The king watched everything play out before his eyes, but he said nothing. This was the first time for him to meet with his nephew and he thought, after years of slavery, he would be easy to deal with, since Gerald would have broken him physically and mentally.
And yet, here he was, being so cunning with him. He turned the tables around and used the rules against the king himself.
The fact that they had castrated Mason, which rendered him unable to produce an heir, was something that he couldn't refute, since the law said that one couldn't be the alpha without having the ability to ensure his line of succession.
Moreover, King Aeon couldn't punish Cane, since he made use of a different law, which said that he was allowed to do anything to the war prisoners, including killing them. The king used the same law to refuse to help the Howling Wolf pack in time of their need before.
"In this case, we need…" Alpha Gill was about to offer a solution, but Cane didn't allow him to talk.
