The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 362: A DRAMATIC STORY

Chapter 362: A DRAMATIC STORY

Both Ethan and Will were covered in injuries as blood oozed out from their wounds. The grass beneath them was stained in the dark color of their blood. They were panting erratically after engaging in an intense fight for two hours.

The weather was warm tonight and the blood felt sticky on their skin.

"What do you mean?" Will immediately sat down and glared at Ethan for his comment. "Who harassed her?!" His body was trembling, anger coursed through his veins with the offhand comment from the Gamma.

Meanwhile, Ethan was still lying on the grass, as he made an ’oopsie’ face when he saw how mad Will was. He pretended he said something he shouldn’t have.

"Ugh. Hanna told me not to say anything about it..." he mumbled, which only irritated Will.

"Say it! Say what happened!" Will growled dangerously. He had no patience for Ethan’s antics and immediately sat on top of his body, as he pulled his collar and screamed into his face. "What happened to her!?" Killing intent radiated from his body and Ethan had never seen Will lose it like this.

He was a sweet boy from their pack and was quiet most of the time, he endured their slavery days without saying much, whenever he was angry or sad, he would keep it to himself, but right now, he looked like a feral beast.

"SAY IT!" Will punched Ethan so hard, the Gamma felt like his head would be detached from his neck. "WHAT HAPPENED TO HER!?"

"Okay! Okay!" Ethan screamed, he put both of his arms in front of his face to prevent himself from suffering another blow. Heavens! He was scared of this man’s temper!

Actually, it was his fault to provoke Will when he was in his darkest mood. Ethan only wanted to push a little bit of his limit, but it seemed he had overdone it.

"How can I speak if you keep trying to break my jaw!?"

"Speak now!"

Ethan then told him about what happened with Hanna and the two guards, who had tried to harass her, but he exaggerated a few things, so it would sound more dramatic, stirring Will’s anger even more.

"Do you want me to send her back to the palace? I am handling those two mutts, but there were a lot of mutts inside the palace, who had their eyes on her. Without the Luna and the Alpha there and also me, no one could guarantee she would be safe and the guards would not try to pull the same thing with her. She is a beauty, to be honest." Ethan found himself being choked for his last statement. "I am not saying it... in a lustful way!" He slapped Will’s hands away and coughed. "Geez! You are really trying to kill me!"

Right at that time, Trion walked in on them and he let out a shriek to see their compromising position.

"Did I... interrupt... something?" Trion asked hesitantly.

"Don’t be ridiculous," Ethan grumbled. "Can’t you see I am half dead here?"

Will got off of Ethan’s body and sat down next to him, his expression was so dark, as if he was thinking about something excessively.

Ethan pushed himself off of the ground and wiped the drying out blood from his face, he could feel a few of his bones had broken and it would take quite some time for such injuries to heal. Damn.

"So do you want me to take her back to the palace?" Ethan received a nasty and angry look from Will. "Well, I will take that as a ’no’."

On the other hand, Trion didn’t dare to approach the two men, as he stayed at a distance from them. He didn’t want to be caught in whatever problem they were having right now.

"Why don’t you go see her? Hanna looked traumatized by what happened and she would quietly cry while no one was seeing. She looks pale and doesn’t eat much..."

Trion listened to what Ethan was saying, until he got the gist of it and he grimaced, listening how smoothly he lied to Will about Hanna’s condition.

Traumatized by what happened? Pale? Didn’t eat much?

Who was this gamma talking about? Hanna clearly didn’t take the matter with the two guards to heart. She didn’t look pale and he met her just earlier. She was having fun with Joyce and the other children, having a small picnic in the garden to eat their lunch.

But to Trion’s surprise, Will took all of that bullshit seriously.

"Don’t you feel the need to comfort her?" Ethan sighed and shook his head dramatically. "I am not that close to her... so, I am not sure if I can comfort her."

Trion stared at Ethan in disbelief... they were not close? Seriously, they were buddies when it came to gossip. Yet, he kept his mouth shut. If this could help with the relationship between Will and Hanna, he didn’t have any objection.

After all, it would be Ethan who would get beaten up, if Will learned if he was fooled by the Gamma.

Meanwhile, Will didn’t say anything, but his eyes turned so cold. He lowered his head and stared at the ground. And after Ethan finished with his emotional story- telling, silence ensued.

"Ehem," Trion cleared his throat to get their attention. "I am here to tell you that we received a secret missive from Alpha Cane. Half of us need to return to the southern pack and the rest will remain in the orphanage."

"There is no need to stay in the palace?" Ethan asked and Trion shook his head. "Why do we need to stay in the orphanage? There is not much information we can gather here. Shouldn’t we pay close attention to the royal family and what happened there rather than stay with children here?"

None of them knew the reason behind Cane’s decision...

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Iris woke up and the first thing she felt was her throbbing head. Her head ached so badly, as if someone hammered her skull.

Iris curled her body into a fetal position, while she groaned and whimpered. This was her experiencing a hangover.

And then, she felt a warm and callous hand on her back, moving up and down in soothing motion. She tilted her head and saw Cane, who was sitting next to her.

"My head aches..." Iris said in a small voice and Cane pulled up her body before gathering the pillows behind her back, so she could sit down.

Cane got off the bed and poured a cup of tea for her, the white steam of the warm tea filled the air around her and it smelled so good. On the other hand, he brought a glass of water too.

"Here drink this..." Cane sat down next to her and handed the glass to her. He then took a pill from the bedside table and told Iris to take it.

"What is this?" Iris asked about the pill, but she plopped it down her throat without waiting for his answer.

"For your hangover."

"Hangover?" Iris tried to recall what happened last night and her face turned mortified.

"Do you remember something?" Cane asked casually upon seeing her expression.

"No! I don’t remember anything!" Iris shook her head vigorously.