The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 580: RANDOM THINGS

Chapter 580: RANDOM THINGS

Iris was curious about what was going on out there and why they suddenly stopped.

"I want to come too." Her curiosity led her to follow Cane out of the carriage. At first, the Alpha looked like he wanted to tell her to stay inside, but somehow, he ended up not saying anything and instead helped her to get down from the carriage, holding her hand to help her keep up with himself and Ethan.

"What is it?" Cane asked, his voice was a little bit dark when he spoke and this made Ethan grimace lightly. He knew he had interrupted something fun inside.

"A warrior found that a young wolf had been following us. It seems he is a member of the Silver River pack."

Cane frowned. He gave Ethan a look and stopped walking. "And you stopped the entourage and called me out for this?"

Ethan gave him a guilty look. "The problem is... this young wolf doesn’t want to go back and now he is fighting our warriors to keep following us."

"Is he dead?"

"Cane!" Iris was startled with the question.

Of course, if the young wolf fought the other warriors, he wouldn’t stand a chance to survive, unless this young wolf was very strong and special. But, the way Cane phrased his question, sounded so wrong, probably because he was a little bit annoyed. This was something that didn’t need his assistance.

"You don’t think our warriors will fight him seriously, right?" Ethan then glanced at Iris. He felt a little bit awkward to see how swollen her lips were and how her body reeked with the Alpha’s scent. Didn’t she realize that? But, knowing Iris didn’t have the same sharp senses as the other shifters, he deemed her to be clueless, which left the Alpha as the culprit for not telling her about it. "Actually, this young wolf wanted to see you, Iris."

"Me?" Iris frowned. "Is it Nolu?" But then, Ethan said it was a young wolf, while Nolu was only a little child.

"No." Ethan shook his head and the three of them continued walking. "One of our warriors caught him following us and we assumed he must be from the Silver River pack. He told us that he wanted to see you, Iris, but he turned aggressive once our warriors told him to go away."

"Who is it?" Iris mumbled, she was having difficulty keeping up her pace with Cane and Ethan, as she still felt very sore, so if one took a closer look, they could see how weird the way she strode beside her mate was.

This didn’t go unnoticed by Cane, but somehow, he let her do as she pleased. After all, she should know her limits.

It didn’t take long before they could hear a vicious growl that came from the young wolf, as this ash brown colored wolf threw a dagger look at all the warriors that surrounded him.

They were amazed to see how this young one didn’t want to back down, even though he must have known by now that he wouldn’t stand a chance to fight them all.

"Shift!" Cane roared, his command was directed at the young wolf.

Not being able to resist the Alpha’s order, the ash brown wolf shifted into his human’s form and only then could Iris recognize this young boy.

He was the same boy that she had saved from the ruins, no, actually it was not her, who had saved him, but his younger sister, who had told her where he was.

This young boy looked so skinny, he was probably just around the age of ten or twelve. His face was so dirty and he was wearing those rug like clothes. Just by looking at it, Iris knew how uncomfortable it was.

However, despite his appearance, his eyes were filled with determination, they shone brightly without any traces of fear. This young boy even dared to look the Alpha straight in the eyes, something that intrigued Cane. Not many people had the guts, especially when someone was this young.

This young boy had these beautiful gray colored eyes, the same color as his fur in his beast form.

"Explain yourself," Cane said. His tone was neither cold nor demanding, but it sounded firm.

The young boy shifted his attention to Iris and spoke clearly. "I am here to pledge my loyalty to the Luna," he said without any hesitation.

"What?" Ethan was shocked, he didn’t expect this. The other warriors were also frowning with the declaration. Why would this young wolf want to pledge his loyalty to the Luna, instead of the Alpha? It was the Alpha, who owned the territory. He held the real power in the southern continent, but he chose to be loyal to the Luna? Even going as far as following their entourage for half a day?

