The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 71: THE BROKEN CHAIN

Chapter 71: THE BROKEN CHAIN

They finally arrived at the foot of the expansive hill. Since they needed to get to the place by foot, they got down from the carriage.

Aside from Will, there were three more guards that came with them. Two of them were in their beast form, ready to take an action if they sensed any danger around them.

"We need to get to that tree," Iris said, as she pointed her finger at the only tree on top of the hill.

Cane lifted his head and looked at the bright sky. It was so clear and pristine. The wind that caressed their skins was so refreshing. Cane didn’t know there was a place so beautiful like this in the Blue Moon pack.

"Stay here," Cane said when Will was about to follow him. The guard retreated and let the two of them walk ahead.

There was no spot to hide in this vast area and as long as they could sense it was only them, who were there, it wouldn’t be a problem. Thus they stood behind, since they could still see the two of them.

Cane followed behind Iris, he looked around him and for some reason, his heart felt a little bit lighter. This place was so peaceful and serene.

But, it didn’t stop him from being curious about what Iris wanted to show him.

Both of them walked in silence and Cane let her walk ahead of him, but he didn’t say a word when Iris walked slower than him.

"We are here." Iris panted a little bit when she looked around her and saw the village from afar. It was a sight to behold. "This is beautiful, isn’t it?" She turned her head and looked at Cane, who was standing next to her.

"Yes, it is," he said impassively, but then, he didn’t like to postpone the matter at hand and asked bluntly after he tapped her shoulder to get her attention. "What do you want to show me?"

Reading what he said, Iris felt flustered. She had been trying to think about how to bring this matter up, but she still couldn’t find the right words to choose in order to bring it up.

"I don’t know if it is okay for me to let you know about this..." she became so nervous, her happy smile nowhere in sight now.

"You already brought me here," he pointed out the obvious. There was no turning back from this. "You don’t need to beautify your words, just tell me what it is." He could tell that she was struggling to think about how she could inform him of it.

"I- I buried your twin siblings and your son under this tree." Iris looked Cane straight in the eyes when she said that, and she witnessed the first vivid change of expression on his face when the realization finally dawned on him.

He breathed raggedly when the information sunk in. He took a step back from her and his emotions were so clear.

He was surprised, hurt, sad, and some more feelings that she couldn’t pinpoint for sure. Cane was going through tumultuous emotions that he had not yet felt for so long.

"Alpha, are you alright?" Iris came closer to him, but he raised his hand to stop her. He didn’t want to be touched or feel crowded. He was not sure what he was feeling right now after knowing that piece of information.

He turned his head and looked at the tree. This was a beautiful old tree with breathtaking scenery surrounding it.

"Explain," Cane said curtly.

He remembered what happened to his twin siblings that day. That fateful day, when he lost everything, when he thought only death could salvage his heartbreak for losing so much in his life.

Edgar died in his black wolf form, in his attempt to protect his twin sister, while Rora was found not too far from him, pooled in her own blood. Alpha Gerald’s men had thrown her across the room where her body crashed into the wall once they killed Edgar and got to her.

They threw her against the wall, the tables, whatever was nearby and slammed her small body to the floor. She died in pain, as her bones shattered from all the harsh collision.

Cane didn’t know what alpha Gerald had done to his siblings’ bodies. But from what he heard, he tossed them into the fire pit, along with all the commoners. Some said he left their bodies in the Goffa mountain and let the monsters eat them.

Whatever happened to their bodies, it was something that was not nice to hear, something that would tug on your heartstrings.

Cane loved his twin siblings so much, he would be furious if they got hurt, but he couldn’t do anything for them when they had to face their tragic ends.

Not even once did he imagine they would end up in this beautiful place.

"There is no way your father will bury them here." Cane looked at Iris sternly. He didn’t trust her, but at the same time he wished she could convince him that what she was saying was true.

"It was me and Hanna who buried them here," Iris said, as she walked toward the tree and dropped to her knees. She waved her hand at Cane so he could come closer and see something there.

When Cane came closer, he saw something carved on the root of the tree. It said;

**We little knew that day, God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, In death, we do the same.

It broke our hearts to lose you.

You did not go alone.

For part of us went with you,

The day God called you home.

You left us beautiful memories, Your love is still our guide. And although we cannot see you, You are always at our side.

Our family chain is broken, And nothing seems the same, But as God calls us one by one, The chain will link again.

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The Broken Chain Poem, by Ron Tranmer

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