Silence fell over the room, the tension was so thick, you could feel it in the air.
Meanwhile, Iris made an attempt to free herself from Cane’s grip, since she didn’t like the way they stared at her, at the mark on her neck as it made her uncomfortable, but Cane didn’t allow her, he held her firmly.
The alpha showed his mark for a little bit longer, just to rub this fact in their faces.
The mark had fully healed, while it would take around a week for that to show. Cane had marked her a week prior, thus their accusation of him marking her out of the blue couldn’t hold the ground.
“She is the luna of the pack now, which means, her pack will also be under my responsibility as her mate.” Cane finally let Iris go, as she shrunk back and stood behind him.
Mason screamed something, but it was hard to understand, since he was gagged.
Right at that time, Will returned to the room and whispered something into the alpha’s ear, which made Cane smile even more.
Even though he was smiling, it didn’t reach his eyes at all. His eyes were empty, cold even, they were devoid of any emotions.
“Just because there are only five alphas that came to this meeting, it doesn’t mean the rest of the five alphas’ opinions don’t matter.” Cane looked at them one by one.
They must know that the other five alphas couldn’t come due to the condition of their packs and the fact they were far away from here, it would take them more than a week to reach Blue Moon pack.
Therefore, only these five alphas, who lived nearby the area, as these five were in the south of the kingdom, who would always be frequented by alpha Gerald and do their dirty deeds ever so often.
After saying that, five men entered the room, they looked worn out, as if they had gone through a long journey. They were still in their traveling gear while their cloaks were covered in dust and dirt.
“They are here to deliver the message from the other five alphas.” Cane stepped aside to let them say what the messages were.
Iris moved along with him, as she unconsciously took a shelter behind Cane’s back. The alpha glanced at her briefly and saw her staring at her shoes. She was not comfortable with this whole ordeal.
“This is the message from Alpha Derick of the Celestial Moon pack…”
And the messengers were reading the messages that they brought one by one. In conclusion, the other five alphas did agree with Cane’s idea to take over Blue Moon pack, especially when they knew Mason was no longer able to produce an heir, though they said nothing about Iris.
“The outcome of the voting is five against five.” Cane looked at the king, while the five messengers resigned themselves from the room.
“I don’t want chaos in my kingdom,” king Aeon said through his gritted teeth. He thought it would be an easy decision to make, but Cane made it more and more difficult. He didn’t want to lose face in this meeting.
“I didn’t wish for that to happen either, my king,” Cane said soothingly. “But the voting is even and if you disregard the other five alphas’ opinion, I am afraid this will cause a disruption in our kingdom.”
“Are you trying to threaten me?” King Aeon narrowed his eyes at Cane, but the alpha tactfully lowered his head a bit, to show his submission. He couldn’t push him more than this, or else the king would take an impulsive decision feeling his ego was hurt.
And just like what Cane thought, the king was rather pleased to see him showing a little bit of respect and submission to him.
“I will not dare to do that.” Cane lowered his head, but his eyes remained defiant. “I have a solution and I think this will be the best outcome for all of us. After all, I have chosen her as my mate, all of you had seen the mark on her neck. She bears my mark.”
King Aeon sat down again, his eyes hard on Cane, but the alpha simply kept his head low to make him unable to see his eyes, which gave satisfaction to the king as well, since this made him feel like he still had the upper hand on Cane.
“Fine.” King Aeon nodded. “Do as you wish. She is your luna and now the Blue Moon pack will fall into your responsibility.”
The other five alphas didn’t look satisfied with this solution, but they kept it to themselves, since the king was talking right now.
“Since the new alpha and the luna have to be blessed in the capital, I want to know when you will go to the capital and have the ceremony.” King Aeon widened his eyes. “Since the problem here is an heir, I will give you two years to prove to me that she is able to give you a child. If after two years, you are still without a child, we will discuss this matter again.”
This was a tradition that every alpha and luna had to go through in order to claim their positions in the pack. They needed to go to the temple in the capital city, where they would have to pray for them to have a blessing from the moon goddess and write their names on the sacred stone as the new rulers for their pack.
“And one more thing.” The king looked at Iris, who was half hiding herself behind Cane. The alpha’s large and tall body practically hid her well. “Since the problem here is an heir, I will give you two years to prove to me that she is able to give you a child. If after two years, you are still without a child, we will discuss this matter again.”
Hearing that, Cane raised his head and met the king in the eyes. There was a flash of emotion in those dark eyes, but it lasted only for a brief second, because after that, they returned to being emotionless.
“Yes, I will make sure to bring our child.” The words ‘our child’ left a bitter taste in his mouth.
Behind him, Jace had a troubled expression. He didn’t know how the alpha would come up with a child later when the time came.
“So, when will you have the blessing ceremony in the capital temple?” The king asked casually, which made the tension slightly dissipate from this room. He leaned his back against his seat.
“Since we still have a lot of things to be taken care of here, as I will be in charge of the Blue Moon pack too, we will visit the capital within six months.” Cane had to rearrange some things and he had to move the pack house to the former pack house in the Howling Wolf pack. He didn’t intend to stay in this pack house for long.
Cane had not yet found a time to go back to his pack.
“Four months,” King Aeon said. “I want you to have the blessing ceremony within four months. This is something that you can’t delay for long and you know that.”
Cane looked at the king for a while and then nodded. “Four months.”
“I hope to see a grand nephew in two years.”
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Grace was a healer from the Howling Wolf pack. Because of her position, she didn’t get the brunt of the slavery, as she worked with the other healers in the Blue Moon pack, but it didn’t mean she had never been harmed, since she would help her people and would be caught in the act on her unlucky days.
Grace was only eighteen when the pack went into slavery, but during the ten years following she learned a lot and became one of the best healers in the Blue Moon pack. Alpha Gerald ordered to kill all the healers in the Howling Wolf pack, except for her, because she was so young.
“There is no hope, alpha,” Grace said sadly, she looked at Cane with sadness in her eyes and Cane hated it when people gave that pitiful look to him. “You are sterile. What happened years ago has destroyed your nerves and made you sterile.”
Grace didn’t want to explain this thing again to Cane, but when she heard how the last meeting went and what the king demanded from the alpha in two years, she knew that Cane would call her over.
She was right and here she was, having this difficult conversation with Cane again. This would be the second time they had this discussion. The first time she informed him about this, Cane chose to act as if the conversation never happened.
No one could blame him for that, just like the others, she knew how important an heir for an alpha was and just like how Cane had annulled Mason’s claim from the alpha’s title because he was no longer able to produce an heir, the same accusation could be directed at him.
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