408: HE DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE

HE DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE

"Let them assume whatever they want, the higher they put their hope into something, the harder they will fall," Cane said that lightly, as if this was not something that should bother Iris. 

However, it only confused her. "Don't you care about your people? I mean… they will really upset and sad when they learn about the truth. Shouldn't you give them some warning?"

"Iris, just like how I said that I can't save all people's lives, even more their heart. If you tried to placate all the people around you, you will only put yourself into a misery. You will only suffer, but for what? To please them? That's the most ridiculous torture you put yourself into."

Cane pinched her chin and stared deeply into her eyes. He knew what the conflict in her pretty head right now, she must have heard about how well the people in the pack treated Sofia. Cane was also aware of how the member of his pack had not yet fully accepted her and was skeptical with her role as their luna, more so, with her was being away so often and didn't have time to bond with them, it didn't help with the progress at all. 

"You are their luna, my equal. The disrespect they directed toward you, it only meant the disrespect for me too. They need to learn that."

The member of his pack had gone through so much, but it didn't mean once they freed themselves from the slavery, they put stop for the effort to survive. They needed to learn something from it, at the very least, they needed to not trust so easily and he was not here to coddle them and teach them such basic survival instinct. 

Let them got hurt if they could learn from that. It also baffled Cane how they welcomed a stranger into their pack so easily. 

Iris was silence, she was processing what Cane said and he left her at that. 

The rest of the journey, neither Iris nor Cane said much, but it didn't bother any of them, since it was a comforting silence that engulfed them. 

They only stopped once for lunch and after that, this long entourage headed toward the Howling Wolf pack again, Iris stayed inside the carriage, while Hanna attended to her and Cane were having a discussion with Sir Elijah. 

Iris had this inkling that Cane wanted to use him, but she was not sure for what or what his plan was with the warrior from the border. 

But, when Iris was having her lunch with Hanna inside the carriage, Haco sneaked inside and told Hanna to leave them alone. 

"Did the alpha allow you to come here?" Hanna frowned. She didn't want to leave her missy with this strange sorcerer. 

"You can call him here if you want, now leave first, there is something important I want to discuss with her," Haco said, waving his hands impatiently at Hanna. 

"It's okay," Iris said to Hanna, which she nodded and left, but she was sure, she would tell Cane right away about Haco was being inside the carriage. She had been gushing over how well Cane treated her, how different he was from all the alphas. "What is it?" 

"Here." Haco fished out a magic stone from his pocket and Iris immediately frowned. 

She had felt that ominous feeling from Haco, but because he was a dark sorcerer, she didn't think much when he carried one or two black magic stone. Yet…

"Why do you give me that?" Iris didn't take the black magic stone from his hand. 

"Don't worry, this curse is not as powerful as the one before." Haco reassured her. He wouldn't be so reckless to incur the alpha's wrath again by giving Iris a powerful curse. 

"You want me to purify it?" Iris tilted her head, didn't understand. 

"I want you to not purify it," Haco said and this made her frowned. 

"I don't know how to." She didn't even know how she purified the stone, it just happened and now Haco wanted her to do the opposite. 

"Try, I want to make sure about something." Haco nudged extended his hand with his palm opened, where the black magic stone sat coldly there. 

Right at that time, Cane entered the carriage, his expression was as stoic as ever and his gaze fell on the magic stone in his palm, as his eyes turned so cold, as if he could expunge the black magic stone. 

"Don't worry, this is harmless, this is harmless!" Haco cried out to see the dark expression on Cane's face, as he quickly explained what he was doing there. 

Cane sat down next to Iris, he said nothing, as the sorcerer rambled. "Is that possible?"

"I think so," Haco replied, he shook his hand, indicating Iris to take the stone. She did and the stone was immediately purified, as the black wisp came out of it.

"It worked?" Cane was clueless about magic, thus he didn't know how it went. 

"Nah, she purified it." Haco leaned his back against the seat. 

"Purified it…" Cane repeated the words. "Are you sure she purified it?"

"A hundred percent," Haco said with confidence. "The curse is gone and the stone is only a stone." He crushed the stone between his fingers, as it had no use anymore.  0

"Are you sure she purified it and not absorbed it?" There was this glint of complicated feeling in his eyes. Haco tilted his head, seemingly trying to discern what Cane was trying to say. "It's two different things. Is she purified it, or is she absorbed the curse?"

Getting such question, Haco was deep in thought. The curse had gone because of Iris, but now Cane raised this question, he couldn't tell which one. 

In the end, Haco couldn't give him a definitive answer and left the carriage because they needed to continue with their journey. 

Iris stared at Cane, deep in thought. 

It was night when they finally arrived at the Howling Wolf pack. 

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