The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 436: UNDERSTANDING IS NOT ENOUGH

Chapter 436: UNDERSTANDING IS NOT ENOUGH

"Haco, you know people from the Holy Kingdom will arrive half a month from now, right?" Iris stared at the sorcerer. Maybe this was because of all the things that happened in the past few weeks, which tired the sorcerer, but he looked like he had lost a few years of life, he looked so old and a little fragile. "They will kill us both if the word reaches their ears. More so, how can you explain the current Serafim’s existence?"

"I don’t know, Iris, I really don’t. I feel like I got all the clues needed, but no answer," Haco said in frustration. He knew very well what the punishment was for someone who pretended to be a Serafim and he didn’t wish something like that to happen to Iris at all, but then all the signs were there, Iris also half believed him, though the whole thing still sounded so absurd. "I wish I could pry some information from the lycan, since he is here and knows more about what happened in the Holy Kingdom and the Serafim, but he refuses to say more."

This was another similarity between Cane and Lu, it was hard to get anything out of their mouths, as they kept everything to themselves.

"Why don’t we check your back? If the symbol of the Serafim was there, it would answer some of the questions." But then Haco added hastily as Iris kept staring at him. "No! It’s not me! I am not suggesting it’s me, who will see your back! Gosh, that lycan will kill me for sure if I ever thought about that!"

"I know." Iris frowned to see Haco overreacting. "I didn’t say anything about you looking at my back... I will ask someone to check," she said in a low voice.

Iris felt uncomfortable to show her back due to the horrendous scars. She didn’t want them to pity her and she would be hurt if they were so shocked to see them.

But if this was something they needed to do, so be it.

Silence befell on them for a moment. They were still inside the Alpha’s bedroom, while Iris was sitting on the edge of the bed. Haco got comfortable in the single sofa, which looked so big for his skinny figure. His cheekbones protruded and there were more wrinkles on his face.

"Iris, are you okay?" Haco suddenly asked this mundane question, but Iris knew what he meant.

"Yes, I am fine." Iris nodded.

"Good." Haco nodded. "Maybe you already know this, but I only want to say it as a reminder for you."

Iris stared at Haco with this blank expression, as if she didn’t have any emotions.

"Things will get hard from here onward with the people in the Howling Wolf pack, but I hope you won’t dwell on it for too long. Cane’s aspiration is so big and this will not be the only pack you will have to put your effort into."

Iris finally smiled when she read what he said. Her smile was so gentle, but sad at the same time. "I know that."

Iris had given up on this pack. They didn’t seem to be able to move past the dark history between them.

More so, the scars were still fresh, as it was only a little bit over a year since they managed to free themselves from the slavery her father subjected them to and there was no due for trauma.

Even after decades had passed, the trauma would still linger with them. Who was Iris to tell them to get over their fear, anger and trauma when she was the living reminder of her father’s actions?

She couldn’t force them to see her in a new light, while they were still struggling to heal from their nightmares. Her presence was akin to a nudge to their wounds, which explained how hard it was for them to accept her.

They had witnessed their loved ones being killed brutally and after Iris saw Hanna getting hurt, she finally knew that she was ready to shed all of her morals to avenge her.

Anger and fear of losing the only person who had been there for her clouded her mind and blinded her eyes.

Though it was Jemma, who had done it, she couldn’t stand Sofia either, simply because she was related to Jemma, as she was her missy.

That was the power that anger and hatred held.

In that case, how could you respect your tormentor’s daughter when they took your own daughter right before your eyes in the most vicious way, even when that said daughter had nothing to do with that?

Iris finally understood why it was so hard for most of them to warm up to her after Hanna’s incident. The strong feeling to protect and fear of losing your loved one was so potent, you would want to destroy everything around you after seeing them get hurt.

However, it didn’t mean she would accept the way they treated her.

Sometimes, understanding was not enough and there were a few things that couldn’t exist together.

"I hope around this time next year, everything will calm down slightly," Iris said in a low voice, as if she was talking to herself.

"I hope so, I really wish to see that happen." Haco’s eyes dimmed slightly, he didn’t say anything about what Lu had told him how he wouldn’t be here in a year from now.

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"When will you talk? If you don’t want to talk, you can go, I want to rest," Hanna said, staring at Will, who had been sitting on the chair next to her bed, yet no word came out of his mouth. She had been waiting for so long and there was no sign whatsoever he would start talking.

On the other hand, Will pressed his palms on his thighs, trying to talk, but he couldn’t. He didn’t want to talk and walk through those memories again, especially to tell her about what happened to him. This feeling killed him from inside and he felt like he was tormenting both of them with his silence, which worsened his guilt.

His tongue turned numb and he gritted his teeth, trying to get the words out of his mouth.

But it had been two hours since Will was like this and Hanna had been waiting for all this time. She grew tired and dejected.

"Let’s not hurt each other and make things clear between us," Hanna finally said. She reached to her neck and pulled something from under her dress. It was the necklace that Will gave her months ago. She unclasped it and reached out to his hand to put it on his palm. "I love you, Will and maybe I will always do, but I can’t stand it. I deserve an explanation, but you won’t give me one and I don’t think you will ever. Let’s end this, so there will be no hard feelings between us. I don’t want to resent you for the way you treat me, because I am so close to harboring such nasty feelings and I don’t want to be that person."

Will stared at the necklace in his hand, he remembered very well the day he gave it to Hanna and her happy face or how bashful he was. The way his hands kept shaking when he touched her skin and how Hanna smiled beautifully.

But in the end, Will still couldn’t bring himself to talk to her. He only nodded and then left the room.

Soft sobs erupted from Hanna’s throat when Will closed the door and left her alone. The pain in her heart was way more intense than the pain on her cheek.

She felt her heart had been destroyed into a million pieces and she felt this emotion, where you felt a thousand feelings, but at the same time nothing at all.

There was a huge void in her heart, which was filled with pain.

But, if only Hanna had been a little bit calmer, she would have noticed Will didn’t go anywhere. He squatted down right beside the door of her bedroom and stayed there, only staring at the necklace in his hand, as tears started to trickle down from his eyes.

He fought his own demons in his head to put an end to it.

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"My sweet moon!" Lu entered the bedroom and found Iris near the fireplace, while Haco was snoring on the single sofa, sleeping.

On the other hand, Iris felt the movement behind her and turned around, but her sight was immediately covered by Cane’s chest, as he hugged her so tightly and kissed her forehead a few times giddily.

"My sweet moon!"

"Mm! Let me go, you are squeezing me!" Iris protested, but she only got more kisses from Lu. "Where have you... mm!"

Lu pressed his lips to hers and gave her more pecks here and there.

"I really missed you! You know what? I got good news for you!" Lu looked so excited with this news.

But, because of the noises Lu made, Haco woke up, as the old man grumbled to him. "Where have you been?! You know, all the people have been looking for you!"

Lu tilted his head and glanced at Haco over his shoulder. "Can you give us space? What are you doing there? Scram, will you? I want to have a moment with my mate. I am so sick to see you everywhere."

"Do you think I am not sick to see you!?" Haco harrumphed and stood up from the sofa. "Humph! I don’t want to talk to you again!"

"Perfect!" Lu replied.

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