The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 233: SNEAK OUT FROM THE PALACE

Chapter 233: SNEAK OUT FROM THE PALACE

Iris clutched onto Cane, as he held her close to him and despite the cold wind, she didn’t feel that much coldness.

Cane jumped from one building to the other and avoided the guards, while the party was still so alive down there. It was not difficult to avoid the guards, since they were not on high alert and even slightly tipsy because of too much alcohol in their systems. Their eyes were fixed on the lustful sight around them.

Iris stole a peek and saw they had run along the King’s palace toward the east gate, which would lead them to the town. She didn’t know where Cane wanted to take her, since he barely spoke anything to her, but at this point, she already got used to this. She also didn’t know why Cane took her and only assumed this must be something related to the magic stones, since that was the only thing that she could help him with.

Once they were at the end of the building, Cane bent his body and lifted her in his arms, he carried her princess style and jumped down to the ground.

Iris shrieked because it was so frightening to see how the ground loomed in front of her so fast, but Cane pressed her face into his chest to muffle her screams and continued to run into the woods, heading to the east gate.

Thankfully, no one heard her screams because of the loud music that surrounded this place and people paid little to no attention to it, since a lot of people were screaming at this moment.

Cane only put her down when they arrived at the east gate, where they met with Will, Avid and Trion. The three of them were surprised to see the Alpha bringing someone else with him. It didn’t take a genius to know that it was Iris, because of her small figure. They had never seen a shifter so small and skinny like her, she almost looked like a person who was not from this continent.

"Where is Aderan?" Cane asked sternly. He ignored the questioning looks from the three of them, as he put Iris down. She tried to pull up her hoodie because she could only see her own feet and the ground beneath, but Cane pressed his hand firmly on her head to stop her. He had told her not to show her face and hair, though he was sure the three of them knew it was her.

"I can’t find him," Will replied, he was frustrated because he couldn’t find the man. He was afraid he ran into some trouble, because it was not like him to ditch his duty.

"We have looked around, too, Alpha, but we can’t find him anywhere," Avid replied, he had looked around with Trion and a few warriors, but there was no trace of him.

Aderan was very skilled at sneaking around, it could be said that he was the best, thus it was hard to track him down.

They gave up looking for him because their meeting time was nearing. They had prepared for this, so they couldn’t call it off just because they couldn’t find him.

A complicated look flitted across Cane’s eyes. "We will look for him after we return," he said firmly and all of them agreed. "Have you prepared everything?"

Ethan couldn’t join this because the window in his bedroom was barred and the only exit was the door. It was guarded tightly by four guards and aside from giving him water and food, no one was allowed to enter, not even the Crown Prince. This was the direct order from the King and Alan had been very sour about it.

Cane took Iris’ hand and the five of them went to the other side of the gate, where they saw five horses waiting for them.

It was not easy to bribe the palace guards, but if they were originally Cane’s father’s spy, things were not really complicated.

Cane learned a lot of things from Arthur about those spies that his father had planted all over this continent, but of course, he needed to be careful, after all, a decade had passed and there was no guarantee they still placed their loyalty in his father, not to mention in Cane himself.

Cane didn’t explain to those curious three men, who were staring at Iris, as he helped her to get on the horse before he too sat behind her.

The Alpha trapped her between his strong arms, before he vaulted forward. It seemed, they knew where they would go, because they followed him quietly, no questions were asked, as they went out of the palace through a secret door, which led them to a dark alley in the town.

Once they were on the street, where they could only see a few people around while most of the taverns were closed, Cane tapped her thigh, which made Iris lift her head to look at him.

Holding the reins with one hand, Cane pulled down her hoodie slightly, so she could read what he was saying. "Sleep if you feel sleepy," he said and then covered her face again.

It would take two hours before they arrived at their destination, thus it was enough time for Iris to take a nap, but she didn’t want to sleep, being so close to him made her nervous.

Yet, it didn’t take long for her resolve to shatter and she drowsily leaned her back against his chest and closed her eyes.

The wind was cold, but being trapped between his arms was so comfortable and warm, therefore she couldn’t fight her sleepiness, after all, it was past midnight.

In the end, Iris snored softly, which made Cane glance at her briefly, but he couldn’t see anything, since the hoodie hid her well.

Halfway, Iris’ head lulled to the left, which forced Cane to hold the reins with one hand and place his other hand around her body, to make sure she wouldn’t fall.

He told her to sleep, so she did fall asleep.