The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 579: A DAUGHTER LIKE YOU

Chapter 579: A DAUGHTER LIKE YOU

Iris woke up when she felt the carriage move. Her body was so weak, she was not sure how long they had done it and was amazed she could last that long.

"Sleep again," Cane said, as he pressed her head into his chest, caressing her hair, while he was reading some reports.

"Are we leaving?" Iris snuggled closer. She felt sad for leaving these people behind, but Cane was determined to not make this pack a part of his territory, since there was nothing that could benefit them in the long run.

"Yes." Iris glanced at the bright sky out there through the window. She blinked her eyes and felt so sore, but pleased at the same time.

"Cane."

"Hm."

"Did you hear the conversation between me and Lu?" Iris asked carefully, she wanted to know his opinion about the information that Lu told her about Rei.

she immediately heard a low growl vibrate in his chest, which made Iris curl her body and nuzzle his neck. "I did, but I don’t want to talk about it." He didn’t want to talk about another man when he was having some peaceful time with her. Why would she bring another man up as a topic of discussion?

"Okay," Iris said softly. She wanted to point out that Cane had this similarity with Lu regarding this matter, but then she knew better than to say it out loud, just in case she would upset him again.

With that, they slipped into a comfortable silence, but Iris didn’t want to sleep. She still had enough strength to stay awake, which was a great progress for her health, since she used to be sick very often and usually, she would pass out for days if something like last night and this morning happened.

"Cane."

"Hm."

"Grace said she is running out of water magic stones, so the concoctions could only last for around two months." Grace had asked her to talk about this with the Alpha, but only now she got the chance.

"Okay."

"What are you going to do?" Iris lifted her head, curious. Now that the King was out of the picture, he didn’t need to fulfill the agreement of having a child, but there was no alpha without an heir and it would cause another problem for the pack members someday if Cane didn’t have any child, especially when they didn’t know about his condition.

The blame would be put on Iris. Because if women couldn’t get pregnant, it must be their fault. The error must be in them.

More importantly, what did Cane feel about it? He should know what the future looks like. The King had given him a due date to sire an heir, but the real due date came from the pack members.

"We can ask Lou to give us some of the water magic stones," Iris suggested, but then she fell into a deep contemplation. "But, the Black Market is in Alpha Gallot’s territory and he is currently siding with the royals and now Alan is the King and with the rumor about Lou being one of your people circulating around, I don’t think we can enter the Black Market easily."

Iris tried to think of a way to get the water magic stones, but she couldn’t, thus the last resort was to ask Cane what was in his mind. He could always surprise her with the brilliant way he could think and Iris loved it the most about him.

"What do you think, Cane?" Iris asked, she squirmed her body to get into a more comfortable position, while Cane wrapped his arms around her waist protectively. "Do you think we need to sneak into the Black Market like last time? But, Alpha Gallot caught us..."

For a moment, Cane didn’t say anything, he had put down the reports and gave Iris his full attention, staring at her beautiful blue eyes, they looked so lively and full of curiosity. Her lips were swollen, but Cane didn’t regret it at all. He liked to see traces of himself on her. He liked it when her scent got mixed with his own. He liked how her heart was so full of kindness.

Even though he didn’t agree with the way she disagreed with him, he liked her boldness, despite it leaving him annoyed and giving him a headache.

"Cane?" Iris called his name because he kept staring at her without saying anything. Why was he acting like that? Sometimes, Iris really wanted to know what was going on in that pretty head of his.

She wanted to understand the way his mind worked and how he saw her. What he thought of her...

"Cane?"

"Do you really want to have a child?" Cane traced her jawline lightly, his eyes penetrated hers with a deep meaning in his voice.

Iris knew it was not a simple question. Cane knew his chances of having a child on his own must be close to none, especially when this treatment didn’t work, but what if Iris wanted to have a child? It would be like a dagger that was stabbed in his heart, knowing he couldn’t give her one.

"I want it only if you are the father," Iris replied.

She tried to think of a good answer, but then honesty was more than good. She was genuine about what she said and Cane could feel it.

"If you are not the father, then I don’t want it. It’s enough for me to know that you will always be by my side, that we will always be together."

"I can always be the father of the child you carried." For a moment, Iris was confused, she didn’t understand what he meant and frowned, until Cane explained it a little clearly. "If you really want to have a child and both of us know it’s impossible for me, you can have it in another way."

Iris freaked out when she heard that. She widened her eyes in shock. "You want to share me with someone else?" Iris looked so hurt. "I don’t want to have another man’s baby, if I can’t have it with you, then I don’t want it."

How could Cane say something like that? He got very angry when she touched his body and gave him pleasure when it was not him in control. He made her promise him to go back to him, if Rei managed to take her away. She could even still feel his touch and how her body wanted him, but why was he talking about her getting pregnant with someone else?

Iris felt so hurt, as tears started to fall from her beautiful eyes.

Cane took a deep breath and wiped it. "It’s a pity, I really want to see a daughter that looks like you."

"No, I don’t want her if she doesn’t resemble you at all!" Iris gritted her teeth and swatted his hand away from her face, feeling upset.

Cane pulled her closer and Iris struggled a bit, trying to push him away, but after a few kisses on her head, she didn’t move again.

"Are you really going to... share me with someone else?" Iris dreaded the answer, it was hard to predict the way Cane was thinking, but if he thought it was the only way, he would follow through with that.

"No, Iris. I was just talking nonsense." Cane was upset, because he felt like he was less than a man when he couldn’t give an heir, but the thought of Iris being with someone else dreaded him. Maybe before they could do anything, he would chop off their hands if they touched what belonged to him. "I am sorry."

Iris sighed in relief, at the very least, she trusted his words.

Silence befell upon them again, as their carriage moved at a steady pace and occasionally, Iris could see Lil Thing, running around between the warriors and beasts. It seemed the creature was too bored to stay in its cage. Its fur started to regrow as well.

"Do you want a daughter? I thought an alpha like you would favor a son." Iris broke the silence.

"A son, a daughter, they are all the same. If I have any, I want to raise them in a better environment. But, it will be lovely, if we have a daughter who resembles you."

"Beautiful and kind?" Iris teased him, she didn’t think she was beautiful, because she grew up hearing the opposite, but she believed what Cane said, if he told her she was beautiful then she was beautiful.

Cane smiled gently when Iris lifted her head to look at him with a grin. She could flip her mood so easily.

"Yes. So, the world will know why I fell for you."

Cane leaned over and captured her lips as he nibbled on them lightly and caressed her neck. He was being careful now, because her lips were already very swollen.

On the other hand, even though Iris still felt so sore, she didn’t mind doing it again. Her heart felt so warm, yet there was this sadness that lingered between them, the atmosphere felt somber, knowing this conversation probably would never come true.

However, they were startled when the carriage stopped and someone knocked on the door of the carriage.

"Alpha, you need to come out for a moment, you need to see this," Ethan called him to go out, from the sound of his voice, it was something that was very urgent, but he was a little bit flustered and confused.

Cane groaned, he licked Iris’ lips and neck before he went out to see what was going on.