430: IRIS DIDN'T GIVE A SHIT

IRIS DIDN'T GIVE A SHIT

Iris realized Hanna didn't come with her, but when she turned around to look for her, she witnessed something that made her blood ran cold. 

Jemma raised her hand at Hanna, she moved so fast and when Iris thought she was slapping her, she immediately realized, it was not a mere slap, she extracted her claws and injured Hanna's face. 

On the other hand, Hanna didn't expect that and her body fell to the ground because of the impact, she was about to stand up and fight her for real when she realized blood oozed out from the wound on her cheek, dripped to the ground and only then the pain came. Hanna was stunned. 

Everyone in this hall held their breath to see what was going on and Jemma smiled smugly to see Hanna in such state. She let out a triumphant scoff, feeling superior. 

"You should know your place!" Jemma hissed.

Meanwhile, Sofia was surprised by what her maid had done, but she didn't say anything, neither she reprimanded her for her action, seeing nobody said or did anything about it. 

The truth was; everyone was still in shocked, they needed a few more moment to process it in their head, it didn't occur to them to come forward and help Hanna, they were stupefied, because right now, their attention shifted to Iris, waited for her reaction, since Hanna was the person, who was very dearest for her. 

Silence in this hall was so suffocating, one could cut through the air that filled with a lot of tension when Iris finally moved and approached Hanna, who was whimpering in pain. Apparently, Jemma had clawed the corner of her eyes. 

Iris dropped to her knees and look at her dearest one, blood soaked Hanna's face and stained her face, while her hand covered her wounds. 

Iris felt the beating of her heart, as she extended her hand and touched Hanna's blood that smeared her fingers and when she finally spoke, her voice was even. It almost scared her how she could keep her calm when she felt there was storm in her mind. 

"Guard."

Two guards finally snapped back to reality and rush to approach Iris. 

"Bring her to see Grace."

"Miss… I…" Hanna was about to say something, but Iris's cold eyes fell on her to silence her. 

"Leave."

Hanna immediately lowered her eyes and with the help of the two guards, she left the room. It was dead silence now. 

The member of the pack, who were there, didn't even dare to make a noise, they didn't dare to breathe loudly, as fear gripped their heart and ran in their veins to see the calm Iris. 

The luna didn't have an imposing figure, she was pretty skinny and small for a shifter, but somehow, she held an intimidating authority with the way she talked and moved, as if it radiated from her body now. They almost felt like they were witnessing the rage of the alpha instead and felt dreadful for Jemma. 

How stupid that servant to strike Hanna? They condemned her act to use violence against Hanna. Probably, that was how the way she did to intimidate the other servant in alpha Gallot's pack, but she should know better when she was in different pack. Because they didn't do the same thing here. 

"What? Your servant needs to be taught a lesson!" Jemma tried to make a front before Iris, but it was clear to see that she was scared of the luna. 

"Luna Iris, you didn't know what happened before, but your servant was really rude to us." Sofia tried to soften Iris's anger, but if she knew, she wouldn't even try because right now, Iris's attention shifted on her. 

"Rude?" Iris asked. 

"Yes, she blocked our way when we were going to talk with you," Sofia replied, she tried to be as calm as Iris, but her heart was beating painfully against her chest, as fear crept in. 

"I told her to do so because I don't want to talk with you, but you injured her for that?" Iris didn't give the order, but Hanna knew how she felt and the last thing she wanted was to talk with Sofia. 

Sofia was surprised to hear what Iris said, but she immediately regained her composure and found a way to explain the situation. 

"I want to have a talk with you Luna, regarding what happened yesterday." Sofia looked pitiful, as she lowered her head and stared at her bulging stomach. "I think it's not right for you to punish those people because they treated me nicely."

Here she was, appealed to Iris, in front of the crowd, as someone, who stood by them for pleading to the luna to lift the punishment when it was not even her, who had punished them. How twisted the way they thought process…

Iris was in tight spot, whatever she did, she would always be the end of the stick and they would never be capable of seeing her for who she was. 

They thought, Iris would explain herself for why she didn't forgive Kaz and the other for treating Sofia nicely. 

But unfortunately for them, Iris was no longer gave a shit to the way they looked at her, neither she wanted to explain herself for something they were able to understand, since it was they were doing. 

If they wanted to hate her, she should, at least, give them a reason to do so, thus they could do it to their heart content.  2

"Guard!" Iris called out for the second time and two guards came to approach her. 

All of the people held their breath, waiting for what order Iris would give them. Would she order them to release Kaz and the other?

However, what came out of Iris's lips made them gasped in shock. 

"Drag this ungrateful servant to the front yard, I want her to be lashed a hundred times!" Iris roared her first order, probably she didn't realize it, but she used luna's voice to make them unable to do anything else, aside from accomplished her order. "Call Redmond to deliver the punishment!" She said. 

Redmond had been avoiding the pack house like a plague and Iris wanted to drag him back, more so, she didn't believe the warrior from the Howling Wolf pack would do justice to whip Jemma, since she knew very well, how much they hated this punishment, especially to woman, since it reminded them of their own predicament. 

But, Redmond was different, he was taught to do this since his early age when he joined the rank of warrior in the Blue Moon pack. More so, he didn't have any inclination with Jemma. 

"Luna! A hundred lashes will kill her!" Sofia was freaking out, while Jemma was trying to free herself from the guards, who dragged her away to the front yard, as per Iris's instruction. 

"It's so pity she will die for his own stupidity," Iris replied callously, she glanced at Sofia, as if she meant nothing for her. 

"Luna, are you jealous because I am carrying the alpha's child?" Sofia asked between her sob, she tried to stop Iris from walking away from her. 

"No." Iris shook her head to emphasize her answer. "You need to take a good care of your baby. A pregnant woman shouldn't be stressed." Iris then looked at the crowd and found the one person she was looking for. "Maria, you can tend to Sofia, while Jemma is away. You are so good at taking care of a pregnant woman, why don't you take her to rest? She looks so stress. It is not good for her baby. She is carrying the alpha's first child after all."

The crowd looked very uncomfortable with Iris's last statement, as they lowered their head and Maria approached Sofia timidly, she didn't dare to raise her head to look at Iris directly. She was afraid of her, as she gave off an intimidating aura. 

"La… Sofia, please come with me," Maria said, as she held Sofia's elbow. 

"No! Please, tell her, her punishment is way too harsh! Her maid will recover in a few hours! She will heal perfectly by tomorrow, but a hundred lashes are too much!"

Iris simply stared at Maria, so she didn't need to know what Sofia was spouting. "She is your responsible now. Understood?" Iris didn't raise her voice, but Maria could hear her crystal clear, even when Sofia was having a meltdown. 

"No! Don't!" Sofia was screaming now, she was trying to chase after Iris when she turned around and was about to leave, but Maria stopped her, trying to talk some sense into her, to calm her down. 

But then, the next second, Sofia collapsed, she lost her consciousness because she was overwhelmed by her emotions and all of them screamed to see this, a few people immediately rushed to help. 

Fortunately for Sofia, Maria was there to catch her fall and some people got to her in time to hold her body and laid her down on the floor carefully, thus it prevented her from the impact and something more mortifying to happen. 

Iris noticed the commotion and the horrendous expression from the people around her, as she turned around and watched what was actually happening. 

"Luna Iris… please, Sofia will be…" Maria was about to plea with Iris, to take a pity of Sofia. 

However, Iris immediately cut her off. "I told you, she is your responsibility now, if something happened to her and the child in her stomach, you will be held accountable for that."

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