The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 562: PLEASE, DON’T GO

Chapter 562: PLEASE, DON’T GO

This little boy looked only six or seven, it seemed, he was about the same age as Ania and Iris had seen him a few times before, but this boy was too shy and always hid behind his mother whenever Iris saw him and wanted to give him a candy or something.

However, this morning, this little boy came here on his own volition. He looked so scared to see the seven big, burly men, who tried to talk with him.

"What happened?" Iris asked. She approached the little boy, who trembled when Asher ruffled his hair, the look on his face horrified, as if the warrior was about to strangle his neck.

"This boy said he wanted to see you, Luna," Zephyr replied, all of them straightened their backs, because their efforts to make this boy talk didn’t work.

"Back off, guys, you are scaring him," Aliana said and the seven of them protested, saying they didn’t even do anything. Despite that, as warriors, their figures and auras could be so intimidating without even them trying.

The seven warriors finally backed down and Aliana approached Iris, kneeling down beside her to smile at the little boy.

"Are you looking for me?" Iris asked gently.

The Luna gave off a peaceful aura, and the serenity that she carried would make anyone feel comfortable with her if they opened their hearts enough to accept her.

The young boy nodded sheepishly.

"Why are you looking for me?" Iris extended her hand and wiped the soot on his cheek and nose off. When the little boy looked anxious with the question, she changed it. "What is your name?"

"Nolu, Luna."

"Nolu, is there something I can help you with?"

The little boy glanced at the seven warriors, but immediately retracted his gaze and looked back at Iris. Her blue eyes captivated him. He had never seen anyone with blue eyes before. "Are you going to leave?" He finally asked.

He woke up this morning and saw a lot of carriages in the front yard and when he asked his mother, she told him that they were leaving. His mother looked sad, and so did all the people who stayed in this pack. They didn’t want them to leave.

"Will you come back?" He asked again because Iris didn’t say anything.

On the other hand, Iris didn’t know what to say to him. She felt this pang in her heart, as if someone squeezed her chest tightly.

What would happen to this little boy and the rest of the members, who were so desperate for help if they left? What would happen to them?

They wouldn’t be able to fend for themselves, especially when it was hard to find food and the winter would come in a few months.

"You are not coming back, are you?" The glimmer of hope in those innocent eyes died out when he realized Iris couldn’t answer his question because it was true.

"That’s..." Iris was lost for words, she didn’t know how to answer him.

Heavens. How could they abandon them?

Nolu lowered his head and then fished out something from his pocket. He was wearing ragged clothes, which looked very uncomfortable. Iris remembered this kind of fabric, she wore one when she worked in the mines the first time Cane took over the Blue Moon pack and she also remembered how uncomfortable it was.

But, Nolu wore this on a daily basis. She couldn’t imagine how irritating it could be.

"I can only give you these, but can you stay a little bit longer?" Nolu offered Iris two silvers, that small amount of money must be everything he had, but he gave it to her, in hopes she and the rest of them could stay a little bit longer.

Iris had tears in her eyes when she saw the money that Nolu wanted to give to her. "Honey, we need to leave..." She tried to make him understand that it was not about money.

"Is it not enough?" Nolu asked. "Can you stay for two to three days more? It’s nice to have all of you here. People said, they are happy to serve all of you. Me too."

Seeing how Iris was too caught up in her emotions, Aliana stepped forward. She caressed his head and put back the money into his pocket.

"Sweety, we can’t stay here for any longer, because we have another important thing to do in the Diandem pack. Our business here is done, so we need to leave."

"Will you come back, though?"

"I hope we can visit again in the near future." That was not a promise, but Aliana gave a glimmer of hope for them to meet with each other again, though the chance was close to none.

"You don’t like being here?"

"Of course, we like being here. People in this pack are so nice, especially you." Aliana touched his chin and chuckled. She was used to talking with children, thus it came naturally to Aliana to comfort Nolu. "But, we need to go, because there is another pack that needs our help."

"More than we do?"

Aliana didn’t answer him. She wouldn’t say anything about the true reason they were leaving or that they probably wouldn’t come back. It would break his heart, but then without her saying it, the rest of the pack must know why they were leaving and giving up on them.

"Here." Aliana took a handful of candies from her pocket and dropped them in his joined palms. "Share these with the other kids, okay?"

Because there were quite a lot of children that lived in this pack house, Iris and Aliana filled their pockets with a lot of candies to give to them.

Candy was something they were not privileged to eat. Something they needed to steal from the higher ranking members if they really wanted to have a taste of it. Sweet things were forbidden to those lowborns, they were too expensive for them.

Nolu’s face lit up to see a lot of candies, but he was still hesitant to leave. He stared at the Luna, who became so quiet.

"I hope you will visit often," Nolu said in a small voice before he ran off to share the candies with his sister and friends.

Meanwhile, even after Nolu ran off and his small figure had disappeared from their sight, Iris was still crouching down, she didn’t move an inch and stared at the spot, where Nolu had disappeared.

"Luna," Aliana called her. She nudged her arm to get her attention, while the seven warriors didn’t dare to make a noise, somehow, they didn’t dare to break the silence.

The atmosphere around them became very bleak.

"Luna, we need to go," Aliana reminded Iris.

"This is not right," Iris finally spoke, she blinked her eyes and pressed her lips tightly. "We shouldn’t give up on them."

They had been here for a little more than a week. It was a short period of time to discover any potential of this pack. They should try harder, right? Just because some group of ignorant shifters were against them, they shouldn’t abandon those who really needed their help.

"I know what you feel. But, this matter has been discussed and the decision has been made." Aliana tried to remind Iris that they had weighed this decision carefully.

If they chose to help this pack, while those mutineers were still against them, there was only one option left for them; oppressing those Silver Warriors, which would lead to a battle, it was something that couldn’t be avoided.

And in battles, people tended to die, it was either their people or them.

Putting that matter aside, there was another problem with the members of the pack. Since, they couldn’t find any benefits in this pack, it meant, there was no contribution whatsoever. If they insisted on taking this pack into their territory, it meant they needed to feed thousands of more people.

Famine was a problem now, not to mention winter was just in the corner, with an additional horde of people that needed to be fed, while they were still brainstorming how to get more grains for the other packs, would only create another problem, which they didn’t need.

"We can’t take them, Luna."

"If we leave, they will die."

Aliana sighed. She didn’t have the heart to abandon this pack either, she would do everything to help, but the problem was; they needed to look at the bigger picture.

This situation was like, saving ten people by sacrificing one.

"They have survived this far, they might survive this one too." There was no certainty.

"I want to talk with Cane." Iris stood up, she walked toward the front yard hastily to find the Alpha, while the rest of them followed her.

The seven warriors had conflicted feelings, while they understood their alpha’s decision, they felt bad for this pack.

Seeing their luna so adamant to help them, they started to wonder; was this how the Luna looked like when she was very stubborn to help them when they were in the slavery? She was going to go against the Alpha’s decision, if she kept questioning and insisting on helping this pack.

It didn’t take long for Iris to find Cane. He was talking with Oliver and Ethan.

"Cane, I want to talk with you," Iris said, once he noticed her.

Cane stopped his discussion with Ethan and Oliver. "Something bothering you?" The Alpha caressed the wrinkle between her brows with his thumb.

"We can’t go, we can’t abandon this pack," Iris said hastily.

"Ridiculous," Oliver muttered under his breath.

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