The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 109: ARE YOU OKAY?

Chapter 109: ARE YOU OKAY?

Because the carriage had been destroyed, Iris needed to ride a horse, but the problem was; they were short of a horse while she couldn’t ride one at all.

"I don’t know how..." Iris said apologetically. Once again, she felt like she was being a burden who couldn’t help with anything. Cane shouldn’t have brought her along. He would be able to go back to the pack before the new moon anyway, since he would move faster without her.

"In that case, you need to ride with someone," Will stated, that was the only solution for them. Even if they bought a horse, she wouldn’t be able to ride one all of a sudden.

"Yeah, I think I have to do that..." Iris’ first option was Redmond. She wouldn’t dare to ask Cane to let her ride with him. "I will ask Redmond."

Will then glanced over his shoulder and sighed to see Redmond and Ethan were still bickering. "I think I need to go and stop them before they kill each other," he grumbled as he stood up.

Meanwhile, Iris repacked the rations in two bags, so they wouldn’t have a problem carrying them. Thankfully, the troll was not a poisonous type of monster, thus they wouldn’t need to be worried if the rations made contact with them.

Iris tried to help with whatever she could, since she didn’t want to burden them with her presence.

Someone tapped her shoulder and when she turned around, it was Cane. He looked at her. "Are you hurt?" His dark eyes swept over her body briefly, checking for external injuries.

"No." Iris shook her head. It was nice of him to ask for her well being after the attack.

"The stone is still with you?"

Iris felt it inside her pocket. "Yes."

"Hm."

And after that he left.

So, it was not her he was worried about. He just didn’t want her to lose the stone during the battle. With that, Iris continued to rearrange the rations inside the bags.

After everything was well and the carcasses of the trolls had been taken care of, they were ready to continue their journey. It would be around two days before they could arrive in the Dew Moon pack.

"How come you cannot ride a horse?" Redmond asked with a frown. "I saw you lingering around the stables when you were a child."

That must be the time when she befriended that boy from the stables. Though she read what he said, Iris pretended she didn’t hear anything and climbed onto the horse with his help. She was sitting behind him, holding his waist while trying to keep a distance between them, despite the small space.

"This won’t do," Redmond said, feeling irritated. "You will fall if you hold onto me like that."

Grumbling, Redmond took both of Iris’ arms and wrapped them around his waist, he pulled her until her face pressed against his back.

"What?" Iris was trying to put some space between them, because it was not comfortable to be so close to him.

Annoyed, Redmond turned around and looked at her. "You will only fall if you hold me like that."

"No, I- I will be fine."

Redmond rolled his eyes. "If you are really uncomfortable to be so close to me, why don’t you ride with your mate over there?" Redmond nodded at Cane, who was at the front of this small party.

Iris said nothing, she wrapped her arms around his waist, but she didn’t rest her head against his back.

"Whatever." Redmond let her do what she wanted. After all, she wouldn’t die if she fell from the horse.

Not long after that, confirming they were good to go, the small party moved to the south.

Iris, who was trying to keep a distance between the two of them, ended up hugging him so close. She literally buried her face in his back because the horse moved so fast. Her surroundings were a blur, as if those trees ran past them. She needed to hide her face behind his back, while the wind messed with her hair.

But, the worst part was; it didn’t take her long before she felt her butt was on fire. It was very uncomfortable to ride a horse! She moved around, trying to find a comfortable position, but she couldn’t, no matter what, she felt her butt stung, but she had to endure it, since there was no way she would ask them to stop and wait for her to get better.

In the end, she buried her face in Redmond’s back, holding back her tears. It was so painful...

They finally stopped when the sun went down and found a cave to spend the night. The floor inside was dry and since it had been raining for the past few days, this place was just perfect for them.

"Can you get down?" Redmond asked, as he tilted his head to check on her, but she was still burying her face in his back, thus he tapped her leg to get her attention.

Iris lifted her head to look at him. "Are we taking a rest?" She asked in a small voice, she was in so much pain, she couldn’t even straighten her back without wincing.

"Yes, can you get down?"

"Oh, yes, I can..." Iris was too happy to get down and touch the ground again, but because she was too hasty and overestimated her endurance, she stumbled straight to the ground when she tried to get off the horse. "Argh!"

Her legs didn’t want to cooperate with her at all, as she couldn’t feel her legs at this point and braced herself for the impact, while Redmond was alarmed and tried to reach for her, but it was too late, his position made it hard for him to reach for her in time.

Iris covered her face out of instinct, as she waited for the impact, but instead of the hard ground, she felt someone catch her, as she bumped into a sturdy chest.

The arms that wrapped around her body were strong and he steadied her.

Cane stared at her when she was struggling to stand on her own feet.