The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 445: DON’T YOU WANT TO CHECK?

Chapter 445: DON’T YOU WANT TO CHECK?

Amee realized the unfair treatment toward Iris had started taking toll on her and with Sofia being here, it only escalated things further to the worst case possible, as you could see the contrast between the way they treated their own luna and an outsider who claimed to be carrying the Alpha’s firstborn.

Kaz didn’t even wait for Cane’s instructions or confirmation before he rallied people behind him to hail Sofia as the new mistress. Some of them were desperate to find another ’Luna figure’ aside from Iris, because they couldn’t stand her.

Not because she was not good enough, but because every time they saw her, subconsciously they would be reminded of Gerald. It made things hard for them, as well as Iris.

"I wish nothing for you two, but happiness, Luna." Amee lowered her head and kissed both of Iris’ hands and then lifted her head back up to look at her. "Don’t ruin yourself for them. I know Alpha Cane has a huge aspiration and from how I see it, this will not be the only pack that’s going to need your attention."

Amee knew Cane ever since he was so young and with him eyeing those five packs, she could roughly see where all this was going. It wouldn’t be fair if the other packs got the new but ’nefarious Iris’ as their luna.

"Are you trying to tell me to abandon this pack and focus my energy on the other packs?" Iris concluded because the words Amee said implied so to her.

Amee pressed her lips into a thin line before she spoke again. "We are broken, Luna, too broken to see our wrongs. I just don’t want to see our wrongs kill the good in you."

Dead silence followed after that, as Iris didn’t say anything in response to what Amee confessed. She tilted her head to stare at Hanna. She finally let Will go, but was it the right thing to let go? Would it make your heart lighter? Make your life easier? Or, you just avoided the problem that would hunt you down with endless ’what if’s?

The serenity in the room was broken when Amee spoke again. She was still holding Iris’ hands. "By the end of the next summer, you will be the longest mate for Alpha Cane. And Luna Iris, I hope nothing but for both of you to be able to see all the four seasons every year."

Iris frowned because she couldn’t catch what Amee meant by that, which made the old woman smile gently as she explained it to her.

"Alpha Cane and Leane were only together for a total of ten months," Amee said. "Leane moved to Howling Wolf pack almost right after the two of them realized they were mates and she got pregnant a month later."

Ten months. Their time together was very short.

"I didn’t mention this with ill intentions, Luna. I only want you to know more about Alpha Cane’s past and how he was, since I am sure, he never talks about himself." Amee then added. "If you don’t want me to talk about this, I am sorry to bring this up, but you can ask me anything about the Alpha."

Iris shook her head. "I want to know more."

Iris and Amee ended up talking about a lot of things, which helped her see how Cane was when he was little and how mischievous he was until the previous alpha couldn’t even get angry anymore and turn speechless when young Cane, at the age of thirteen years old, rallied boys around his age to go to the Goffa mountain and set traps to catch a Geromine.

Under young Cane’s instructions, they managed to catch one and none of them were seriously injured, but Alpha Josh punished them all for going out of the pack unsupervised. Young Cane also managed to trick the guards and warriors in charge of patrolling the pack grounds when they slipped out.

And now Iris realized, Cane was very cunning ever since he was so young.

Amee also told Iris that when Cane was five, he refused to go to the early morning training sessions. As the heir, Alpha Josh was pretty strict with him, thus when he shifted for the first time at the age of five, he was sent to the training grounds and little Cane was not a morning person.

Therefore, the night before, little Cane slipped out of his bedroom to the storage room to get an extra blanket, but not before he put some strong aroma on his blanket and covered his body with it to mask his own scent.

Little Cane threw the blanket in the garden and went to an empty room where he slept until afternoon the next day. Meanwhile, the whole pack was in panic, unable to find him in his bed in the morning, thinking someone might have kidnapped him, since there was this unfamiliar, strong scent inside the room.

They found the blanket, but they couldn’t find Cane.

Only in the afternoon, when one of the pack members opened the door to the empty room did they find little Cane, snuggled inside the blanket, which made his scent hard to be caught if you were not close enough to him. At that time, little Cane was still sleeping peacefully, unaware of the commotion he had raised.

Iris laughed and her heart felt a little bit lighter to know such a story, something that she would never get from Cane himself.

She almost forgot her promise to have lunch together with Cane and reluctantly ended the conversation with Amee, while Hanna was still sleeping. It seemed whatever herbs Grace had given to her were pretty strong.

"I would love to know more stories later," Iris said. She then kissed Hanna on the cheek and went to the door.

"Come to me anytime, Luna, I will tell you more about the Alpha when he was seven years old." Amee looked at her mischievously and this made Iris giggle.

She waved her hand at Amee and thanked her for the stories, before she rushed to their bedroom. The King would have his lunch delivered to their bedroom, so there was no need to go to the dining hall, they would meet again later at dinner time.

But, as Iris walked in the hallway, Joel caught up to her.

"Luna Iris, I have free time!" Joel said with a bright smile on his face. "I am ready to learn!" But then, his smile slightly faltered. "Oh, are you busy now?" After all, the King and his entourage were here and there were festivities at night.

"No, not really." Iris slowed down her pace and smiled at the young warrior. "I still have some time before lunch. I can give you something to memorize for our next meeting."

Joel’s expression lit up again and this brought a smile to Iris’ face, but then she remembered something. "Oh, but before that, can you help me with something?"

"Sure, sure, what is it, Luna?" Joel asked eagerly.

"Can you help me bar some doors?"

"Bar some doors?" Joel tilted his head, confused.

Around fifteen minutes later, the two of them stood in front of the said doors that Iris asked Joel to block, but the two doors had been blocked already, so people from the other room couldn’t access it.

"But, Luna... the doors had been barred," Joel pointed out the obvious. He was carrying four flat wooden planks and Iris was holding a basket of nails along with a hammer.

"Who has done this?" Iris murmured.

They were too perplexed to realize someone had entered the room followed by two other people.

"What are you doing here?" Cane asked Joel, who was still holding the four flat wooden planks over his shoulder.

"Al- alpha!" Joel went pale to catch Cane’s sharp gaze. "I- I am here to bar the doors."

"Bar the doors?" This time, Cane’s attention shifted to his mate, who averted her gaze, feeling guilty. "And why do you want to bar the door?" Cane’s eyes softened to see how Iris was trying so hard to flee from the scene, but with Jace and Ethan standing in front of the door, she had to weigh her options. Which was more embarrassing? Staying or fleeing?

"It’s..." Joel glanced at the Luna.

Cane cut him off before he could answer that. "You can go now. The doors have been barred." He took the basket of nails and hammer from Iris’ hands. "And take these with you." He handed them to the young warrior. "Leave."

"Yes, yes, Alpha..."

After that, Joel walked out of the bedroom, while Ethan giggled and Jace didn’t know how to react to this absurdity.

"I said leave," Cane said to Ethan and Jace.

"What? You want us to leave as well?" Ethan stopped giggling. "I thought we were going to have lunch together?"

"No, I am going to have lunch with my mate," Cane said firmly.

And after some grumblings and protests from the Gamma, the Beta managed to drag him out of the room.

"Where are you going?" Cane asked with amusement when he saw Iris was also about to leave. He grabbed her wrist and turned her body around, so she could look at him, as he repeated the question.

"Um. I promised to teach Joel and give him some tasks, I am going to see him for a moment." Iris really wanted to cry at her lame excuse, while Cane simply pulled her closer.

"Is that so? Don’t you want to check whether the doors have been properly barred?" Cane asked innocently, but there was nothing innocent about his tone.

"Cane!"

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