442: WHERE IS THAT WOMAN?

WHERE IS THAT WOMAN?

Sofia bit her lower lip, as she took a step closer toward the bathup. "Al- alpha… do you want me to help you to take a bath?"

"If you within my arm reach, I will not hesitant to snap your neck," Cane said, he didn't raise his voice at all, but Sofia felt her heart stopped beating for a second, as his tone dripped with harsh warning. 

There was something in the way Cane said those words that made Sofia believed Cane would exactly do what he was saying without a doubt. 

Thus, she took a step back, putting her arms around her stomach out of instinct, as she feared him. This was not the man that she remembered. The alpha that night was very attentive and considerate toward her. 

The man that night was not this cold. 

"Alpha, I am carrying your child…" Sofia sobbed, tears started rolling down her cheek again, her eyes were very swollen, as she spent the last few hours doing nothing, but crying. 

Great. Cane had been trying to take his mind off his mate's image from his mind, so he could shimmer down, but right now, he was completely turned off. 

He was not sure whether he should be glad or annoyed at this point. 

"I will see you later after the party ended, make sure you are still awake." Cane then grabbed the towel and then stood up. 

His movement was so fast, until Sofia couldn't catch a glimpse of his lower body before he covered it and stepped out of the bathup. Water dripped down on the floor, as he walked toward his and Iris's bedroom, half naked. 

Sofia was too shock to process what Cane just said, so she stood there, until the alpha disappeared behind the door, leaving his masculine scent behind. 

He wanted to see me? He wanted me to wait for him?

Sofia stopped crying and there was this sweet smile on her lips, as her heart fluttered. "See? Your father wants to see us? You don't need to worry baby, your father cares for you, everything will be fine and this will be our pack. We will live here happily."

Sofia was clueless what was waiting for her later at night. 

Meanwhile, Cane returned to his bedroom, his expression was so dark, which startled Iris. She was wearing black color with golden thread, the color of this pack, because Cane would wear the same color as well. After all, this was a formal meeting with the king. 

"What happened?" Iris asked, she approached Cane and stopped herself before she was so close with him, she blushed to see his naked chest. 

This was not the first time for her to see him half naked like this, but she couldn't stop herself from thinking about last night. Was that Cane? Was that Lu?

She wished it was not Lu, but then if it was Cane… Iris couldn't stop blushing. She lowered her head and saw Cane closed the distance between them. He moved fast, leaving a trail of water behind him and pinched her chin with both of his fingers, tilting her head to look at him. 

"Why are you blushing?" Cane asked. He stared deep into her eyes. He was tempted to kiss her slightly parted lips and suck her tongue, but then there would be no end for that and he had taken the pain to be turned off by Sofia. He shouldn't have started the fire again, lest he got burned. 

Cane was not sure why, but his desire for her was almost alarming. This kind of lust only happened when he was seduced or consumed a Floence powder, but then he was sure the damned lycan didn't drink anything like that and Iris didn't even try to seduce him. 

"I am not," Iris denied the accusation, but it only turned her face even redder. 

Cane's lips tugged upward into a beautiful smile. He thought, after what happened and everything she had gone through, he would lose this side of her, he didn't know how much he liked her bashful side, until he thought he would never see it again. 

"What? What are you smiling at? I am not blushing!" 

Probably because Iris had been very stern with Lu and she had to talk to him firmly, since the lycan frustrated her greatly, thus she looked a little bit feisty right now when she talked to Cane. 

However, Cane didn't mind it, he leaned over and kissed her lips, cupped her face between his palms, as he caressed her ears and pinched her earlobes. 

"Cane!" Iris squirmed, trying to get away from his assault to her earlobes, but held her firmly before he let her go, leaving her breathless. "Don't touch my ears!" Iris grumbled, as she took a step back, so he wouldn't be able to reach her. 

However, Cane didn't pay attention to her protest, as he licked his lips. "You drove me crazy…" he said in low voice, but Iris caught what he said. 

"Cane, is that you?" Iris was worried, because Cane was not usually very straightforward like this. 

"It's me," Cane said lightly and then turned around to put on some clothes on his heated body. He felt so pathetic for not being able to stand his own mate. 

He felt like his desire for her all this time and also his self control whenever he was with his mate, or even cuddled with her every night had been broken because the lycan took over his body. 

It almost like the lycan had broken the dam of his desire for her that he had conserved and now, he couldn't even touch her without having a clean mind.  1

Thankfully, the kind of control that he had to use to take over his body from the lycan, helped tremendously with his current predicament to keep himself in check, but it was a torture…

Damn the lycan!

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The sun was warm and the wind carried a familiar woodsy scent from the mountain when the king entourage arrived in the Howling Wolf pack and marched toward their pack house.

It was a grand entourage, at the very least, the royal knights that the king brought with him was almost at the same number like the warriors in the Howling Wolf pack. 

"Why the king brings so many warriors with him?" alpha Dristan asked, as he slightly leaned over toward Cane. 

If Cane didn't appear this morning, he would have asked someone to figure out what the reason behind the alpha's absent, since he was sure there was something not right. 

But, because Cane was here, thus he thought, he was only overthinking the situation and what beta Jace told him was actually pretty possible, since Cane was so busy nowadays. 

On the other hand, Cane had heard about this massive number of warrior that the king brought with him. He knew what the king wanted to imply by showing off his power like this. He wanted to remind Cane that he was within his palm and even when he was the only alpha in the south right now, his power was nothing against the royal. 

"A show of power," Cane said simply, his eyes fixed on the front carriage, which looked so extravagant. That must be the king's carriage because it emblemed with the royal crest. 

Alpha Dristan frowned, but then he understood, though it took him more than five minutes to get it. 

There were two alphas in this pack right now and both of them were the only people, who had control over the only two mines in this realm. If one was the richest pack, then the other, for sure, would be the alpha with largest territory, if everything went well. 

Meanwhile, Iris stood beside Cane, she looked so beautiful and stood out with the sunlight fell on her auburn hair, not to mention the color of her dress contrasted with her skin and hair color. Albeit, physically she was smaller than the men around her, but you would easily find her among the crowd. 

The carriage stopped and the tension filled the air when the head of the royal guards announced the presence of the king and lady Cyan. 

Sir Elijah immediately approached the carriage and opened it, as the king descended from the grandeur carriage followed by lady Cyan. She looked so beautiful in her deep purple color dress, though she was not young anymore. After that, Nala came out the last, she put a smile on her lips, but one could tell how dim her eyes were, as if she had lost her soul. She grimaced when Sir Elijah touched her and helped her to get down. 

Iris watched everything unfolded before her eyes. She had read the report and knew, who would come, but it didn't make her a little bit thrilled to meet them all. 

She followed Cane and alpha Dristan to approach the king and do a curtesy for the king and lady Cyan, but Iris's station was above Nala, thus it was the other person, who had to greet her. 

Nala looked like she was eating a horse's heart when she greeted Iris politely, but she didn't dare to meet with her eyes, neither she glanced at Cane, which was weird, knowing how infatuated the girl was toward her mate. 

"It has been a while, since our last meeting." Lady Cyan made a small talk with Iris. "This is a nice pack."

"I hope you will enjoy your stay, my lady," Iris replied politely. 

But then, the king ignored Iris and looked around. "Where is that woman?"

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