502: THE ALPHA'S WRATH

THE ALPHA'S WRATH

Hanna tried to ask what happened with him, why the sudden change and why he pushed her away, whether she did something wrong that she didn't know, or it was something that happened in the palace, which she didn't know about. 

Because she recalled, the first time Will acted so strange was around new year. He had been avoiding her ever since. 

However, no matter how Hanna tried to make him opened up with her, Will determined not to say a single word, but only kept repeating how sorry he was for all the pain he caused her. 

"I am sorry… I am really sorry…" Will kept kneeling in front of Hanna, hugging her waist tightly, as he rested his head on her stomach. He refused to stand up, as if he was trying to punish himself. "I am sorry, Hanna. I am sorry…"

"Will…" Hanna was devastated to see him like this. The sight of him was unsettling. She wanted to help him, do anything to make sure he returned to his old self, but she didn't know how to and what she could do. 

As of right now, she could only say useless thing to comfort him, while caressing his head and his back, so he wouldn't so tense up. His shoulders were very stiff. 

"Let's lay down, okay? You will hurt your knees if you keep kneeling like this. I will be so sad to see you being hurt." 

It worked, as Will slowly stood up. As a warrior, he was so tall and his height immediately towered above her, but all Hanna could feel was; how his presence casted a dark and gloomy feeling, it was so depressing to say the least. 

"Come here, lay down here." Hanna called Will over after she arranged the bed. "You will feel better after sleeping for a while. I will get something for you to eat."

However, when Hanna turned around to leave, Will hugged her from behind, he rested his head on her shoulder, as he took the liberty to breath on her scent. 

"Don't go, don't leave…" he whimpered. 

"I will only get something for us to eat, okay?" Hanna caressed his head, her heart ached to hear the trembling in his voice. 

"Don't leave me alone… I am afraid…" Will started to sob. He was hyperventilating, but he hugged Hanna so tightly, so she couldn't turn her body around. "I am… afraid…"

Hanna gulped down, she felt like her throat constricted. "What… are you afraid of, Will? What happened?"

Will kept repeating the same thing and Hanna couldn't get anything out of him, aside of the fact, he was trembling in fear for something she was not sure about. 

"Don't be afraid, I am here. I will not let anything happened to you, okay? You are in the Howling Wolf pack, your home. There is nothing will happen." Hanna tried to calm him down, but the more she heard how painfully he cried for help and how terrified he was, it brought tears to her eyes too. 

She wanted to beg him to tell her what happened so desperately in order to understand. 

"She always comes in my nightmare…" Will whispered. "I don't want to do it anymore… she disgusted me…"

"She?" 

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Seeing Eron and Dyne were right outside his bedroom door brought a small smile on Cane's lips, not because he was happy to see the two of them, but because it meant, Iris already returned and currently in their bedroom. 

Today was awfully tiring, not to mention the exhaustion from the other night still lasted in his bones, but knowing he would return to his mate and Iris was inside the bedroom, his heart was a little bit light. 

He had someone, who was waiting for him and also someone to return to. It was a feeling that you couldn't describe into words, where you had someone, who could set your worries aside for a while and tuned out the hectic world, which full of schemes and tricks. 

"Good evening, alpha," Eron greeted Cane, followed by Dyne. "The luna has returned since an hour ago."

  Cane nodded to acknowledge the information and opened the door, he could smell her scent and this relaxed his tensed up muscle, but it didn't take long before a curse escape his lips, as the alpha was swearing and barking an order. 

"FUCK! Get Grace here! Now!" Cane rushed toward Iris. His heart lurched to his stomach to see her body on the cold floor. She didn't move at all. Her whole body was very cold when he cradled her in his arms. He felt like he was holding a big ice cube instead. "Damn it! Damn it!"

Cane immediately carried Iris to the bed and covered her body with blanket, while Eron lit up fire in the fireplace, while Dyne had rushed away to get Grace to come over. It shocked them too to see Iris fell unconscious on the floor. They didn't know it. 

They thought, Iris was already inside and taking some rest, but who would have thought, she actually lost her consciousness? How long it had been since they entered the room? An hour? It must be more than an hour…

The thought of it made Eron shuddered in fear, all that time, the luna was in dangerous situation and they didn't even notice that. 

"Al- alpha…" Eron said in small voice, he looked mortified. "I am… I am sorry, I don't know that…"

"SCRAM!" Cane barked viciously, he didn't want to hear an excuse for what they had done, how they failed to protect Iris in the first day they officially became her personal warrior. "All of you will be punished accordingly!"1

Eron trembled in fear, but there was nothing he could do, but to accept the punishment for his neglectfulness. He immediately scurried out of the bedroom and waited outside. He became anxious too and prayed the luna was fine. 

On the other hand, Cane was not in his right mind. His small happiness to be able to return to his mate had shattered when he saw Iris's current condition. He felt like he wanted to kill someone to sate his anger. 

He had never lost his control like this before. 

"Iris, wake up, please…" Cane cradled her in his arms and pulled the blanket all over her body and used his body heat to warm her up, like he had done before. "Wake up, please…" Cane leaned over and pressed his cheek against hers. 

It didn't take long before Grace arrived with Amee, she was shocked to see how bad Iris's condition was and even more when she knew she had not yet taken any rest ever since she arrived at the pack house. She was too busy with the injured warriors to notice that. 

"She forced herself too much, I am afraid her health will deteriorate again."

Cane balled his fists, he shouldn't have given her a permission to help and force her to take a rest first instead. And now she was risking her own health like how he feared she would... those seven warriors that he assigned to take care of her, should have reminded her not to overwork herself, since he had made it clear to them, her health was a priority… he should have checked on her earlier… 

But then, with a lot of things that was going on, Cane also had a lot in his hands to be handled. 

"She is fine now, but you need to make sure, she is well rested." Grace then talked to Amee and tell her what concoction she needed to make for Iris to nurse her health back. 

Meanwhile, the alpha kept cradling his mate in his arms, his dark eyes looked so mortifying, as if there was a raging storm inside of his heart.

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It was so late at night when Hanna handed over the concoction for Iris's medicine to Cane. She looked so worried about her missy. 

Not long ago, she found Amee, who told her what happened to Iris, thus she asked the old woman to let her do it, since Will had fallen asleep, so she could come to see and take care of her missy now. 

"Alpha, let me help her to get her dress changed," Hanna said softly. "She looks uncomfortable in that dress."

"Get the dress," Cane said simply, his voice was hoarse and so dark. His jaw clenched tightly. 

Hanna immediately got a night gown for Iris, which the color of white and went to the other side of the bed, but the alpha stretched out his hand to get the dress from her. 

"I… I will do it, alpha, it will not take long…" Hanna said hesitantly, as she clutched the gown, but Cane didn't budge and under such piercing eyes, she gave up easily and handed over the night gown. 

Cane then laid Iris down on the bed and started to undress her, his hand moved on her complicated dress, as he pulled the strings silently. 

Hanna looked a little bit embarrassed. Not because she was going to see Iris naked, since she had seen her in such state countless time, but because Cane looked so casual when he changed her dress, as if he had done it a few times before. 

"Hanna."

"Yes, yes… alpha?" 

In the end, Cane didn't have a patient and tore the dress apart to get Iris out of her dress. "Tell me about her."

"Pardon me?" Hanna was a little bit at lost. 

"I want to know more about her."

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