The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 348: MY BROTHER IS ALREADY HERE

Chapter 348: MY BROTHER IS ALREADY HERE

"Tired?" Iris asked, a breeze caressed her rosy cheeks. "Come here..." she patted her lap.

Who would be able to turn down such a tempting offer? Obviously not Cane, because the next second, he dropped his head onto her lap. He was bone weary and couldn’t care less about his surroundings, the only thing that he knew, he was surrounded by this blissful scent of his mate. Not to mention the way she caressed his head which eased him to sleep faster.

It wasn’t long before Cane fell into a deep slumber, while they were taking shelter under the shade of the trees, as the sun appeared from the horizon behind them.

Iris ran her fingers through his hair, as she occasionally kissed his forehead. Cane was too comfortable to even shift in his sleep. He slept like a baby and for once, Iris could see a young man, who had exhausted his energy to survive in this cruel world.

If she could, she wanted to shield him from all the bad things, yet they were surrounded by them and she held no power to do so. The only thing she was able to do for him was to offer a place to rest.

Iris hummed and looked at her surroundings, while she waited for Cane to wake up. She covered his face with her hand, so the light of the sun wouldn’t wake him up when it was close to noon. She didn’t move even when she felt her legs going numb.

She liked this silence inside this forest, while staring at the sleeping Cane. The scar on his face was proof of the cruelty of her father and what he had gone through to survive.

However, the serenity didn’t last long when Iris caught movement in the bushes not too far from her. Here, the grass and bushes had started to grow and the weather was slightly warm, though the sun was not as scorching as in the afternoon summer. It was warm enough for monsters to wake up from their deep slumber during winter.

"Cane..." Iris was afraid it was a monster or something and she could feel her little lizard moving out of her pocket, climbing to her shoulder in anticipation.

The lizard found her when she and Cane finished talking with Koda and alpha Derick. This little creature had grown and now it was about half of her palm and pretty smart to sneak out of her bedroom to find her. As such, this creature came with her and Cane as well on their way to the Riverside pack.

"Cane." Iris nudged Cane, but he was still sleeping soundly. Her heart leapt to her throat and she was ready to scream and shake him to wake him up, but as it turned out, it was just Will. "Will? Heavens! You scared me..." Iris clutched her chest.

The little lizard tilted its tiny head and when it recognized Will, it went back to hiding inside Iris’ pocket again, taking a nap.

Will looked at Iris and then at Cane. "I am sorry," he said in a small voice, as he came over to them, while bringing a bag and a small box. Iris could guess it was food. She was hungry and she only realized it now.

"Here, eat something." He put down the bag and the box.

"How did you find us here?" Iris asked in a low voice, so she wouldn’t wake Cane up.

"I can smell your scent." They should have met hours ago, but apparently, the lycan had run too fast, which could be equal to a two day’s worth trip, thus it took Will hours to catch up to him, though he went out of the capital city first.

The lycan moved extremely fast.

"Oh." Iris couldn’t understand how she kept forgetting that fact... "Where are you going?" She asked Will when he stood up and was about to leave.

Iris didn’t know what happened to Will and Cane didn’t want to answer her question, but this warrior became very cold and distant. She caught Hanna crying a few times and she knew the reason.

Hanna was at a loss about Will’s indifference and the way he became so cold toward her, even Iris could tell. Because she knew how Will used to stare at Hanna and how both of them would always smile at each other. They both made each other happy, but what changed?

"I need to go back to the capital city, there are a lot of things I need to take care of," he explained briefly. He didn’t raise his voice, nor did he talk in a mean way, but Iris was able to feel how distant he seemed.

"Will, why are you avoiding Hanna? Do you know how much she cried?" Iris couldn’t help but ask this out of the blue and Will’s body stiffened, he turned around and left without saying anything and Iris couldn’t stop him from leaving, because Cane was still sleeping on her lap.

In the end, it was only the two of them again in this quiet forest.

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The labor was traumatizing and even after the baby was out, Laluna was still crying. She hated the pain and she couldn’t help but hate the sound of her firstborn cries, everything felt so wrong.

And what was even worse was; nobody cared about her wellbeing aside from her midwives and her ladies, while Lady Ayla and the other people from the Red Claw pack checked on the baby and called a few healers to examine him because the labor lasted for hours and it was midnight when Laluna finally gave birth to her son.

There was not even a single word of encouragement, they didn’t even look her way at all.

She was in so much pain and her heart broke into pieces, especially when her own family was not here while her mate was long gone. People believed he had died by now.

But then, Laluna was skeptical that even if Vemion was here, he would pay attention to her.

Laluna was in agony as they took her baby away, her emotions were all over the place, but she was not the only woman in this majestic palace, who was in so much pain.

Nala curled her body on the floor, she was once again naked, streaks of blood stained the carpeted floor, as her other bruises and cuts started to heal. She didn’t move an inch, because she was in so much pain after what the King had done to her.

King Aeon vented his disappointment and frustration about the whole situation on her again and he didn’t even care whether she would be able to make it.

Not too far from Nala, King Aeon sat on his chair with Lady Cyan on his lap. The woman tried to soothe his anger by calling a few other women to satisfy the King, which saved Nala from facing her death.

Those women had left now and it was only the three of them inside this study room, but Nala’s presence was nothing, but dirt in the King’s eyes. He hated Leon for failing his task again and again.

"My brother is here. You can send the head of the royal warriors to the gallows to calm the people down," Lady Cyan said.

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