The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 563: ETHAN’S RAGE

Chapter 563: ETHAN’S RAGE

"Watch your mouth," Ethan warned Oliver when he heard what he mumbled. He took him away from Iris and Cane, so they could have the discussion peacefully.

"Is there something wrong with that?" Oliver asked, his expression showed how much he disliked the fact that the Gamma stood up for Iris. He still couldn’t find in his heart to accept Iris as the luna of the pack.

Every time he saw her, he would feel like Gerald and Mason laughing at him derisively all over again. He couldn’t even stand the sight of her.

"Are you serious right now?" Ethan’s usual cheerful self was nowhere to be seen, as he glared down at the warrior before him. "You still harbor that hatred? You hate her that much even after knowing what she had done for us? Knowing how much she had to suffer at the hands of her own father and brother?"

"What she had done for us couldn’t offset the fact she is Gerald’s flesh and blood. It is only a matter of time before she shows her true colors." Oliver gritted his teeth. He didn’t intend to have this quarrel with the Gamma, but the words slipped from his mouth and he couldn’t take them back.

Fortunately, it was only Ethan, who heard him, since the Gamma was standing right next to him.

"What do you mean by true colors? Hasn’t she shown you already?" Ethan asked sternly. "She is beautiful inside and out. I like all her colors."

"You can’t force your opinion on me," Oliver retorted.

They should end this conversation right then, before it escalated into a whole new argument, but unfortunately, they were too riled up.

What those royal warriors told him kept ringing in his ears. The way they taunted them for taking their torturer’s daughter as someone they must respect.

’Do you think you have freedom now? How delusional! How can you be free when you have to respect Gerald’s daughter? You don’t have any dignity left to make her your luna. After all this time, you are still slaves!’

Those royal warriors taunted and mocked them saying things along those lines.

Many warriors were triggered, some of them, who had started to accept Iris became angry again and Oliver was among those people. His hatred ran so deep, he couldn’t help it.

"No, I indeed can’t force you to like her, but you need to keep your hatred in check. No matter what, she is our luna." Ethan’s expression turned very serious.

It was a little bit disturbing if not rare to see someone as laid back as Ethan being very serious like right now. He looked like he was ready to fight Oliver off if he were to say something out of the line again.

But then, his own hatred seemed to have blinded the warrior completely as he didn’t know when to stop.

"She will never be my luna."

"Watch your mouth, warrior."

"Someone like her doesn’t deserve to stand side by side with the Alpha." Oliver literally growled at Ethan, which made the warriors around them turn their heads and watch this heated argumentation. "Do you really think she is that innocent and kind? Did you forget that she is the one who gave out the order to kill Jemma?"

Oliver knew the reason why Jemma was dead, but he couldn’t care less about the other details as his focus was on the fact it was because of Iris that the young maid met her demise.

"Will was the one, who had beaten her to death," Ethan hissed viciously. "If you want to protest, you can go back to the pack and question him!"

"Yes, under whose order did he do that? Knowing how much Will cared for Hanna, that woman that you respect as your luna must have known he would kill her, even so, she still went ahead with the execution!"

"Why do you care so much about that young maid? Did you like her?" Ethan sneered and Oliver became so angry with the way he mocked him. "If I have someone who has done everything Hanna did for Iris, I would not have stopped at lashing the person who hurt them to death. I would have shredded them into pieces so no one would dare to do the same thing again to my person!"

However, Ethan’s answer only pissed Oliver more...

On the other hand, Iris and Cane were having an even more heated argument, as she was so desperate to make Cane change his decision to leave this pack behind.

"There is nothing we can do, Iris. I have told you before about this and explained it clearly," Cane said sternly. He knew there would come a day, where Iris would let her feelings rule her view on things and affect her decision and the same was happening now...

Iris knew, she understood, but the look in Nolu’s eyes and how he wished for them to stay a bit more broke her heart so badly. What she understood didn’t sit well with her conscience.

"Cane, please, reconsider this," Iris pleaded with him, but the look in his eyes alone told her there was no room for discussion.

"No, Iris." Cane’s voice was so firm and this scared Iris, not because she feared him, but because she knew she couldn’t change his decision.

"Cane, we can try another thing. We can find another solution," Iris said in a desperate tone. The look in Nolu’s eyes and the way he asked her whether they would return or not, were simply something that would haunt Iris for the rest of her life if she didn’t try her best to help them now.

"Let’s be clear." Cane let Iris clutch onto the front of his cloak, but he didn’t try to comfort her like he used to whenever she was upset, this alone was enough to signal the stance that Cane took so his mate wouldn’t have any hopes to change his mind. "How will you feed them?"

"Black market..."

Cane shook his head. "You know that’s no longer an option." He then continued. "What about the Silver Warriors?"

"We can fight them off..."

"You meant to wipe them out?"

Cane used the harsh words so Iris could understand the situation better. Those mutineers refused to back down, they were even willing to kill their own pack members, what else wouldn’t they do?

Iris was tongue tied. She couldn’t agree with that, but at the same time, understood that was the only option.

"What about the strange condition with the members of this pack?"

Iris bit her lip, she couldn’t answer this question either. She lowered her head, upset at herself because she was not able to think of a solution. If Cane couldn’t think of a way to save this pack, what could she do? It was not that she was smarter than him...

"What benefits do we get from this pack? There is nothing to be saved here. Aside from their treasury, there is nothing valuable here." Cane hated to see Iris so dejected, but he was firm with his decision. "I will have someone give away the treasury to the people in this pack, so they can figure out their own way to survive."

Iris dropped her hands that clutched onto him. That was the final answer. Cane wouldn’t change his mind no matter what she said.

This time, Cane lifted her chin, so she could see him in the eyes. "Iris, we can’t save everyone."

Cane had said this before and now he said it again. Iris must have forgotten about it. Her tendency to save everyone would cause trouble to herself.

Iris pressed her lips into a thin line, as tears welled up in her eyes, knowing that was true.

However, their conversation was cut short when they heard a commotion behind them. There were loud and vicious growls from two beasts that tried to kill each other off, while three more warriors jumped into the fight and shifted into their own beasts, in order to separate them.

"Get into the carriage," Cane said sternly, out of instinct, he put Iris behind his back and the seven warriors immediately came to surround her, so she wouldn’t be implicated by the fight that was happening.

Meanwhile, Cane stormed toward the two fighting beasts and roared angrily. "Shift back!"

The Alpha knew it was his gamma and Oliver. He was a warrior under Jace. He was the Beta’s second in command.

This was not the sight that you would expect from the Gamma, since he wouldn’t have gone off with his fellow pack member. Oliver must have done something terribly wrong to tick him off like this.

On the other hand, Iris didn’t listen to what Cane said to get in the carriage, because she recognized Ethan’s beast and was worried about the Gamma. She wanted to make sure Ethan was alright.

"SHIFT BACK NOW!" Cane’s voice thundered and this made the other beasts whimper and the warriors around him lowered their heads, they were scared to see the Alpha lose it.

With that harsh command, Ethan and Oliver finally shifted back into their human form, but they wouldn’t stop throwing dagger looks at each other. Blood dripped from their wounds and it seemed Oliver took most of the brunt.

"Both of you come with me!" Cane was so angry to see how they were fighting each other off, as if they were trying to kill one another. He walked away with the two men trailing behind him.

"What is happening?" Iris asked. She looked at Aliana, who was standing beside her, but her focus was on Ethan.

Aliana narrowed her eyes. "I am not sure, Luna. They seemed to be in some sort of argument earlier," she replied.

Ethan still looked so mad.

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