On the other hand, Iris was also surprised by his sudden declaration. She blinked her eyes and then frowned. "You want to pledge your loyalty to me?"

Redmond pledged his loyalty to her because he disliked Cane and didn’t want to end up being one of his underlings, even though, poor him, he ended up the same, since Iris would agree with everything Cane decided.

Meanwhile, the seven warriors were given to Iris because Cane wanted her to stay protected, albeit she was close with Eron and Dyne, as there was still this awkward tension between her and the rest of the five warriors.

In conclusion, none of them had ever pledged to her because they really wanted to. It was the circumstances that forced them to accept Iris.

It was understandable that Iris was shocked, but also touched with the gesture.

"Yes, Luna Iris, I want to pledge my loyalty to you," he said firmly, he didn’t look like a twelve years old boy. The way he spoke was very mature. "I will give my life to protect you."

"You?" Kian sneered. "What can a skinny boy like you do? I am not sure if you can even take down a goblin."

Kian’s comment was followed by chuckles from some warriors around them.

Iris frowned, she looked around and watched how they looked down on this dirty young boy, who could offer nothing, but talked so confidently.

However, he didn’t budge, he didn’t care about the voices around him, as his gray eyes stayed fixed on Iris, waiting for her to say something upon his request.

"And it is shameful of you, warrior, to bully a young one, just because you can," Iris spoke. She didn’t raise her voice, but with the way they were blessed with extraordinary senses, everyone there could hear what she said and immediately the chuckles died down.

Instead, it was Ethan, who was laughing without any scrupulousness, while Aliana, Eron and Dyne grinned beside him. Cane also didn’t say anything and only caressed her head.

"You can’t," Cane said, this word was directed toward Zale.

"Why?" Iris whipped her head around to look at Cane. She had not yet decided whether or not she would accept Zale, but maybe deep down, she had known the answer that she wanted him.

"You are from the Silver River pack?"

"Yes." The boy nodded, shifting his attention toward Cane.

"We can’t bring just anyone from that pack with us." This was the same reason why they couldn’t bring the members of the Silver River pack with them, even though they were willing to pledge their loyalty to him.

However, Zale had come so far, he didn’t want to back down yet.

Instead of asking ’why’, for he knew the reason behind the Alpha’s rejection, he took off his rug like clothes and showed his bony body and his dry skin, but there were no rashes there. He didn’t have such a condition.

"I am clean!" He said loudly. It was such an irony, because he was anything but clean. Yet, they knew what he meant by that.

"Boy, you are too weak to even protect yourself, what are you going to do if the Luna is in danger? What if there is a monster that’s going to attack the Luna and you can’t do anything to fight it off?" Asher asked, dissatisfied.

"I will throw myself at the monster and give the Luna enough time to run away," Zale said confidently, as if he didn’t think his answer thoroughly.

"Well, I like that..." Ethan contemplated, he touched his chin. "Maybe we can use him as bait when we are going to lure monsters."

Aliana slapped his back for that comment.

On the other hand, Cane glanced at his mate, she didn’t realize it but she held his hand so tightly, anxious for his decision. She promised him that she wouldn’t object to him in front of his people again, but maybe she would do it, if he turned this boy away.

"Ask Grace to check on him, if he is as clean as he declared, he can stay, if not, one of the warriors will escort him back to his pack. No more discussion."

Cane took Iris’ hand and walked away.

This was not the result they expected, but for Iris, there was a hope the boy would come with them. If she couldn’t help the whole pack, at the very least, she could help this one boy.

"Thank you, Cane." Iris squeezed his hand, as they walked back to their carriage.

"Don’t thank me yet, there is a chance the boy can’t come with us." Cane helped Iris to get onto the carriage and caught a glimpse of Lil Thing, who was rolling on the ground foolishly, seemingly taking this short break to return to its lazy self.

At first, it was Lil Thing and now this young wolf. Cane seemed annoyed to realize there were so many random things following his mate.

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