The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 561: THIS PACK IS A LOST CAUSE

Chapter 561: THIS PACK IS A LOST CAUSE

Lil Thing followed Iris when she agreed to talk with Grace and then dropped around her ankles again, once the two of them stood a little bit faraway from the seven warriors, so they would be able to have a private conversation.

"What happened?" Iris asked, glancing at the fur ball before her legs, seemingly the bear was sleepy, as it closed its eyes.

Meanwhile, Grace was speechless to see this bear. She was grateful Lil Thing came with them, or else, she couldn’t even imagine what would have happened to Iris and the other people inside the carriage, but, seriously, this bear had two polar opposite sides to itself.

"I want to let you know that I am running out of water magic stones. We need those to make your concoctions." Grace didn’t look awkward when she told Iris about that.

Even though Iris was blushing a little bit, as both of them knew what kind of concoction that Grace was talking about, she knew this situation could be troublesome.

The only place that Iris could think of getting the water magic stones was the black market, to be specific, it was Lou’s territory, the Rosantine guild, in the black market.

Iris wondered if she could ask him a favor, but then she needed to discuss this with Cane as well.

"Have you told Cane about this?" Iris asked, wondering what Cane’s suggestion for this matter would be.

However, Grace shook her head. "I can’t bring up this conversation in front of the Alpha since he has been stressed out by a lot of things, more so, the timing is not right."

Despite meeting Cane a few times a day, there would always be other people around them and usually. He would be in the middle of something important that needed their focus more. It didn’t feel right to bring this matter up at that time.

Therefore, Grace thought, Iris could tell Cane whenever the two of them were alone and the Alpha was not so tensed up.

"I will talk with Cane about this," Iris said in a small voice, thinking what kind of reaction Cane would have, if she suggested to ask a favor from Lou.

"Okay, I will leave this matter to you." Grace smiled softly at Iris. "Be sure not to take long, because the stones may only last one more month."

Cane and Iris needed to drink the concoction on a daily basis, while Iris’ was more like tonic, Cane’s potion was concocted to help with his fertility.

Therefore, actually the water magic stones were of more help to Cane than Iris.

"Okay..." Iris nodded.

And after that short conversation, Iris went to see Ethan. From outside of the door, she could hear how Ethan and Aliana were bickering with each other about trivial things.

"Are they usually like this?" Iris asked with a chuckle to Eron.

"Yeah... you can say that’s how Gamma Ethan shows his closeness to someone. He will bicker with everyone that he is comfortable with." Eron scratched his head.

Hearing that, Iris couldn’t help thinking about how Ethan used to bicker with Redmond also. It had been a while since Iris saw him.

Redmond didn’t even see her off when they left the Howling Wolf pack and ever since the attack and Cane put Sofia out of the pack house, Iris had not seen Redmond at all.

It was ridiculous, but Iris kind of missed his antics and his bluntness.

And before Iris could knock, Ethan had opened the door, as he was able to smell her scent already. He grinned when he saw her.

"Iris!" Ethan was topless, but thankfully, he had his pants on. "I know you will worry about me!"

"What are you doing?! Put on your clothes!" Zephyr facepalmed the Gamma and pushed him back into the room, while Eron and Dyne helped to put clothes on Ethan.

"What’s wrong with you guys!? I have been on a journey with her before, she must have seen me without clothes at some point!" Ethan protested.

"It’s still not appropriate, you dummy!" Zephyr retorted, as he made him wear his clothes forcefully.

Seeing this, Iris chuckled and entered the room. It was a nice room with a fireplace across the window. Alpha Gian probably used this as a tea room, because there were a lot of teapots here.

Dust glittered in the rays of light from the window and when you looked outside, you would be able to see an oak tree there. This pack house was beautiful and neat and the people who stayed here and took care of this place were very pleased to have them.

