Cane had expected the King to come, or at the very least, himself to be summoned back to the capital city, to be questioned about the execution of the five alphas, but he thought it wouldn't be this fast.
Since people from the Holy Kingdom would arrive, Cane assumed the King would receive them first before he took care of the matter in the south, since time would be so tight to travel back and forth. Moreover, there were a lot of problems within the royal court surrounding the new crown prince's appointment.
But, as it turned out, Aeon made a hasty decision. This move didn't feel like him… Cane could feel how out of character his plan to visit the south was. If it was the King that was in charge, he would have focused on the matters involving the court first.
The King didn't even show himself when the Howling Wolf pack was dragged under the Blue Moon pack control to avoid people's wrath over the power shift.