The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 588: IRIS’S FRUSTRATION

Chapter 588: IRIS’S FRUSTRATION

"Why should I bother telling Cane?" Iris didn’t change her expression when she questioned him back. "To give you more reasons to hate me?"

Zephyr gulped down with difficulty, he felt so ashamed. He didn’t even dare to meet with those blue eyes of hers directly.

"Don’t worry, I’m used to enduring everything alone. Your words were nothing compared to what I have heard my whole life. It’s not something new to me." Iris disliked herself right now. Being passive aggressive like this made her feel depressed.

But it was Zephyr’s fault to bring up the topic to begin with.

Iris tried to forget about it, since it only hurt her badly to know what they were thinking about her. She almost succeeded in pushing that hurtful moment to the back of her mind, along with the trauma and every other horrendous thing she had ever endured, but Zephyr touched the wound again.

"Even though it will be nice if you can restrain yourself from insulting me, I can’t control the way you perceive me, nor can I change how you feel about me."

This time, Iris gritted her teeth, feeling so mad for being reminded of it again.

However, Zephyr didn’t see that, because right now he was more interested in staring at the floor beneath his feet, feeling mortified because of the guilt that ate at him alive.

"You don’t need to talk about this anymore, it has been established that you don’t like me and I don’t have an obligation to like you either. Let’s be civil with each other."

"Luna, if you let the alpha know about it, he will remove us from the position of your personal warriors. Why didn’t you do that?" Zephyr asked again, but he still didn’t look at Iris. He was physically taller in front of this petite luna. He was your typical warrior shifter with a bulky and tall body that could intimidate you.

Yet, Zephyr felt so small and useless in the presence of this auburn haired woman who looked so delicate.

"There must be a reason why Cane chose all of you. He must have trusted you so much and it will disappoint him to know he made the wrong decision. At the very least, we are on the same page in this matter; we don’t want to disappoint the alpha and burden him with unnecessary trouble when he already has enough on his plate. Right?"

That was right, but all Zephyr could do was nod his head subtly.

"More so, he would have found other warriors to fulfill the position and there is no guarantee the new warriors wouldn’t be the same." Iris sighed deeply. "I know and noticed the hatred from the warriors for me. Let’s be cordial, so we can coexist peacefully, that’s all I hope from you."

Zephyr couldn’t hold it back anymore, he dropped to his knees and hit his forehead against the floor in front of Iris.

"I ask for your forgiveness, luna," Zephyr said in a small voice. He knew his error and felt so ashamed about himself. The audacity of him to talk bad about the luna was beyond him when she was so graceful not to punish them at all. She didn’t even say a word to the alpha.

Knowing their alpha, if he knew what they said, they wouldn’t only end up in the dungeon or be sent to chase after monsters in the Goffa mountain, they would have died in misery.

Now Zephyr understood why the alpha genuinely cared for her. She deserved it and more.

It was real. The way the alpha showed his affection toward her was real, because there were some people who didn’t believe it and thought the alpha just faked it for whatever reason he had to gain something. But, Zephyr could vouch that the alpha’s attitude toward his mate was real.

"Forgive me, luna. I have stepped out of the line," Zephyr said, he felt so remorseful. He really wanted to beat himself up so badly for the way he talked about the luna. She didn’t deserve their nasty words. "I have directed my anger blindly toward you. I have been so blind to not be able to see past my hatred."

Zephyr said solemnly with his forehead touching the floor, he bent himself so low to show her his submission.

"Forgive me for all the pain I have caused you." His words dripped with contrition and grief.

But, Iris didn’t budge, she stared at him with her impassive expression. If it was in the past, she would have cried and busied herself to pull Zephyr to his feet, but right now the only thing she felt was sadness.

It took them long enough to see their error and herself to be in so much pain to receive their apology...

If she could choose, she would rather not talk about it and pretend it had never happened. After all, she almost managed to erase such painful moments from her memories.

And now, what Zephyr did, reminded Iris of Avid. She missed the warrior. She remembered every word he said when he thanked her that morning after he learned what Kaz and the other pack members had done to her.

"You may stand up, Zephyr. It has already happened, let’s move on and don’t talk about it again." After all, Zephyr didn’t say as much as the other four warriors. That was why, Iris thought, she could be on good terms with him and chose him to be Zale’s mentor.

"I swore, I will dedicate my life to protect you and keep you away from any harm." Zephyr didn’t say these words casually.

"Live, and that will be more than enough for me. I don’t want anyone to die anymore." Especially not for her. She didn’t want their blood on her hands.

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"They found Oliver’s body, Cane," Ethan looked distraught after he received the report. "From the looks of it, he was attacked by a monster and his body was torn, our people could only find a few remnants of his body."

Cane remained stoic, but he said nothing, as he listened to Ethan ramblings.

"This is my fault..." the gamma murmured. They parted ways on bad terms and now he was gone forever. There was no way for them to mend things over a drink or two.

"The blame is on me, I was the one who gave him an order to return alone during this season."

Ethan shook his head, still in denial, but he didn’t know how true Cane’s words were because the blame was really on him for Oliver’s death.

"Send his remains back to the pack, let him rest in his homeland." Cane glanced at the bleak sky and closed his eyes. His grip on the edge of the table tightened, but when he opened his eyes again, they showed no emotions whatsoever.

"Yes, yes... we need to bury him, so he can rest in peace." Ethan was too distraught, as he walked out of the study room and did what Cane told him to do.

Another week passed uneventfully and Iris felt so dejected when she saw she got her monthly cycle again, she felt like she wanted to cry, feeling so useless. Asher said she was not a woman if she couldn’t conceive, maybe he was right...

Even though the problem was with Cane, as a woman, she felt so useless to not be able to conceive yet.

Maybe Cane was not the only one with the problem, maybe she also had the same issue? After all, Grace’s concoction did wonders to her body, so it was only natural if it gave the same impact to Cane, right?

Iris bit her lip, she hated herself.

Maybe what people said was right, because she was a runt, her body was not normal, her womb must be defected because of that reason.

One thing Iris couldn’t stand was the disappointment in Cane’s eyes. She was so scared to the point her whole body was trembling.

She had seen so many disappointed eyes, but if Cane gave her that look, it would haunt her every time she closed her eyes and plague her mind while she was awake.

Tears streamed down Iris’ cheeks. Her whole body was trembling and currently, she was with just Haco inside the bedroom, while Celia was watching Joel train after his recovery.

"Why are you crying?" Haco yawned.

This old sorcerer was supposed to teach her something about magic, but in the middle of it, he fell asleep and Iris’ mind went wild. She tried to distract herself from the fact she found herself bleeding this morning, but truth be told, Haco was not a good distraction.

"What is it? Why are you crying like that?" Haco frowned, it seemed, his mind was functional enough to be his grumpy self. "Some warriors bullied you? You can squeeze their spirits to death, what are you crying for?"

Iris didn’t know whether she had to laugh or cry upon hearing what Haco said. "Are you going to turn me into a murderer?"

Haco stared at Iris for such a long time, she thought he was going to fall asleep again, or forgot about their little conversation completely.

But then, the old sorcerer spoke in a clear and firm voice.

"If you think everyone has a heart like you, that’s going to fuck you up, Iris." Haco scrunched his nose.

"I don’t think I have a good heart, Haco." She remembered how dark thoughts kept flashing in her mind recently.

"Nonsense." Haco scoffed and Iris smiled sweetly at the old man.

"I am sad, Haco."

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