At first, those people were afraid they would do something horrendous to them, after all, they were Alpha Gian’s people and Cane was the person who had killed their alpha, but gradually, when they learned the Howling Wolf pack members were different, they warmed up to them.

An old lady here told Iris how she wished to follow Cane and become part of the Howling Wolf pack.

But despite that fact, the situation here was not conducive and favorable with the Silver Warriors being adamant to reject Cane as their leader.

In the end, Cane decided to let go of this pack, since they couldn’t get any benefit here and forcing them into submission was not something Cane wanted to do.

"Are you okay, Luna?" Aliana asked. She approached Iris and took her hand to sit down near the window, where Iris could feel the cool breeze caressing her cheeks. It was a beautiful sunny day.

"I am fine," Iris replied with a small smile, as she enjoyed the bickering between Ethan and the other warriors.

At times like this, everything seemed normal, as if the chaotic world out there couldn’t reach them and all messy things, threats and schemes wouldn’t be able to bother them.

It was peacefully noisy with the sound of eight men barking at each other.

Iris giggled.

"Did you find something amusing, Luna?" Aliana sat down next to her and watched her expression without her noticing it and this made Iris feel a little self conscious.

"No, it’s just that I love this moment." Iris smiled sheepishly at her.

Aliana chuckled when she heard that. "I love this moment too. I wish this moment can stretch longer and we will have more moments like this in the future."

Iris agreed, but no one could foresee the future. In this world, where death was a common thing and it could happen without even one realizing it, a moment like this was so precious.

Iris wanted to engrave this in her mind and keep this warm feeling in her heart, so she could revisit it whenever she felt down.

"Are we really leaving tomorrow?" Iris asked Aliana, who was brewing tea for them.

"Sadly, yes. There is nothing we can do here. This pack is a lost cause." Aliana answered her truthfully.

"What about the members of this pack? Will we leave them behind?"

"Most of them are lowborns and almost all of them are infected with Grebis. Maybe this sounds so heartless, but it’s only a matter of time before they meet their demise."

It indeed sounded so heartless and cruel, but Aliana didn’t lie, since there was still no cure that they knew of for such a disease and strangely, it only appeared in this pack.

Iris had never read about this disease and from what Cane told her, something like this wouldn’t be written in the books, since Alpha Gian would make sure to kill the writer if one dared to picture a nasty side of his pack for the world to know.

"Is there nothing we can do?" Iris felt conflicted.

"I am afraid, we have tried everything we could, but we need to let go of this pack."

After the conversation with Aliana and chatting for a while, Iris went to see Joel and Haco. She had not yet visited the young warrior and because of her condition, his treatment had been postponed.

As usual, the young warrior was very sweet, as he was worried about Iris more than himself, while Haco was sleeping. Celia said the sorcerer had been sleeping more than fifteen hours per day and woke up only to eat.

Iris could see how Haco’s condition deteriorated very quickly after he used his magic when they were attacked by monsters. The more Haco used his power, the worse his condition became.

After Iris checked on Joel’s legs, she taught him and Celia how to read and write, while the other five warriors listened carefully.

"Do you want to learn too?" Iris asked the five of them, while Eron and Dyne looked at their fellow warriors smugly.

After a bit of hemming and hawing, the five of them joined Joel and Celia sheepishly.

And with that, Iris spent her evening teaching them. She was so exhausted when she finally returned to her bedroom and Cane had still not returned. He skipped his dinner and Iris was too sleepy to wait for him. Once her head hit the pillow, she fell asleep almost immediately.

The next morning, Iris was woken up by Aliana. All the preparations were done and they would leave early for the Diandem pack.

"The Alpha has not yet returned, from what I heard, he has been taking care of something with Oliver," Aliana replied when Iris asked whether she knew Cane’s whereabouts, because the side of his bed was still so neat.

"Oh..."

After Iris got ready, she walked out of her bedroom with Aliana, intending to go to their meeting point, but there was a young boy waiting for her outside of her bedroom.

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