433: HE IS GONE

HE IS GONE

"What Cane's plan is? What his end game not to straighten the misunderstanding?" As someone like Cane, who used to twist every word and fact, this kind of matter shouldn't be a problem in the first place at all. 

Or probably, this was only her exhausted mind and drained emotions, which talked her down to think this way. 

She was so tired, she felt so tired. 

"I am not so sure, luna, but I think that's his plan not to reveal the truth yet." Jace tilted his head, as he contemplated. "Actually, I shouldn't have discussed this matter with you."

Iris sighed. She was tired with this game, where she was kept in the dark, but knowing Cane, it was not only her, who was frustrated to be in this position. 

"Then you can deal with the lycan," Iris said, as she turned around with the lizard in her hand, because of what happened recently and how busy she was, she was kind of neglecting the creature. 

Hearing that, Jace was mortified. "No!" He immediately blocked Iris from going out of the room, which made her frowned, while the beta grimaced. "No, please luna, I can't deal with the lycan. You know that it's only you, who can keep him in check."

Jace only met with the lycan for no more than a few hours, but he knew, he was not up for the challenge. 

"I don't know how to help when I don't even know anything," Iris said blatantly. Jace wanted to keep her in an arm length from whatever plan Cane had, but he wanted her to get involved at the same time. 

Jace furrowed his brows, he was contemplating his option, but when Iris was about to walk away again, he gave up. Screw him! If Cane returned, he would explain the situation with Iris and why she knew his plan. 

In Jace's mind, he didn't think Cane would share this information with Iris, since he himself barely knew anything about it, as each of them were only given task and incomplete plan. 

"Okay, okay, I got it. I will tell you."

Iris stared at him. "You don't need to, if you feel under the pressure."

Yes, the beta was under the pressure, but his hands were tied and his options were limited. "Luna, there is not much that I know about the plan too, but I think this will give you some perspective."

Iris said nothing, she waited for Jace to talk about it. 

"Just like you know, the southern pack is under his control. He most likely than not, to be the only alpha in the south and next, I think Cane aimed for Moon Dew pack. Alpha Gallot's pack." Jace didn't know the detail of the plan. 

"How?" Iris narrowed her eyes. 

If you knew Cane well, you must be familiar with his method, where he would keep all the detail to himself and distribute the task to his people, therefore, when Cane was absent like this, everything was crumbling, because they were not sure what the next step they should take. 

Cane was someone without an explanation after all. 

And what Jace said was rather made sense if you saw the whole situation from Cane's perspective and his way to execute a plan. 

"Cane has been sending spies to the Moon Dew pack and the black market ever since Sofia arrived in this pack. He has planned something about her, but he didn't explain anything to me." Jace looked at Iris deeply. He didn't realize until now how this woman had changed in the past half year. 

There must be a lot of things had happened during their journey to capital city and from what he heard, many things indeed had happened when they stayed in the palace. 

"Luna, look." Jace cleared his throat. "Even Cane saw Sofia as a nuisance, but he let her stay in this pack, he even let her occupied your room and the whole pack misunderstood the situation." Jace then explained about his opinion regarding this matter, which related to the deal between Cane and the king. 

How he thought, Cane did this to keep the whisper among people about how he couldn't have a child, though the whisper was not a threat, but things could escalate so fast when it involved the king. After all, almost everyone knew what alpha Gerald had done to him. 

So, Cane wanted to keep the whisper at bay. 

"But, I think it's more than that. Cane wanted to get to alpha Gallot through Sofia, but if you asked me how, I am really clueless, luna. No one really knows what is going on in the alpha's head. But, surely, he has been paying close attention to Moon Dew pack and alpha Gallot's movement."

Jace then added hastily when he thought, his words were not convincing enough for Iris. 

"Luna, I have seen the way Cane treated you in the past few weeks and if I am being honest, I don't even believe that Cane can be so affectionate."

Iris pressed her lips and then spoke in an even tone, but her eyes flickered with emotions. "You know Cane did that partly for a show. There's point he wanted to emphasize and how people perceive us." Iris could say that much. Cane's calculative personality kept bothering Iris whether he did that because he aimed for something. 

"Yes, maybe you are right, but can you really deny if Cane was not being affectionate with you even without anyone around you?" Jace had witnessed it a couple of time, because in the beginning, he had the same thought like Iris. "He really cares about you, luna and that's how I see things between the two of you."

But then, he realized Cane had done it naturally, as if he wasn't even thinking when he would kiss her head randomly or played with her hair when he read his report.  2

For someone, who got involved in it, it would be hard to place the judgment, but for outsider perspective like Jace, he could say for sure that Cane was genuine with her.

On the other hand, Iris lowered her head. 

She couldn't deny it. There was no different from the way Cane treated her when people saw them or when they were together. "He confused me."

Jace nudged her arms to get her attention. "Don't worry, luna. You are not the only confused person here. Some time, he drove all of us crazy."

Iris chuckled a bit when she read what he said. 

"More so, for someone like the alpha, he will not do something without meaning, especially when he let something that he sees as a nuisance to be around him for long. That must be the reason why he has not yet revealed the truth about Sofia's pregnancy and let nature take its course." Jace then clicked his tongue. "And yes, his lack of explanation is really a pain."

Iris lowered her head and she really wished Cane could return soon, but she didn't know how to get to him. 

Right at that time, someone opened the door abruptly and the panic Haco appeared. 

"What is it?" Jace frowned to see the sorcerer's expression.

"He is gone!" he hollered in frustration. 

Jace was immediately on alert when he heard that. 

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Hanna was inside her room with Grace and Amee, some people had come to see her and express their worry for her current condition, but no one had a heart to tell her about what Will had done and the end of Jemma, Amee also made sure of that, since Hanna still looked so weak, after she lost a lot of blood. 

"Where is miss Iris? Why she didn't come to see me? Is she angry with me because I caused trouble?" Hanna murmured. She didn't care about the member of the pack, who expressed their feeling to her, she only waited for her missy to come, because of how cold and distance Iris was when she sent her away made Hanna nervous. 

"Of course not, there is something she needs to deal with, don't worry she will come here soon enough to see you, okay?" Amee calmed her down. 

She didn't know the detail, but when she asked about this to Jace, the beta only told her, there was an urgent matter related to the alpha. 

"Okay," Hanna said dejectedly. 

Probably, the way Will suddenly turned so cold toward her and kept his distance had affected her more than she realized it, because right now, she was so scared Iris would suddenly become so cold and ignore her the way Will did. It was not a pleasant feeling and now Hanna was overthinking. 

Right at that time, this familiar scent hit her, the scent that belonged to the person she had longed. 

Hanna's body stiffened when she stared at the door and Amee realized it too. "I think it's time for him to show up," she mumbled under her breath. 

Not long after, someone opened the door and Will entered. He looked as calm as usual, but it was very clear to see there was something shifted in his personality and he was no longer gave off this warmth. 

Will stood there for a while, as his eyes found Hanna's and the two of them stared for a while, until Amee cleared her throat and talked to Grace. 

"Come here with me, Grace. Lets find more herbs." Amee stood up and dragged Grace out of the room, leaving the two of them alone. 

"What do you want?" Hanna asked. 

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