The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 145: STEALING THE STONE

Chapter 145: STEALING THE STONE

What the guild master spouted thus far was utter bullshit. How could his pet enter a door that was sealed by magic?

"I need your mate to find it." Lou looked at Iris with interest, though he was talking with Cane right now. His eyes were filled with curiosity upon seeing her auburn hair.

Auburn hair and clear blue eyes... those were not common traits in this continent. About that, he was very sure.

And that kind of gaze didn’t go unnoticed in Cane’s observant eyes. "If even you can’t find it, what makes you think she can?"

"Huh?" Lou seemed to recover his wits and laughed awkwardly. He didn’t think of that question at all. "Lil Thing is very special and I am sure your mate will be able to call it out of its hideout."

Even Will was able to realize that this man was talking pure rubbish, but he didn’t voice his opinion, while Redmond had long ignored the conversation, because he knew this man was a swindler and it was already a mistake for them to come here in the first place.

"What kind of place is that?"

"Just an abandoned cave." Lou shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.

"Just an abandoned cave? So, there is nothing inside, right?" Cane repeated the same thing. He looked at the head of the guild and nodded. "Okay." Even though his excuse didn’t make any sense, he still agreed.

Will and Redmond frowned. They knew the alpha was up to something, but they didn’t know what it was, thus they could only wait and see what he was going to do.

"So, what are you waiting for?" Cane asked, as he took Iris’ hand.

The corners of Lou’s lips twitched, this was his place, his guild and his request, but why did he feel like he was the one who was being ordered around? While this alpha could do whatever? This didn’t feel right at all.

But, even when he was thinking that way, he couldn’t retaliate against him, which only vexed him further.

"Only you two will go inside, the rest will wait here," Lou grumbled, as he led the way.

Upon hearing that, Redmond and Will were about to argue, but Cane shot them a glance, which silenced them, as they could only watch their retreating backs disappear from their view.

"What kind of person is this Lou?" Will looked at Redmond once it was only the two of them inside this waiting room.

Redmond flopped down and grumbled again. "A busy body," he replied curtly, but that was all, because that was the truth.

On the other hand, Iris glanced at Cane beside her, as she could feel his callous hand wrapped around hers. His hand was so big and warm and it gave her a sense of security. It was weird she felt that way about the man that had hurt her.

This was the second time they were here and the same old man had been waiting for them in front of the door, before he opened it. Iris watched how the door glowed with golden light before it was opened.

"Here." Lou leaned lazily against the door frame and glanced at Iris once again, before he looked at Cane. "Thank you for your cooperation. I hope to see my Lil Thing again."

Cane said nothing and walked past the door with Iris close to him. "How can I get out of here?"

"Don’t worry, he will be inside as well." Lou nodded at the old man who stepped in as well before closing the door behind him. And right now, it was only the three of them behind the door, while Lou was on the opposite side. "I hope to see my Lil Thing very soon!" Lou shouted.

However, inside the cave, Cane ignored him completely.

"Are we going to find the animal?" Iris lifted her head to look at him.

"No." Cane shook his head and then walked further inside the cave, so the old man couldn’t see or hear them. "Find the stones."

She knew it!

Iris couldn’t help but chuckle. Cane wouldn’t have come here again if she didn’t tell him that this cave was filled with water magic stones.

"Is there something funny?" Cane frowned at her happy little face.

Iris immediately stopped herself and shook her head. "I- I will start looking for the stones," she said hurriedly.

Actually, she didn’t need to look for them, because they were literally surrounded by the stones right now, but Iris tried to keep herself busy.

"Are you sure that this is alright?" Iris was a little bit hesitant.

"This is an abandoned cave, he said it himself."

"Should we find the pet first?"

"I have never said that I will find it."

Okay, fine. The alpha became very cunning.

"Here and here..." Iris pointed out the spots where he could find the stone, while Cane easily dug into the stone wall and retrieved the magic stones from the crumbling rock. He could do it without any tools.

Because of how efficient they were, within an hour, Cane had dug out around fifteen water magic stones and the number would only increase.

At this point, both of them had forgotten about their mission to come here in the first place, as they enjoyed what they were doing.

In Iris’ mind, these stones could be sold and they would get more money, but she was not sure what was in Cane’s mind, since he looked so calm and serious with what they were doing right now.

But, whatever it was, Iris liked this quiet moment between the two of them.

Iris tugged at Cane’s sleeve and then pointed at the small mound of stones on the other side. "How do we carry them out?"

Right now, there were around thirty stones the size of two fingers each that had been piled into a tiny mountain, therefore it wouldn’t be easy to carry them out with only both of them.

However, Cane was already prepared, as he took off his travel cloak and put all the stones inside, before folding it like a bag.

"Don’t you feel like we are stealing these stones?"

"No," Cane replied simply, guilt- free.