The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 670: BLACK RAIN AND DARK SKY (12)

Chapter 670: BLACK RAIN AND DARK SKY (12)

When the Howling Wolf pack was being attacked by Blue Moon pack, Celestial Moon pack was also under constraint because of the constant monster attack in their territory, which rendered them unable to be any help for the former.

This constant monster attack also put them in tight spot, where they couldn’t do much, aside from defending the north. Their hands were tight because of it, which caused their pack secluded from everything that was happening in this continent.

But later on, Cane and alpha Derick learned that king Aeon had been using Asturi Stem as his method to rile up the monsters in the north, which was the caused of their dire situation. They didn’t have any idea how long King Aeon had been feeding the monsters in the north with the Asturi Stem.

However, before the matter with the Asturi Stem could be cleared up and they were able to come up with something to counter that, a lot of unexpected things happened, which brought them, to today.

And yet, the worst had not yet to come.

"The king will be here?" Alpha Derick narrowed his eyes at his son. He was his heir, the next in line for the alpha position. "What is he going to do here?" The old alpha still looked energetic, as if he could live for another hundred of years. His grey hair was tied into a bun. This was a tradition for the man in the north to grow their hair.

And constant battle had hardened their features. The way they talked and the way they moved, as if they were in high alert all the time, thus mostly people from the north had this strong intimidating air around them, especially the alpha.

"There is further explanation, but this time the king will stay for a little bit longer," Cezi said. He was alpha Derick’s firstborn.

Alpha Derick clicked his tongue in annoyance. He indeed had pledged his loyalty to the king to save his pack, his people and his daughter also prince Kellan from being executed, but deep in his heart, he despised Alan so much. He was still Kellan’s loyal supporter and was happy when the prince took his youngest daughter as his mate, this emphasized his status as a family and how important he was for this pack.

"Is there any news from Cane?" Alpha Derick’s tone was a little bit hurt when he asked about Cane.

He refused to help his pack and since then the relationship between them was a little bit complicated, because with alpha Derick pledged his loyalty to the new king and Cane supported Red Claw pack, they were standing in the opposite side.

Alpha Derick couldn’t understand why Cane didn’t support prince Kellan like his father did. In his opinion Cane had gone astray from what he and his best friend’s belief.

"No." Cezi shook his head.

"What about the situation in the southern border?" It was the area where the border warriors and Winter Moon pack pit on Cane’s warriors.

"Still the same, alpha Cane took his warriors to retreat near the Bloody Wolf pack and set their defense there, until now, there is still no movement from him."

Alpha Derick nodded, his brows furrowed harder, as he gritted his teeth. What Cane was up to? It was clear to see that Cane and his people’s situation right now was not the best.

"Father." Cezi was a little bit hesitated when he was going to inform this.

"What is it?"

"There is a rumor that prince Kellan led the Golden Light pack toward the battlefield in the south."

"What a nonsense." Alpha Derick waved his hand. "How he could lead a huge amount of warriors when he is having a hard time to stand?"

"Golden Light pack is the former pack of Lady Abigail, prince Kellan’s mother, I think he still, somehow, holds some power over there. More so..." Cezi frowned when he said the next thing. "Some people saw him standing." He fished out a letter from his pocket. "Arella sent a letter to confirm that too."

"No way." Alpha Derick snatched the letter from Cezi’s hand and read it himself. "No way... what is happening? How could this even be possible?"

"Black magic," Cezi suggested, but alpha Derick shot down the idea.

"Prince Kellan will not indulge himself in such degrading activity."

"You can’t be sure about that."

"I know him so well, ever since he was a child. Why do you think I always support him? He is the future for this continent."

"Father, you think too highly of him. I still don’t agree with the way he mated with Arella. He is twice her age!"

"Age doesn’t matter. Arella is mature enough for her age and it is an honor for us to have prince Kellan as part of our family."

"An honor for you, not for me." Cezi’s voice had turned very dark. This had been a constant heated topic for both of them, because Cezi was still weirded out by how prince Kellan and Arella got together. "I can’t even imagine to be with someone around Arella’s age!" He was not even as old as Kellan.

"Enough!"

Cezi’s jaw hardened. He was bewildered by his father’s blind devotion toward prince Kellan. The prince was nice and all, but he didn’t have a good feeling about him.

"I will make a preparation to welcome the king." Cezi didn’t want to tangle in another heated argumentation with his father and chose to leave.

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"Cane have planned for the Red Claw pack to attack the Golden Light pack, while all of the warriors went to the battlefield in the south," Redmond said to Cyan. "I have warned alpha Gallot about this and asked to meet you sooner, but I don’t think all of you believed what I am saying until it is too late and now, the Red Claw pack has taken control over the west."

