435: THAT UGLY CHILD IS NOT MINE

THAT UGLY CHILD IS NOT MINE

Sofia was having a hard time to find Cane, because he was always not available and because of her pregnancy, she used to sleep for longer hour and that added to the difficulty. 

But right now, when she saw Cane for the first time after the breakfast incident, she was so relief, but then the death of Jemma hit her again so hard. They had been together for years and now she lost her companionship. 

The reason why Sofia didn't stop Jemma was because that was how they used to act in the Moon Dew pack, with a lot of mistress that alpha Gallot had, they would fight over anything and Jemma would always be the aggressive one, while Sofia would keep up a front. 

However, this was not Moon Dew pack and Jemma messed up with Iris in the wrong time. She would leave unscathed if it was the timid Iris in the past, without any of those horrendous things happened to her in the past six months. 

"Alpha Cane! She killed my friend! She killed my personal maid! I want justice for her death!" Sofia screamed between her cries, while Maria was trying to calm her down and remind her about the baby in her stomach. She was worried Sofia would collapse again.

Maria was trying to console Sofia when she accidentally heard Jemma had died, thus she took her for a walk. They went to the garden, but Sofia felt not good and kept crying, thus Maria was about to get her to see Grace and it was when they met the alpha. 

"Alpha Cane! Please, deliver justice for my friend!" Sofia cried so hard, her face turned red. 

Meanwhile, Lu simply scrunched his nose, disgusted by the sight before his eyes. 

What was that? Runny nose? So disgusting. Why her saliva all over the places? Didn't she realize that? Couldn't she wipe her face first before talking? 

Lu didn't like this sight. He wanted to find his mate and give this concoction for Iris. He couldn't understand why Cane had to wait, they had arrived in this pack for five days now, but he had not yet told Iris about it at all. 

Yes, and within those five days, a lot of things had happened. 

"Alpha Cane!" Maria approached Cane and she gathered her courage to block the alpha, to stop him from leaving, while Maria leaned against the wall, feeling all the emotions that racked her body. "Alpha Cane please, what Jemma has done is so wrong, I know, but death is too much for her."

Lu stopped walking, he narrowed his eyes, trying to recall who was this woman, but he couldn't remember. He should have paid more attention to Cane's surroundings, apparently. "Why it has anything to do with me?"

Lu suppressed the urge to push this old woman out of his way, but he knew if he did so, even when he was lethargic now, he would end up hurting her and he didn't want to be reprimanded by his mate again. 

"Alpha, you have not heard about this?" Maria was shocked when she learned Cane didn't know about what happened to Jemma and what the luna had done to that girl. 

"Get to the point and scram!' Lu growled. This woman annoyed him so much. 

Maria jumped a little, as she was so scared with the alpha's harsh tone. "Th- this early morning…" she told Cane everything that had happened between Jemma and Hanna, and even though she didn't agree for Jemma to attack Hanna, the punishment was too harsh and now the girl died. "Alpha, Sofia is very sad, Jemma is her best friend and I am worried something might happened to your baby."

Lu was half daydream when he heard Maria's explanation, but his eyes shone a little bit darker when he heard the last statement. 

"My baby?" He almost growled at that. How could he have a baby when he was still trying to fix this body?

"Yes, yes, alpha…" Maria nodded her head vigorously, though it was so odd to see Cane was surprised to hear about his baby. He should have known about this, right? But, the fact the alpha was finally interested to his baby made Maria brushed it off. "Sofia is carrying your firstborn, alpha. She is very sad now, why don't you go over and console her a little?"

Maria didn't feel bad for pushing the alpha to be together with Sofia, but she was really afraid of the current luna and her already partial judgment leaned more toward Sofia now, everyone sympathized with her, especially when she had to go through this when she was pregnant. 

"What did you say? My baby?" Lu frowned, he looked over his shoulder and found that runny nose woman leaned against the wall caressed her stomach, which was a blatant sight she was pregnant. 

"Yes, your baby alpha, your firstborn," Maria said, probably a little bit excited, because right now she really pushed it for Cane to walk over and talk to Sofia a little. "I don't want anything to happen to your baby, alpha, the baby will be your first child, your flesh and blood."

Curiosity got the best of Lu, as he walked over and stood in front of Sofia, as he stared down to her stomach, as if this was the first time for him to see a pregnant woman. 

Seeing this gesture made Sofia thrilled. Finally, finally he noticed her. 

"Alpha…" Sofia whispered, her voice was trembling, but she didn't dare to move, she didn't even dare to breath a little bit louder when the alpha's focus was on her pregnant belly. She even covered her mouth when Cane raised his hand and caressed her bulging stomach. 

Meanwhile, Maria felt this elation in her heart, seeing how Cane and Sofia right now, she felt like she was seeing Cane with Leane, his destined mate. 

Probably, this was what the whole pack wanted. They still couldn't look past through the shadow of alpha Gallot from Iris. Some of them managed to do that, but some of them surely couldn't and with nightmare still hunted them down and the scars from the slavery still marred their mind, it was so hard for them to see Iris with Cane. 

Her existence was a grim reminder of what her father had done, even with everything Iris had done for them, they still couldn't help it. 

Some time, there was feeling you couldn't control. 

"Alpha, this is our baby…" Sofia choked in her words, she was so elated and happy to finally get a recognition from Cane. She had tears in her eyes when Cane leaned over and pressed his ear against her stomach. If Jemma was still here and Iris didn't kill her, she would be the happiest person in this world.  1

However, the next thing Cane said left Sofia and Maria stunned. 

"This is not my baby," Cane said, as he straightened up his body, the corner of his lips curled into a disdain smile. "How could this ugly baby mine?"

Ugly baby…

The alpha actually called the baby in Sofia's stomach ugly?

Sofia and Maria were mortified by what Cane said, thus they didn't know what to do when Cane walked away from them, whistling while carrying the bottle in his hand. He sniffed the air to look for his mate, he waltzed in the hallway, feeling happy, not knowing he just crushed someone's heart. 

"What… what the alpha meant with that?" Maria stuttered. She frowned, as she stared at Sofia. They indeed treated Iris unfairly, but they had this undying devotion to their alpha. 

Sofia cried harder this time when Cane rejected her and the baby, which made Maria came over and consoled her again. 

"How could the alpha not recognize the baby, there is no way I will pass another man's child as his?" She didn't have any intimacy with anyone after her night with Cane, she really hoped for herself to get pregnant, so she could get away from alpha Gallot's clutch and the Moon Dew pack. 

She was so happy when all the people in the Howling Wolf pack accepted her and thought her life finally would be easier now. 

A woman would rely on their mate and son and that was how she grew up with. 

But now, the man had rejected her blatantly and refused to acknowledge his child. 

"Why the alpha hates me so much? I didn't do anything that deserved this…"

"It's okay, it's okay… the alpha might be upset because the luna is angry right now. He will come around once you gave birth to the baby. Don't cry…" Maria hugged Sofia gently. 

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"He confirmed you are the Serafim, Iris," Haco said in the end, he told her everything about the conversation between him and the lycan earlier. "But, vaguely, I got the idea, from the way he talked about the first Serafim. It seems the first Serafim was the caused of his death, though not directly. I am not sure about this, but that's how I saw it."

"What?" Iris narrowed her eyes. All this Serafim thing was still odd for her. 

Serafim was not anyone, she was a respected figure in this realm and for someone like her to be the Serafim, while there was another person, who was known throughout the continents as one, didn't make sense for Iris. 

But then, Haco had pointed out everything for her, including the lizard in her arms. 

"Haco, you know people from the Holy Kingdom will arrive half a month from now, right?" 

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