The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 55: WHO SLAPPED YOU?

Chapter 55: WHO SLAPPED YOU?

"What is it?" Ethan was completely clueless. The gamma was not sure, but the alpha and Iris seemed to be avoiding the table, while Aderan seemed to have sudden interest in the bookshelves around them, despite being illiterate. "What books did you bring here?"

Ethan stretched out his hand and took one of the books. As he read it his expression darkened. He lifted his head and then looked at Iris, who was perusing other books and then back at Aderan.

"Why don’t you go and check the warrior’s dormitory?" Ethan asked.

"Why should I go to the warrior’s dormitory?" Aderan didn’t get it, there was nothing to look at in that place. If anything, that place was the least concerning place in this whole pack house.

"Go," Ethan said, this time more firmly, until Aderan got what he meant. He wasn’t asking him to go to really check on that place. He just wanted him to go from this library.

From the looks of it, the gamma found something in the book which upset him greatly.

"Okay." Aderan knew when to yield. Ethan was an easy going person, but something got broken inside of him during their slavery days and once he was out of control, even the alpha would have a hard time taming him.

Once Aderan walked out of the library and closed the door behind him, Ethan immediately stood up and approached Iris. The personal guard didn’t know about the curse on their alpha.

"What do you mean by this?" His voice was slightly hoarse, but his eyes were sharp and they were staring straight at her, which made her flinch and instinctively take a step back. "Did you look for information about the alpha’s condition?"

"I- I just want to help." Iris didn’t know why the gamma looked so mad.

"How can you help him?!" Ethan hissed viciously and even though Iris couldn’t comprehend his tone, she could see the hatred oozing out of his being. "Do you really think reading these books can help with his condition?!"

Ethan was reminded once again why the alpha chose that path to free their people and it was all because of the father of the girl before his eyes. Now his anger was hard to curb.

"But, there is a way to help him..." Iris replied in a small voice, she hugged the book in her hands, but she didn’t dare to lower her head. If she did, she would miss what he was saying.

However, it was Cane, who spoke first.

"Serafim?" Cane finished reading the lycan part and closed the book, as he fixed his attention on Iris, but his eyes glazed over for a second before Ethan backed off from her, which gave her some space to breathe. "Divine power?"

"Yes, that’s what was mentioned in the book," Iris answered nervously. "There is a cure for the curse."

Iris then went to the table and took a different book. She flipped the pages quickly, as if she had read that book a few times already and knew what she was looking for.

"Here, read this." Iris pointed at a paragraph that said the divine powers would be able to counter any dark magic, the stronger the Serafim was, the more she would be able to do something unimaginable.

There were a few more descriptions about what a Serafim was capable of doing, but that was not so important for them right now to read.

"I think a Serafim can do it." Iris then took another book and let Cane read the important parts. She looked so eager to help, though there was not much that she could do. "There is a cure for the dark magic that you used."

"Do you have any idea what kind of dark magic that he used?" Ethan asked Iris, he leaned his back against the table with his arms folded. His jaw hardened as he didn’t look pleased at all.

Iris shook her head. She didn’t know much about dark magic, she only heard about it once or twice, but didn’t really understand it.

The only thing that she knew was that the last battle between her father and Cane happened so fast. It only took Cane and his people less than a day for them to be able to penetrate the pack house and assassinate the alpha, which made the Blue Moon pack’s order crumble, since Mason was not much of a warrior. He knew nothing about strategy or how to fight.

Mason’s incapability was striking especially when he was caught easily and the warriors from Blue Moon pack lost their leader.

During that time, Iris stayed inside her bedroom with Hanna, until Cane tore down her bedroom door and gave an order to his warriors to bring her to the dungeon.

Blood was everywhere and that was the goriest scene that Iris had ever seen in her entire life.

"Do you know where Serafim lives?" Ethan looked at her with his critical gaze. "She lives on another continent, in the Holy Kingdom, and unfortunately, the two kingdoms are not on good terms right now." Ethan didn’t stop at that. "And do you know how to go to the Holy Kingdom and meet with Serafim? It will take you a week long journey to reach there."

Iris kept silent and let the gamma say whatever he wanted to say and only when he stopped speaking did she speak again.

"But everything is doable, right?" Iris was right, but that was not the point of this whole conversation. "If you really want to cure his curse, we need to try it no matter how small a chance it is."

Ethan squinted his eyes dangerously at Iris, which made her move closer to Cane out of instinct. It was weird for her to think that Cane was her safe place, but she did it out of instinct.

"Maybe your father didn’t need to attack our pack and enslave us." Ethan said that through his gritted teeth, but then he turned his head and started seething at the closed door.

