522: RESTLESS NIGHT

RESTLESS NIGHT

Iris's mind was plagued with the mention of the possibility Cane could die, once the lycan left him. It scared her so much more than anything and she was unable to think clearly.

'Do you think I will stand a chance to have a direct battle with the dark sorcerer without the lycan's power like what happened in the mountain?'

The answer was immediate no. It was proven that Zeke and Cyan were Decratic's worshipper and both of them were mind controller, how could you suppose to fight someone, who could mess up with your mind?

If Iris calmed enough to think of the matter thoroughly, she would realize what Cane said was true. The best chance they had to fight them was by using the lycan's power and explored more what this cursed creature could do. 

But then, this decision was a double edge sword, since the world was not such a welcoming place for a cursed creature like Lu. 

Once people knew about it, all hell would break loose. It was still a wonder, why Cyan didn't start to spread the rumor about the relation between Cane and the lycan. Their best guess was because she didn't want to expose herself even more as the dark witch, especially with the entourage of the Holy Kingdom was on their way here. 

Added that to the untimely death of the king during the onslaught, they didn't have enough power to back them, now the shift of power started in the capital city with Koda demanded the throne for his great grandson baby. 

The rumor about lady Cyan had started to spread, Cane helped as well with this, but with the fierce war that was happening, the impact was not as dramatic as he wanted it to be, as the public attention was being divided. 

After all, it was just a rumor…

"What if…" Iris trembled with the though that was so close to death when Zeke tried to get the lycan out of him. If he succeeded then…

"Iris." Cane had to shake her body to stop her from her horrendous thought, which could scare herself even more. "Is not that easy to extract the lycan out of me, Iris. Zeke can do it, but it doesn't mean, he has the power to go through with it, as long as the lycan is not willing. I swear to you, the lycan will not leave me, even if I want to get rid of it."

If that was an easy task, Zeke would have managed to accomplish it when they were in the mountain.

Cane explained that patiently, something that Iris should have known, but her mind was in shambles, it shook her with the information that Haco revealed to them. 

"As much as I hate it, it will be better if the lycan with me rather than our enemy have it." At this point, Cane had to make a peace with the thought that the lycan would always be part of him and the thought of getting rid of the lycan was not an option. 

Iris bit her lip, she tried to reign her emotions, as she lowered her head and pulled her hair anxiously, while Cane wiped her tears from her cheeks. 

"You don't need to worry, this is the least thing you should be worried about."

"I don't want you to be harmed." Iris mumbled, she kept staring at her curls, while anxiously pulling her hair. 

"That will never happen."

But, one couldn't predict the future, just like how Cane couldn't make all of his schemes worked, because there were so many unpredictable variables that could change the outcome of one plan. 

"Excuse me for ruining this moment for both of you," Haco said, he had this deep concern on his face. "But, why I feel like you can hear, Iris? You don't even raise your head and read his lips when you talked to him."

Haco didn't notice this before, because of how well Iris read someone lips, they didn't pay close attention to it. 

"I can," Iris said sullenly, she didn't want to talk about it. It was not that she kept it as a secret, she simply didn't want to announce it. 

Until now, only a handful people, who knew she could hear and Hanna was one of them. 

"Why you never told me when we spent time together?" Haco was dumbstruck, but Iris was not in the mood to talk about it, as she snuggled against Cane's chest and he hugged her closely. She hid her face, feeling so upset. 

Meanwhile, Haco watched everything unfolded before his eyes and was deep in thought.

"You two become more and more like a mate nowadays." He knew the story behind how Cane marked Iris, but right now, the sorcerer could bet the feeling was genuine between the two of them. 

Hell, the alpha was even scarier nowadays with the appearance of Rei. He looked like he was going to tie Iris on him. 

If Iris was not with him, she would have a bunch of warriors roamed around her. 

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"Ethan!" Aliana called the warrior when he entered the pack house. She had been away, taking care of the orphanage during this time, more so they were pretty busy after the attack. 

Ethan perked up with the sound of Aliana's voice, he gave her the best smile, which made her frowned, because she felt it was eerie.  0

"Stop smiling like a fool!" Aliana immediately approached the gamma, but even with that harsh word, he kept smiling. 

"Do you miss me? You look so happy to see me," Ethan teased her, because of how eager she was. 

"Really? I don't think this is my happy face," Aliana grumbled and then slung her arm around his shoulder casually. "Now, we have time, tell me everything."

Ethan frowned, didn't understand what she meant. "Tell you what?"

It was already at night and Ethan was extremely exhausted after taking care of a lot of things, he determined to fall on his bed and didn't move until the morning came, he didn't even want to waste his time to clean himself. 

Bed. Bed. Bed. Sleep. That was his sole goal at this moment, but somehow, he still found the energy to talk with Aliana. 

"Tell me everything about our luna, how is she with the alpha. Why did the alpha look so different? Tell me everything that you know." Aliana still had her arm around his shoulder, she was only a little bit shorter than Ethan, which meant, she was pretty tall even for a female shifter. 

Ethan's frown deepened, as he stared at Aliana. "Why I feel like I have been in this situation before?" He was too tired to think what caused this familiar feeling, but he was pretty sure the same thing had happened in the past. 

Aliana clicked her tongue impatiently. "Don't make that lame excuse, tell me now. I will not let you go until you talk."

"Aliana, I don't think I have the energy to talk. The food in the dining hall must have been eaten, I am so hungry and don't have the strength to even lift my finger." Ethan suddenly sounded pitiful.

"You know that you are being dramatic?" The corner of Aliana's lips twitched when she heard that. "You can walk and just now you have that stupid grin on your face."

Ethan clutched his stomach, he shamelessly didn't change his expression. "I don't think my word will be coherent… unless, you are going to make something for me to eat, so I will have a little bit of energy to talk, after all, this is a loooooooong story. Probably, we need to stay up all night for you to understand the change in the way our alpha treats his luna."

Aliana really wanted to shake Ethan's body, so he would spill all the beans. 

"But, if you don't want to know all the important detail, is fine too, just know that you should treat the luna respectfully, because the alpha is so fond of her right now."

"Yes, but what the cause of it. I can see that, that's why I ask you."

"This feels more like an interrogation rather than you asked me…" Ethan looked gloomy and Aliana couldn't help, but wanted to smack his head when she heard him grumbling like this. 

"Fine. Let's go to the kitchen, let's see, probably there is something left there." Aliana sighed in defeat. 

"Ah… I feel so awful to eat the leftover, my stomach is a little bit trouble nowadays because I don't eat regularly."

"Who are you trying to fool?" Aliana grumbled, they were shifter, more so, there was no way someone like them, who had eaten the worst thing ever that one could only imagine, suddenly got sick because they didn't eat regularly. 

However, Ethan didn't budge. He clutched his head now. "I handle a lot of thing…"

"Fine! Fine! What do you want to eat?!" Aliana lost her temper, she knew what he was going to say and how it would turn out. 

"Meat, please!" Ethan said happily, his eyes lit up, as if there was a new life that was infused into his body and Aliana could only hold back her annoyance. 

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That night, Iris couldn't sleep, she kept thrashing on the bed, her heart didn't feel at ease after learning what Haco told them. 

She felt bad because the old sorcerer didn't have much time with them, that also added to her uneasiness. 

"Sleep, Iris." Cane pulled her closer and kissed her nape. "You wake me up."

"Oh, I am sorry…"

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