Chapter 548: THE MERCHANT WAS BEING LED ON
"A child wrote to me?" Iris’ eyes lit up when she received the letter. She opened it immediately. It seemed, Cane had not yet read it, since the letter was still sealed.
Inside, Iris found not so nice handwriting, which made her chuckle, even though the handwriting couldn’t be considered acceptable, the letter was clear and not confusing to read.
Because of how big the letters were, it took three parchments to convey a short piece of information.
"What is it?" Cane caught Iris frowning after she read the letter.
"Joyce said Prince Kellan didn’t take her to the palace but he took her sister Annie with him to the Celestial Moon pack after the war against the Red Claw pack." Iris’ eyes darkened. Her mood turned very sour and Cane could feel it.
When she was in the capital city, Joyce would gush how Prince Kellan would take her to the palace, so she could live with her sister there, but now after everything that happened, it seemed, Prince Kellan only took the children who were already under his possession without taking any new ones from the orphanage.
Iris didn’t know whether this was good news or not.
"Hm." Cane nodded. "I got a report that Kellan is in the Celestial Moon pack." At his words, Iris stared at him and he answered the question that she didn’t voice out loud. "The Howling Wolf pack and the Celestial Moon pack were Kellan’s strongest supporters back when he was still a crown prince. It would be easier for him to reach the Celestial Moon pack than the Howling Wolf pack."
Kellan must have fled there since he didn’t have a stronghold in the palace after the untimely death of the King. From what Cane had gathered, Alan had been killing all the princes and princesses, who could challenge him for the throne and sent people to hunt down those who tried to escape.
It was a common practice for new sovereigns when they sat on the throne to paint the palace with blood. This was what Cane’s mother avoided.
It didn’t mean Kellan would be able to escape his death, despite being in the Celestial Moon pack, even though it gave him a chance to survive.