Redmond tried to hide the disdain in his eyes for the woman before him. A woman as a strategist in war? No offense, but he didn’t think this cunning lady knew what she was doing. She might good at manipulating people, credited to her ability to be able to control people’s mind, but in this game, she was suck.

"Don’t underestimate Cane. He knows when to attack and when to retreat. In a war, it’s not only about making an aggressive attack against your opponent," Redmond added when he saw how visibly upset lady Cyan was.

Lady Cyan raised her brows. "Are you trying to lecture me?"

"I only want to say that I have more experience in a battlefield than you." Redmond didn’t look care so much with the way Lady Cyan threw him an angry look. He looked as reckless as usual.

"And yet, you failed to protect the Blue Moon pack and your pack was defeated."

"Talking about being defeated. It makes two of us." Redmond casually reminded lady Cyan about her attempt to kill Cane in the Goffa Mountain, which was not very much appreciated by her. "He has the lycan. That’s what make him stronger than any shifter or any magic user."

Redmond simply stated the fact, which both of them were already knew.

The anger in lady Cyan’s eyes was not subsided, but Redmond could see she warmed up with his suggestion and some of his idea, as he advised how to counter Cane’s attack.

"Stay here. I want you to meet with someone." Lady Cyan walked toward the door after she finished hearing all Redmond’s suggestion about how to get their hand on Cane now the alpha was going to leave for the Black Market.

"Who?" Redmond stretched out his body. Talking with this woman drained out all of his energy.

Lady Cyan didn’t answer that question, but instead, she turned around and stared at Redmond right in the eyes. "Your baby looks more and more like you. He has your red hair."

Redmond’s expression didn’t change. "And then, what do you want to say?" A second later, a smirk appeared on the corner of his lips. "Do you really think I care about that drooling creature?" That statement followed with a laughter. "My lady, let’s focus with the matter at hand. You don’t need to bother with that baby. I came here under the pretext to demand the compensation from alpha Gallot on behalf of Cane for the silly scheme that he pulled against him. I don’t care what happened between the two of them, but my goal to come here is to meet you and accept your offer. I know it’s a little bit late, but I don’t see why you can’t trust me in this."

"You will be so naïve if you are talking about trust after your betrayal."

Redmond shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. "I spent my time enough with Cane to know I don’t like him and you are the better option. Do you really thing a drooling baby will tie me down?"

The corner of Lady Cyan’s lips quirked up. "We will see about that."

And after that, she left the room, where Redmond stood in the same place, stared at the closed door without any expression on his face at all. It was hard to tell what was in his mind.

But it was not so long when someone entered the room and his emotionless expression morphed into horror to see who had stepped in.

"Heaven!" Redmond shouted, he staggered back when he saw her. "How...?! You supposed to be dead!"

"Hello, Redmond," Aria called his name, she looked satisfied to see fear in his eyes. "It has been a while."

"Go back to hell, you bitch!"

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"Stop it! All of you!" Abby roared, she was too shocked when she felt the pain the moment she made a contact with Iris, which caused her screaming, but when the knights and the warriors were ready to fight for this misunderstanding, Abby quickly regained her composure and forcefully pushed back her bewilderment upon what had happened earlier. "Step back, Cedric! She didn’t hurt me!"

Cedric was in front of her, while Liam cradled her body and the other three knights were ready to fight.

"You were screaming earlier!" Liam protested. "What happened?!"

"Withdraw your swords! Put it down!" Abby commanded them sternly, which left them with no other option, but to do the same. They didn’t sheath their sword, but simply lowered it down, just in case.

"Are you, okay?" Abby asked Aliana, who was being pushed harshly earlier.

"Don’t come closer to these animals, Serafim!" Ezra, one of the knights warned Abby, which only provoked the warriors, whose three of them were already in their beast form.

"Watch your words, Ezra! I don’t appreciate it!" Abby reprimanded her knights, as she stood up and tried to deescalate the situation.

But before that, it was Zale’s voice that shifted their attention from this heated argumentation. The young boy was currently sitting on the other side of the bed, no one noticed he was there until now.

"She opened her eyes! The luna opens her eyes!" He informed them excitedly.

Aliana immediately pulled the curtain even wider to see Iris groaned softly and how her eyes fluttered. She tried to move her body, feeling uncomfortable.

"Luna Iris, are you, okay?" Aliana immediately approached Iris and checked on her. "Reed, call Penny to come here!"

Reed didn’t need to be told twice, as he rushed out of the room, while the warriors in their beast form immediately shifted back into their human skin and gathered around the bed.

Meanwhile, the knights were dumbstruck to see Iris for the first time, they shifted their eyes back and forth from Iris to Abby, especially when the luna opened her eyes and they saw her blue eyes, those shade of blue was exactly the same color like the Serafim.

"My baby..." Iris touched her stomach, fear crept in.

"Don’t worry, the baby is fine..." Aliana reassured her.