The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 513: A NIGHT FOR THEMSELVES

Chapter 513: A NIGHT FOR THEMSELVES

"Hi, Iris! It has been a while since I last saw you!" Lou said excitedly and became overly chummy, waving his hands without even bothered by the sharp glares the warriors threw at him for being so disrespectful and greeting their luna inappropriately. "Finally, we meet again!" Lou tilted his head. "You look chubbier!"

Lou strode inside the dining hall and looked at the food. It was not to his taste, but it was better than anything he had eaten in the last three days.

After he went to the Goffa mountain in search of Cane and Iris, apparently, the Alpha managed to return, but when he was about to go back to the pack, Cane had, maliciously, ordered him to start building some magical devices around the pack.

It would take him weeks before he could go back to the pack house and meet with Iris.

Lou was so mad until he got a second order to find the lizard and give the creature to the guards, so he didn’t need to go to the pack house. Of course, Lou didn’t want to do that and delivered the lizard in person.

"Chu- Chubbier...?" Iris pursed her lips. The merchant probably meant it as a compliment, but you shouldn’t talk about weight with women, especially in front of so many people.

Meanwhile, Cane caught the lizard mid air and stared at the little creature, which looked so dirty and in poor state. He quickly put it in his plate, which made Iris shriek, she forgot about Lou’s comment; how she looked a little fat now.

"Oh! I am so hungry! I was starving in the mountains! Iris, can you believe..." Lou didn’t manage to finish his words, noticing Iris’ attention was clearly not on him.

She had other priorities.

"Cane, don’t put it in your plate!" But, it was too late and she was about to get the poor lizard and ask for another plate of meat for Cane, but her mate simply grabbed her hand and stood up. "Where are you going? You have not finished eating yet." Iris also stood up from her seat, as Cane started pulling her hand to leave with him.

Cane leaned over, almost like he was going to kiss her neck, though he only whispered into her ear. His hand wrapped around her hips while the other went to hold the back of her neck. "I told you that I am going to take you somewhere, let’s go now."

All the warriors’ jaws dropped seeing their assertive alpha standing so close, too close, to his mate, as if they were going to do something... or maybe it was only their minds, which didn’t work so well now and led them in a different direction.

The corners of Jace and Ethan’s lips twitched. If he just wanted to talk with Iris, he didn’t need to make such a vague gesture, right?

But then, their attention shifted back to the merchant, who looked beyond furious.

"Where are you two going? I just arrived and you already want to go?!" Lou was frustrated, but Ethan grabbed his hand and forced him to sit down next to him.

"Come here, my friend. Let’s talk. It has been a while since we met each other!" He said cheerfully, while making sure not to let go of Lou’s hand, so the merchant wouldn’t be able to follow the Alpha.

Lou narrowed his eyes at Ethan. "Do I know you?"

Ethan was speechless, this merchant was really shameless. There was no way he didn’t know him, unless he lost all of his memories, which was very unlikely.

"It’s so rare for someone to forget about me, unless there is something not working here." Ethan pointed to his head. "Or, you only want to hear the stories of how awesome I am?"

Lou grimaced. "No, thanks. The only awesome person that I know is myself."

Jace almost choked on his drink when he heard that. He thought Ethan and Redmond were already very shameless, but this merchant took the bar to a whole new level.

Unfortunately, by the time Lou managed to get away from Ethan, Cane and Iris were long gone and he was not a shifter, who could sniff where they had gone while none of them would tell him anything.

"Damn it!" Lou grumbled.

He kicked the pebbles in the yard, but got startled when someone approached him, as a figure emerged from the dark. "Ms. Dmitri, what are you doing there?!" Lou patted his chest, surprised by her sudden appearance.

"Sir, long time no see," Nala said in a small and gentle voice. She approached the merchant in such a way that made him narrow his eyes. This woman gave off a strange vibe. "I am glad to be able to see you here."

"Well... yeah, me too." Lou was not sure what to say, thus he kept it polite when he talked to Nala. "Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Actually, yes... I want to ask a favor from you." Nala fiddled with her fingers. She tried to articulate what she wanted to seek from him while appearing like a vulnerable woman that needed protection.

If it was someone else, they would have this urge to comfort her, since she looked like a little, weak wolf until one couldn’t help but want to act as her shield.

However, Lou had seen this trick countless times and had been fed up.

"Sir..." Nala started. They didn’t meet often when they were in the capital city, thus starting this conversation was a little bit awkward.

"You can just call me Lou. Tell me what you want. I don’t really like to beat around the bush. I am pretty busy now." Lou was a little bit annoyed because he lost his chance to see Iris, thus he didn’t want to have this meaningless conversation.

"Lou." Nala’s face lit up when Lou asked to drop the formalities between them.

"Yes?"

"You can call me Nala."

"Okay. Nala." And then Lou turned around, seemingly about to leave, which left Nala surprised. She quickly caught his hand to stop him from leaving. "What?"

"Why are you leaving? I have not yet told you what I want to talk about."

Lou narrowed his eyes. "I thought you wanted me to call you by your name."

Hearing that, Nala was speechless. She was not sure whether this merchant pretended to be a fool or he was literally dumb.

"No. No. That’s not what I want." Nala immediately shook her head, trying to compose herself so she wouldn’t insult her potential benefactor.

"So, what do you want?" Lou looked annoyed now, especially when Nala didn’t let go of his hand.

"I- I want to ask for a favor."

"Hm. You said that before."

"Could you... would you mind taking me under your wing? Can you take me as one of your people?" Nala cut to the main point, since Lou didn’t seem to have any patience for a long conversation. "I have no one and I am so far away from home, I don’t know this place and because of the dispute between the Alpha and the King, I don’t think the people in this pack like me being here. Can you help me, Lou?"

Lou raised his brows once Nala said her piece. "You want to be part of my people?" He said and Nala nodded. "What can you do for me?"

Nala licked her lips. "I can do anything for you. I will help you with anything..." she said in a seductive voice. There was no one there and it was only the two of them. Lou was not a fool who didn’t know what she meant.

"Anything?" Lou raised his brows, the corners of his lips moved upward, as he smirked. "Are you sure you will do anything for me?"

"Yes." Nala’s voice was akin to a whisper now. She swiftly moved closer to Lou and pressed herself against him.

The merchant rolled his eyes at her attempt, but he didn’t move away, as he continued observing what Nala was going to do.

"Like what?"

Nala pulled his hand that was still in her grip and placed it over her chest. "Why don’t we start with this?"

"Interesting," Lou mumbled.

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Hanna had been taking care of Will for the past few days and the Alpha was kind enough to let him out of duty for as long as he needed. Iris also didn’t call for her when she learned Hanna was with Will, which the latter was grateful for.

Right now, Will was still sleeping. And it was very concerning when he slept throughout the night, the morning and then the afternoon. He would only wake up when Hanna reminded him to eat something, but even then, he would look like he was going to sleep again soon after he was done eating.

His condition really concerned her.

However, Will could only fall asleep when Hanna was inside the room, because if she stepped out for a moment too long, he would wake up and go looking for her.

He said her scent calmed him down, which made him able to sleep longer, but Hanna didn’t want that. It was not normal to sleep for hours every day.

"Will... you need to eat something," Hanna said, she shook his body to wake him up. "Will, wake up for a while and eat, okay?"

Will opened his eyes slowly and looked around until he found her face. "Will you leave me?"

"What?" Hanna was confused by his sudden question. "Did you have a nightmare?"

"I dreamt that you left me," He said in a hoarse voice.

"I am not going anywhere, Will."

"You left me because I slept with someone else..." Will said in a small voice, he looked so scared.

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