359: A PLEASANT DINNER

A PLEASANT DINNER

1Iris frowned. She pouted her lips when Cane whispered to her ear, as he told her where the body of prince Vemion. 

She then tilted her head and stared at him in disbelieve as she said in annoyance. "You know I deaf, right?"

There was mirth in those dark eyes of his and a small smile tugged on the corner of Cane's lips when he heard her protest. "I know," he said curtly. 

"Are you playing with me?" Iris narrowed her eyes at him, but he simply brushed her bangs and stood up. 

"Let's go, we have dinner with alpha Gill." Cane took Iris's hand. She looked reluctant to have dinner with alpha Gill. She didn't even want to be near him at all. 

Cane could see that, but he couldn't cater to her every need, Iris needed to learn how to face her discomfort because just like what he had told and showed her, their road ahead would fill with much worse than only a discomfort, thus she needed to figure out how to face her own crisis. 

Protecting her was his priority, but coddled her wouldn't help anyone in the long run. 

Iris took his hand and then stood up. She was not happy to have dinner with alpha Gill, but she didn't refuse to go as well. As long as Cane by her side, she could endure this dinner. 

"Tell me, where is prince Vemion's body?" Iris became curious because Cane tricked her. 

"I have told you earlier," Cane said, as both of them stepped out of the bedroom, holding hands like usual, but for Jace, who had been waiting for them outside of the door, this was something that made him frowned. 

Since when the alpha was being so touchy? He was not even like this with Aria. Because of the nightmare they had gone through, most of them hated it to be touched casually and developed a habit to avoid skinship altogether, unless it was with someone they were comfortable with. 

Did he feel comfortable with her? What actually happened in the capital city? For someone who didn't see them for months, this change puzzled him. 

"Hi, Jace," Iris greeted him sheepishly when she saw him. 

"Oh, hi luna…" Jace mumbled. He saw the different in Iris as well, because she was way more comfortable with Cane than before so did the alpha and this luna was talking a little bit more than her usual reserved self that he knew in short time he met her. 

Iris smiled, but she avoided to see his eyes, as she turned her focus on Cane again. "Tell me…" she said in low voice, tugging at his sleeve, but Cane simply repeated the same answer, making his mate frustrated. 

Meanwhile, this subtle gesture and the banter between the two of them didn't go unnoticed by Jace. He was floored. Did Cane tease her? Was that even make sense?

They exchanged letter very often, whether it was a secret missile or a report regarding the two packs, which would be fine if the king's spy read that, since it would be too suspicious if they couldn't find anything to be reported back to the king. 

But then, of course, even in two type of letters, Ethan had never mentioned anything about the progress of the relationship between Cane and Iris. 

Jace determined to interrogate the gamma once he got back to the pack. He was going to dig every detail of it, because for him it was so absurd. 

And if the beta thought that was it and he wouldn't be surprise again, he witnessed how natural when Cane leaned over and kissed Iris's forehead, as if he was coaxing her, because he refused to tell her the body of prince Vemion. Cane casually slid down his hand and rested it on her waist protectively, as they walked in this long corridor. 

Somehow, the beta felt awkward. He felt like he was disturbing their time together, though they were in the enemy's territory and such display of affection was not necessary. 

However, for Cane and Iris, the time when they spent together inside the forest for two weeks, made them grew closer, even without them knowing it. It just happened…

Thankfully, Jace didn't need to be fed by such sweet scene when he didn't have a mate on his own for long time, as they arrived in the dinning hall, where they could hear a lot of laughter and music on the background. 

This must be a typical dinner in the standard of the southern pack, as they loved to be fed and to be pleased. 

Jace immediately scrunched his nose when the smell of sex filled the air. 

Iris's body stiffened when the door to the dinning hall was opened and before her eyes, there were a few naked women, sitting on some men's laps, walking around the table, or some women was being passed to another man. 

Alpha Gill himself had a naked woman with brown hair, sitting on his laps, while he dripped honey on her bare chest and licked it from there. He was too occupied with his own pleasure, as he didn't realize Cane was already there. 

On the other hand, Jace felt like he revived the days of their slavery. This was the same exact thing they used to see. 

There was not only woman, but also naked men there, as they pleased their master or giving them a show. 

This was not a dinner, but if you came from the southern pack, you would know this kind of thing was very common here. 

The alpha and all the highborn in this pack loved to have their carnal desire be fulfilled. They would use any occasion to have this kind of party and this time, this 'welcome party' was to honor Cane and Iris. 

"Alpha Cane!" Alpha Gill raised his head from the woman's breast and grinned at him and Iris. 

Iris felt like she wanted to vomit, she kept her eyes down and didn't dare to look around this room. She lost her appetite. She didn't want to eat anything here, which had contained with those people's fluid…

"Alpha Gil," Cane said politely, as he sat down next to him, while Iris was by his side. She clutched onto his pants, as he uncorked a bottle of wine and poured it for her, so she could relax a little bit. 

"Someone come! Serve them their meals!" Alpha Gill's voice boomed inside the room and two maidservants wearing transparent dress, which covered nothing of their skin immediately came to serve two meals for Iris and Cane. 

One of them intentionally brushed their chest against Cane's shoulder, which made alpha Gill grinned. 

"You must have been dreaming of being served like this right? After all, you have been in many parties that was held by alpha Gerald. Unfortunately, at that time, you were not in the position, where you can do as you please…" Alpha Gill smacked his lips in lewdly. "Now, I have prepared some women for you!" he slurred, he was drunk, but not completely forgot about his mission to get Cane's good side, since they found Vemion's head in his pack and now Red Claw pack was enraged. 

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