The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 902: IRIS WAS BEING SNEAKY

Chapter 902: IRIS WAS BEING SNEAKY

Rei actually sided with them to solve the problem in this situation, though from outsider his solution was the best and that was what Iris wanted, but when the idea actually came from him, they couldn’t help, but became suspicious there was something else at play here.

However, there was no better solution than this and because it was Rei, who had suggested it, the elders couldn’t say otherwise, that was how much power he held in his hand.

That’s why, here Iris was. She entered the room that smell like citrus and saw Abby was laying down on the bed, seemingly sleeping.

Iris could sense the black magic, but then Rei was there, it was hard to tell whether it came from him or Abby was inflicted by the dark magic.

Liam was still silence, he didn’t say anything and only lowered his head. The elders stared at him with so much venom in their gaze after knowing that the baby in Abby’s stomach was his. No one knew about it, including Rei.

But, the part that was very upsetting was the fact, they didn’t allow Grace to leave and demand her presence here too. She needed to rest!

"She is right there, luna. Where are you going?" Elder Rose asked. She looked disturbed when all of them cramped in this room.

Abby’s bedroom was no small, but with ten people inside and the tension in the air, it felt rather suffocating.

Iris didn’t even want to answer the question, as she told Jace to lay Grace down on the sofa and started treating her wound first. The healer looked so pale and blood kept oozing out from her wounds.

"You should treat the Serafim," Elder Dandolf reminded Iris, but he was being ignored too.

Jace did what Iris told him to do and put Grace down on the sofa gently. After that, she healed her. At first, blood stopped oozing out and then her wounds closed in.

Everything happened under Rei’s watchful eyes. He crossed his arms and didn’t miss even single movement from Iris.

It took only ten minutes and once Iris was done, she went to Abby. Her movement was very swift and she was being eerily quiet, even Lou didn’t dare to disturb her.

Meanwhile, Cane looked around his surroundings. He fixed his eyes on Rei and then Liam, who remained silent the entire time. There was something amiss with the whole situation, but he couldn’t put his finger on it.

First, Iris took Abby’s hand and checked on her. The Serafim was obviously still alive, but she was very weak and thankfully, the baby was fine. Yet, there was something that disturbed her divine power.

"I want you to leave the room," Iris said, her eyes were on Rei.

"How dare you make a demand?!" Elder Xarex growled and Jace growled back at him dangerously, the beta was being fierce right now.

"I can’t concentrate because he is reeked of black magic," Iris said coldly. She didn’t hold back too when she added more. "I wonder how could you people so proudly say that you are holy when you sheltered someone who has been practicing black magic for centuries. Don’t you feel ashamed of yourself?"

"We have our own history! It is not your place to judge us!" Elder Xarex roared angrily, while Rei looked very calm, though he was the one that Iris offended.

"Do you even need to be judged? Shit doesn’t need to be judged to know it’s bad, everyone, even the stupid ones automatically know that." Left it to Lou to fire an insult.

But, before Elder Xarex could lose it, Rei actually acted wise enough to leave the room on his own, which only added Cane’s suspicion to how strange his respond to this situation. The alpha was still observing him.

"It’s okay. I am going to wait outside of the door, I am sorry to disturb your treatment, luna." Rei was very polite when he spoke with Iris.

"No. Wait further away, if you can, leave the pack house for a while, because I still can sense you nearby," Iris replied almost immediately.

It was not sure, whether she really needed him to be away in order to check on Abby, or she simply didn’t want him to be around.

Lou chuckled when he heard that, which was an insult for the elders, since no matter what, Rei was the founder of the Holy Kingdom, they respected him, though they were not on the same faction and was not always on the same page.

Meanwhile, the alpha stared at his mate dotingly, as if he was approving her respond. He couldn’t be more proud of her each day to see how sarcastic his mate could be if you dare enough to provoke her.

"Sure, will do that, luna."

Rei actually obliged and then left the room, while the elders looked very displeased with this situation, but Liam was still the same. He lowered his head down and didn’t say anything.

After Rei left the room, Iris could feel he really walked away further from the bedroom, because the black magic she sensed from him gradually faded away and then disappeared.

