Rejected Luna: Untamed Desire Of The Lycan Alpha novel Chapter 328

Chapter 328: The Banquet (2)

While Killian was looking at the ceremonial statue, Alpha Edward was staring at the new addition to their small group. From the thinning of his lips, it was quite clear that the man was not happy with what he was seeing. It was not exactly hostile, but something ... more like pondering as if he was worried about something. He commented, "I see... That you all have dressed up for the occasion."

"Well, we did have to..." Ajax tilted his head, mimicking the tone with which Alpha Edward was speaking to them. "It’s only right that we honour your pack and you, no matter how small it is compared to ours."

Alpha Edward’s smile tightened; he looked at Ajax with a hint of slight annoyance before dismissing him thoroughly. Ah, from the looks of it, the man didn’t quite like that jab. Did he? For someone who claimed that he had integrated into the human society way too deeply, this shouldn’t have caused that furrow between his brows.

"Indeed, you are correct." Alpha Edward’s smile didn’t reach his eyes as he turned to look at Laxus. "And this might be..."

"My head enforcer and bodyguard," Killian told him. He glanced at the man and stated, "I am sorry, but I cannot just appear anywhere without taking care of my security." More twitching.

Alpha Edward’s posture had turned rigid, but he still nodded with a smile. "We wouldn’t want anything to happen to the only heir of the royal blood, now, would we?"

He stepped to one side, allowing them to walk further in the ballroom. The space with a glass ceiling, looking out to the sky, with golden and white linens draped on the tables and golden flowers, appeared in front of them. The room was buzzing with sixty or so shifters. A small band was sitting in the corner of the room, but it skipped a few notes when they noticed their arrival. Killian glanced at the band and sniffed the fear that was oozing from their pores. Humans. What were humans doing in a ceremony related to the shifters?

"I hope you don’t mind." Alpha Edward walked over to them, and noticing the gaze with which Killian was looking at the band, he stammered, "We are not good with music... Only they can play these tunes."

"I don’t mind."

Alpha Edward smiled, this time a bit genuinely. Killian, on the other hand, noticed the many enforcers who had come to join the banquet. The report stated that they only had eighty or so families, but more than sixty enforcers, along with their mates, appeared in this banquet hall... either they were fiercely loyal to their alpha and were worried that something might happen to Alpha Edward, or they feared him gravely.

It had to be either of the two reasons.

A waitress walked over to them, batting her long lashes and curling her lips in a soft smile. Usually, Ajax would have lapped up the charm of the woman, but he, too, only glanced at her and simply took a glass of champagne without bothering to pay any more attention to her. Now that he thought about it, Ajax hadn’t been bringing in any females for a while. Interesting. He would poke his nose into Ajax’s life after he got his own straightened up.

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