Iris couldn’t say anything to refute that fact. She didn’t mean for that to happen and now she only wanted to help.

Ethan was being cruel to her for a baseless reason.

But after that comment, the gamma didn’t say anything and just watched how the interaction went between the alpha and Iris.

"I need more information on this," Cane said, as he handed the book in his hand to her. "No need to sneak out to the library and report everything to me."

Reading that, Iris looked more cheerful, she nodded vigorously because she was thrilled that she would be able to help him and he seemed to have warmed up a little bit to her, but the gamma only gave her a side-eyed look.

It was a long way for her, but she hoped one day, people would see her for who she was and not as Alpha Gerald’s daughter.

And the next night, Iris came to the alpha’s bedroom again, just like what he ordered her to do.

However, on her way, Iris saw Aria just walking out of the bedroom. She looked upset and once her eyes landed on her, she approached her so fast and without any warning, a slap landed on Iris’ face.

"So, the alpha wants you for tonight?!" Aria misunderstood the situation. She came to Cane’s bedroom because it had been a long time since they could be together, because the alpha had been very busy with a lot of things.

But now, when he had a little bit of time because he returned to his bedroom early, all he wanted was for her to not bother him. He didn’t even allow her to come closer, not to mention that he was a little bit snappy this time.

However, he called Iris over? To spend the night with him?!

Aria couldn’t help but be consumed by her jealousy. She couldn’t handle this anymore. She wanted Cane for herself.

"How dare you come to the alpha’s bedroom!?" Aria grabbed Iris’ hair and pulled it so hard, she felt like her scalp was burning.

Meanwhile the two guards, who were guarding the alpha’s bedroom immediately came over and separated the two of them, while Iris didn’t know what Aria was saying to her, because she was too frantic and she was in so much pain, while her vision was blurry with her tears.

"Are you okay?" One of the guards helped her to stand up, while the other guard held back Aria, so she wouldn’t attack Iris again.

Iris held her head, her cheek and her scalp were in pain, but she threw a sharp glare at Aria, which made her become even more furious.

"How dare you look at me like that!?" Aria screamed at her and the guard that helped Iris to stand up. He nudged her to go to the alpha’s chamber immediately, because the mistress wouldn’t dare to barge in, no matter how angry she was right now.

"Go, the alpha has been waiting for you." The guard nodded at the door.

Seeing that, Iris immediately rushed into the chamber, while Aria kept screaming profanities at her, but all she felt was pain.

Iris opened the door and immediately stepped inside and closed it.

"You are late," Cane said, without lifting his head from the parchment in front of him. He was translating something.

Iris walked slowly toward the alpha, while trying to neaten her hair, Aria had ruined her braided hair.

A few minutes later, Cane lifted his head and looked at Iris, as he stood up. "We will go now."

Iris nodded, but she said nothing, as she waited for the alpha to walk ahead, yet he stopped in front of her and pinched her chin to tilt her head to the side.

"Who slapped you?" He asked when he saw how red Iris’ cheek was with a glaring handprint there. This room must be sound proof, since the commotion outside was not able to penetrate the walls at all.

Iris was startled that Cane realized that. Did her face turn so red?

"It was the mistress," Iris replied honestly, she didn’t want to lie to him, since he seemed like a person that could smell your lies from miles away.

Iris just started to get his trust and she didn’t want to ruin it, after all, why would she lie when she was the one who was being slapped here?

Cane put down his hand and stared at her for a while, as he noticed how messy her hair was, but then he said nothing and continued to walk out of the bedroom with Iris following behind him.

The two guards wanted to follow, but Cane dismissed them.

In the end, it was only Cane and Iris, who walked toward the rickety hut, which was in a secluded area of this pack house.

There, the beta and gamma had been waiting for them.

"You are late," Ethan complained like usual, but Cane said nothing and the four of them immediately entered the rickety hut and went to the basement.

Just like what Ethan had said, this place had been fixed and there were double silver chains that would hold Cane back from breaking free like the last time.

"This time, we will be here," Jace said to Iris. He didn’t mean to say it to comfort her, he simply wanted to let her know.

"Thank you," Iris muttered and Jace just glanced at her, while Ethan was about to help Cane fix the chains to bind him.

However, the alpha called Iris over. "Let her do it."

Iris blinked her eyes and looked at him, but she knew she didn’t read it wrongly, thus without any other choice, Iris proceeded to put the silver chains on Cane.

Seeing that, Ethan tapped her shoulder to get her attention so he could ask her. "Doesn’t silver hurt your hands?"

Iris looked at her hands that were holding the silver chains and then shook her head. "No. It doesn’t seem to hurt me," she answered truthfully. She had never realized it before.

"Really?" Ethan frowned so hard.

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