose the case, the very reason why they were in hot water with the royal family.

It was not the baby they cared about, but the value he held. They cared about it the most.

Laluna felt ill to her stomach whenever she remembered that fact.

"Serafim," Laluna greeted her, as she curtsied with the baby in her arms, but Abby immediately stopped her, so she didn’t need to bend her waist.

"Let me check on your son," Abby said softly, she glanced at the baby, but she couldn’t find anything. The baby was currently sleeping now. There was no indication of dark magic on him whatsoever.

But then, Abby couldn’t determine the answer without doing a thorough check on the baby first. Her power was not strong enough to tell whether or not the baby was cursed by dark magic without any visible signs.

"Yes, please save my son, Serafim," Laluna said in a tone full of grief. She walked back toward Vemion’s crib and laid him there.

"Can you tell me what happened to him?" Abby needed all the information she could get to determine how to purify any dark magic, if the poor baby was indeed being cursed.

Laluna then told the Serafim about how her baby had been crying for hours to no end and would often have a seizure, which freaked them out. The baby would even bleed from his orifices.

"And this..." Laluna unswaddled the baby and showed his rash filled skin. It looked so horrifying on the little one. It looked so painful and Abby gasped in surprise. "What should we do, Serafim? Can you lift the dark spell? The people in the palace are so cruel to attack my baby."

Koda stepped forward and pleaded with the Serafim as well, of course, he didn’t forget to insert a few insults toward the royal family, so the Serafim would help more with their case.

"I believe you can lift the curse, right?" Koda said in an expectant tone, while staring at the Serafim, who was silent the whole time.

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Iris was having a hard time finding Cane. When she arrived at the place where he was supposed to be, she was told he had just left a few minutes earlier, as if someone had told him that Iris was coming over and he left immediately.

No matter what Aliana said to reassure her that was unintentional, Iris knew Cane was trying to avoid her. Was he that mad at her, until he didn’t want to see her? Iris became even more frustrated. She went to the tent, where they were treating the injured people after the attack the last time.

Iris needed to do something, to distract her mind from thinking too much about Cane’s actions. She really regretted defying him, especially in front of his people. If she could, she would rather have Cane reprimand her and snap back at her when she didn’t oblige than to have him ignore her like this.

Iris felt so miserable.

"Cane, how long do you want to avoid her?" Ethan sighed deeply, as he watched Iris sitting next to Lil Thing. She caressed the white furred creature with a blank expression after she helped the injured people inside the tent.

The Gamma stood next to his alpha, who was stubborn enough not to approach his mate and chose to look at her from afar instead.

"I know you are upset because she didn’t listen to you, but shouldn’t you talk things out, instead of avoiding her?" Ethan asked, both his alpha and luna looked miserable and it affected him as well. He didn’t like this tension between them.

However, the truth was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, it was not only because of her action that made Cane become even more closed off, but also because of his recent decision.

After all, killing your enemy was an easy job compared to killing your own people...

Ethan stopped rambling when Cane glanced at him. It was enough to tell the Gamma that he messed up again.

"What’s the news from the Red Claw pack?" Cane asked callously.

"Oh, Koda wrote that the Serafim has started the treatment for his great grandson and now they are waiting for the progress of it," Ethan immediately replied, afraid Cane would be more upset. "They also tried to reach out to the Celestial Moon pack to make Alpha Derick side with them, especially after the royals had killed Kade."

Kade was one of the previous King’s right hand men, and a representative from the Celestial Moon pack. He was killed because Alpha Derick sheltered Prince Kellan, which showed which side the Alpha had decided to take.

"It seems they really followed the plan you have set for them," Ethan said with a grin. "But, if you think about it again, they don’t have a prominent figure to strategize their next move. You have made them rely on you so badly, Cane! You left me awed again!" Oh, of course, the Gamma didn’t forget the praises, hoping he could get out of Cane’s bad side after his rambling.

"The warriors from the Bloody Wolf pack will arrive soon, go and delegate their tasks," Cane said, he didn’t even bother to listen how his gamma tried to flatter him.

"There are around two hundred and fifty of them... can’t you give me Oliver to help?" Ethan then blinked his eyes, as if he just realized something. "I have not seen him after our fight, have you sent him somewhere?"

Cane’s eyes darkened slightly at the mention of Oliver’s name. "I sent him back to the Riverside pack to overlook the construction of the tunnel there."

"Ah! That’s why I have not seen him!" Ethan clicked his tongue. "You don’t need to send him away, we just had a disagreement, that’s all." Ethan felt bad for Oliver, but his eyes lit up. "But, I am happy you sided with me!"

Cane threw him a dagger look. "If you think I did it for you, you can stop being delusional."

Ethan’s smile disappeared almost immediately, as he pouted. "I thought you care about me so much.... Where are you going?!"

Cane didn’t have time to listen to Ethan’s complaints, so he turned and left while Ethan was mid sentence.

"Can’t I get Aliana to help me, at least?! Cane! Alpha!" Ethan chased after Cane.

And with that, Iris didn’t see Cane for a whole three days. Aliana told her that Cane came to visit her in the middle of every night after she had fallen asleep and then left without staying by her side.

On the third day, when they were supposed to leave this pack, Iris still couldn’t manage to meet with Cane and her guilt turned into frustration and now she was angry. Her mood was instantly ruined when she saw the spot next to her was empty again this morning.

You could tell how bad the Luna’s mood was from the way she glared at the warrior, who told her the Alpha just left before she arrived at the training ground again.

The tents had been pulled down and the injured people were fine now. There were new additions to their entourage, the warriors from the Bloody Wolf pack, but Cane had given an instruction for the additional warriors to guard at the outer parts, so Iris had not yet seen any of them.

"Luna, come here, quick!" Aliana took away the bowl of water from her and grabbed her hand to take her somewhere.

"What happened?" Iris looked confused, as she ran beside Aliana down this long corridor. It wasn’t really long before she was out of breath. Yes, her health had improved, thanks to Grace, but it didn’t mean she could run next to a shifter like Aliana and keep up with her.

"I found where the Alpha is, we need to hurry, or else, he will run away again!" Aliana said enthusiastically. She didn’t slow down at all, forcing Iris to move her legs faster.

The way Aliana talked about Cane made it sound like the Alpha was a runaway prisoner or something.

Once they arrived at the greenhouse, where you could see Cane’s figure through the glass with another three warriors, Iris started to feel lightheaded. She had never run this fast in her entire life.

"Go, Luna!" Aliana cheered for her, as she pushed Iris into the greenhouse and the next thing Iris knew, she had interrupted an important discussion.

"Luna Iris." The three warriors greeted Iris and nodded at her, but Cane had this flat expression. It was hard to tell what was in his mind.

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