The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 340: THE MAN WITH STORM

Chapter 340: THE MAN WITH STORM

Iris finished her meal as fast as she could, because she wanted to go and see Cane. She felt uncomfortable sitting silently and even felt guilty because she fell asleep comfortably when the others were facing a hard time. She was very sure Cane didn’t get any sleep last night.

"Slow down, missy, you will get a stomach ache if you eat like that," Hanna warned her lightly, but Iris pushed aside the plate and declared she was done. She only ate half of her meal.

"Let’s go."

"The Alpha will come to fetch you."

Iris shook her head as she stood up and picked up Cane’s cloak. She wore it and it felt so warm.

"We can wait outside of the building, it will save time for him too, so he doesn’t need to go back and forth," Iris said impatiently, as she put on her shoes and walked toward the door.

Knowing she wouldn’t be able to talk her down, Hanna didn’t have any other choice, but to follow her missy.

Once Iris stepped out, Trion greeted her happily, while Redmond looked at her with a frown between his brows.

"Wait," Redmond said sternly, as he grabbed Iris’ arm before she could dash to her mate.

Seeing this, Iris frowned because she was being stopped. "What is it?"

"We need to talk." Redmond didn’t wait for Iris’ reply and dragged her back into the royal sorcerer’s study room. When Hanna tried to follow them inside, Redmond closed the door before she could enter. "Leave us alone for a while," he said before he slammed the door shut.

"What do you want to talk about?" Iris stood in the middle of the room, her blue eyes alight with irritation.

"Do you know what he has been doing? With all of his plans? Did he tell you about it all?" Redmond asked all the questions that had been piling up in his head. "Did he give you a clear picture of his plan?"

Ethan and the others had undying faith in Cane, they believed him unconditionally. Even if they had to go through fire and storm without any explanation, they would make sure to complete the task that was given to them with flying colors.

However, it was Cane’s trait not to divulge his plan to anyone else. He only gave people an order, telling them what had to be done without further explanation, until they could figure it all out by themselves.

The members of the Howling Wolf pack were extremely loyal to their alpha.

But, Redmond was not from the Howling Wolf pack, he didn’t pledge his loyalty to Cane. It frustrated him when he had to follow his orders, because his intention in the beginning when he refused to bend his knees to the Alpha was so he didn’t need to have Cane ordering him around.

Yet, he ended up in the same state he had tried to avoid.

More so, without any explanation, how could they expect him to do any task blindly? He felt like he was walking on eggshells. He didn’t know the plan, thus he wouldn’t know when something went wrong with this plan.

While the others completely trusted their alpha’s judgment, the same thing didn’t work with Redmond. He wanted to be sure about what they were doing and what direction they were heading in.

"No, he didn’t." Iris’ answer was clear, she didn’t even try to lie to him, even when she knew what Redmond’s intention was by asking her such a question.

"And you don’t even plan to figure it out? Have you asked?" Redmond looked even more frustrated, though he had expected the answer from her. "Are you even aware that he is playing a dangerous game?"

Redmond was not sure what Cane’s end game was, but he knew the Alpha aimed for something big and he was worried about it, especially when he was clueless about what he was going to do.

The Alpha was very meticulous with his plan, but even so, to shake the entire royal family and cause trouble within the palace was a huge risk.

Not to mention the fact that Cane himself was the lycan and there was still this question about the dark wisp that emanated from his body the other day, what was that?

It was so dangerous.

"I know. I was there when the lycan killed Prince Vemion." Iris reminded him. Cane had warned her about what kind of future she would face if she chose to stay by his side. He emphasized how he wouldn’t tone down his actions just because of her. Iris understood and she chose to stay by him. "I am aware of what he is doing and how dangerous the situation we are in is."

"And you are fine with that? Even when he keeps you in the dark, by not telling you anything about his plan?" Redmond scoffed. "I didn’t know that you have blind faith in your mate." He mentioned the word ’mate’ in a derisive tone.

Reading what he said, Iris narrowed her eyes. She used to be a timid person, but this would be the second time Redmond watched how she held her ground.

"What actually do you want to say?"

"If he trusts you, he will not keep you in the dark. It is fine with me if he doesn’t share his plan, but you are his mate. You should have a right to say something."

What Redmond wanted to say was; he wanted Iris to have power over her own decisions, because as he was seeing it right now, she was more like a people pleaser, who wanted to get constant acknowledgement from the people around her. She tried so hard to be liked and even put herself in danger without a second thought. He wanted her to think about herself as well.

Because at the end of the day, she was the one he pledged his loyalty to.

"He asked me twice and my answer is still the same." Iris’ voice was so firm. She looked Redmond in the eyes when she spoke, there was no hesitation. "I will stand by him."

Iris stood straight in front of the warrior, she didn’t cower, nor did she flinch when Redmond stared at her intensely.

"This is the end of your questioning. You pledged your loyalty to me and you will follow me, no questions asked. That’s your oath to me."

Redmond gritted his teeth, he couldn’t say anything anymore. He had never questioned anything when he served Alpha Gerald, but with her, he became a little bit overprotective in his own way.

"Men carrying pain are catastrophic, literal storms, and your mate is in so much pain." Redmond didn’t mean it literally, but most of the time revenge could consume you and create storms that would hurt the people around you.

Iris squinted her eyes and for a split second, Redmond felt his heart tremble at the sight of those blue eyes. "Sometimes, you need to be the worst you could be to survive in this world."

After saying that, Iris left, she didn’t want to share another meaningless conversation with Redmond, but after she walked out of the room, the warrior scoffed, as a helpless smile tugged up the corners of his lips.

"As it turned out, Cane has slowly changed you." The timid little girl he knew wouldn’t say such a thing.