Once the disturbance had left, Iris started to focus on Abby. She was weak, so did her baby, but both of them were fine. She learned this from Grace, ever since she could heal someone with her divine power, she wanted to have a better understanding about it and Grace was the best teacher you could ask for.

"Grace, can you come here and tell me your opinion?" Iris asked for Grace.

Grace approached Iris with the help of Jace, who supported her body. "There is no poison or anything, she is only exhausted. Both baby and the mother are very weak." The healer looked better, though she was still slightly pale.

That was almost the same like what Iris thought.

The only disturbance was her divine power, but it was very foreign for Iris. If there was someone here with a better knowledge about divine power, it would be Rei and the three elders, since they had dealt with it in their entire life.

"There is something that disturbed her the flow of her divine power." That was what Iris told them in the end of her conclusion.

"In that case, wake her up, your healer could only clear her name if the Serafim testified that she meant no harm on her and the baby," Elder Dandolf spoke.

Iris blinked her eyes, she looked at him innocently. "I can’t. I don’t know how. I am not familiar with divine power and is still trying to figure out about it myself."

"What?" Elder Xarex was not happy, but Elder Rose looked relief somehow and the reaction from these two didn’t go unnoticed by Cane.

"You people have knowledge about divine power more than me, unless you are going to give me some knowledge about it to figure out what is going on with her, I don’t think I can help you with anything here. My lack of knowledge is the problem."

In another word, Iris wanted them to give her more information about divine power, so she would have a better understanding of it.

Yes, Iris was powerful, but she used her power out of instinct without having a sufficient knowledge about it. It almost like breathing, you did it unconsciously, but you didn’t know the process.

It would benefit Iris in the long run if she could tap into a deeper understanding of her power.

But of course, it wouldn’t come easy, the elders wouldn’t agree to her suggestion right away and they hit a dead end again.

"So, there is something that you actually can’t heal," Lou said, contemplating after they left the Serafim’s bedroom and it was only the three of them.

Cane had his hand around Iris’s waist protectively, as if he was forever on alert, just in case she was going to disappear under his watch.

Iris gave some thought about it and replied. "No, actually I can if I tried harder." Cane and Lou stopped walking and looked at her, waiting for her explanation. "It’s a little bit confusing at first, because there was something that disturbed the flow of her divine power. I have explained about this earlier, so I didn’t lie, but I think if I tried harder, I can wake her up."

The two men furrowed their brows, couldn’t understand why she decided not to do it and cleared Grace’s name immediately, right now, their healer was safe, yet sure enough those elders wouldn’t let go this matter and would bring this up again in the near future if Abby didn’t wake up and tell them what actually happened.

"But, why didn’t you wake her up?" Lou moved closer toward Iris, but Cane pushed him away to put distance between the two of them.

And her answer really surprised the two of them.

"Because I thought Rei and elder Dandolf were behind this. Elder Dandolf was still there and even if I woke Abby up, she will not be able to talk freely. We don’t know yet for sure what actually was going on."

"So, you wanted to sneak around and tried to wake her up secretly to get her confession?" Lou was quick to catch up with the way Iris was thinking.

"Yes." Iris nodded sheepishly, but then she glanced at Cane. "Did I do the right thing?" she asked for his approval, whether she had done it right or not and as a reply, Cane actually pulled her closer and then kissed her on the lips.

"You are brilliant," Cane said against her lips. It was smart of her to think that way, since Cane wouldn’t be able to come up with the idea, because he was clueless about divine power and how it worked.

And for Iris to actually be sneaky like this was really helpful for him to map out the situation.

His kiss was fierce and demanding, as if he wanted her to know how strong his feeling for her right now. He wanted to devour her right there and then, forgetting about the existence of the poor merchant, who was still there.

"Hey! Get a room! I am still here!" Lou was very upset! Why he often ended up witnessing this kind of scene recently?

With a train of curses, Lou stormed away from the lustful couple. He wanted to have more conversation with Iris, but right now, her lips were occupied, she wouldn’t be able to say anything.

A few days later, the merchants arrived at the harbor and a few days later, the warrior from Blue Moon pack that was led by Redmond also joined in. Will came with Redmond too.

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