444: THE PATH FULL WITH MALICE

THE PATH FULL WITH MALICE

"How can you get your body back?" 

That was the first question that Ethan asked to Cane once the three of them were inside the alpha's study room. 

Jace waited for Cane's answer before he gave him the report about the five packs. Just like what the alpha had predicted, there was movement from people, who was trying to refuse Cane's help, since he was the one, who had killed their alphas and accused Cane for lying about the accusation of dark magic. And many more important reports. 

But, it could wait, since he needed to listen what Cane's answer would be. However, both of them should have known, how it would turn out.

"What information do you have?" Cane asked, ignoring the question from Ethan. The alpha was more or less the same when it came to his beta and gamma. He still refused to explain unnecessary thing that they didn't need to know. 

"Cane, at the very least, answer this my only question, please…. I am dying to know, at least, take a pity on me," Ethan begged Cane, but the alpha was unfazed. 

"You can give me the report, or you can get out. I don't have time for this." Cane's expression turned very serious, as his voice was so deep, it laced with command. 

"Okay," Ethan replied immediately, his pleading look turned serious right now and Jace was glad it was not him, who asked the question and was being reprimanded. 

And with that, Ethan and Jace took turn to report everything, disclosed all the information they got, while Cane listened to them closely without interrupting, including the information about how Aria's body had disappeared. 

"I have asked Haco to look into it and he is currently in the goffa mountain with two of the warriors." Ethan thought about it for a while. "I can't send more people, because I don't want to attract attention from our people too. The topic about Aria is still a sensitive topic."

It was a sensitive topic for them too, since they were very close at some point of their lives, as they depended on each other, but they were logical enough not to mix what they felt with what needed to be done. 

"I think it's a good arrangement for Haco to stay away from lady Cyan if she is indeed the dark witch," Ethan chimed in. He was still doubtful they needed to look into the problem with Aria, but he couldn't slack off as well if this could be a potential danger in the future. 

Cane still didn't say anything, as he listened to them, continued with their report. He was deep in thought, as he stared at the parchment in front of him. 

He only interrupted once when he ordered someone to block the adjoint door to his bedroom from the luna's bedroom. 

"Do you want to block it?" 

"Yes."

"So, it means, she will not have the access to the bathroom?" 

Sofia would have a hard time if she wanted to release herself then. 

"Is there a problem?" Cane squinted his eyes because Ethan asked too many questions to him. 

"Nope. Not at all." Ethan raised both of his hands and immediately asked two guards to carry with the task. 

"Cane, what are you going to do now?" Jace asked. 

It took them hours to finally finish with their report and all that time, Cane mostly would only listen and ask some question here and there, or gave an order or two after every report. 

"I will have lunch with my mate." Cane stood up and walked out of the room. 

"That's it?" Ethan and Jace looked at each other and shook their head helplessly. After all the important and critical report, they delivered to the alpha, that was the only response? Cane didn't even look shock, or showed any emotions. He was as calm as ever. 

But in truth, it was not that easy to make a decision, Cane would need some time to digest the whole information he got and made a plan. He needed to tread this carefully, or else, the fall was something he couldn't afford. 

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"Do you want me to wake her up?" Amee asked in low voice when she saw Iris came to see Hanna, but she was currently sleeping after drinking her medicine. Grace intentionally put some herb to help her sleep, because she had been crying for hours. 

"No, no," Iris immediately said, she waved her hands and shook her head. "It's okay. Let her sleep. I will be here for a while."

Amee smiled at Iris and gave up her chair for her to sit down next to the bed. Iris smiled at the old woman and thanked her in small voice, so it wouldn't disrupt Hanna. 

"How is she?" Iris asked. "I am really sorry for not being able to come sooner."

"You don't need to worry, beta Jace sent his message to her yesterday that you are caught up with something important. She understood." Amee had been here, since yesterday to help with Hanna's wound, but more so because the poor woman had been crying for so long after her meeting with Will.  2

Amee really wanted to reprimand Will for that, but Ethan didn't allow her, or anyone to see Will for the meantime. The usually cheerful gamma looked somber when he said that and Amee didn't dare to push further, seeing how stressful they had been in the past few days since they returned from the Riverside pack. 

"She had been crying," Iris said. She knew Hanna for so long, so she could tell when she had been crying, especially when the evidence was so clear right now. "Was it very painful? The wounds on her cheek before they healed?"

Iris felt bad for still feeling the anger for the dead Jemma, probably she had really turned evil now. 

Amee smiled sadly at Iris when she heard that and when she looked at her blue eyes, she knew how worried the luna was for her personal maid, after all, it was only Hanna, who had been with her all this time, throughout her childhood and the abuse she received from her father and brother. 

It had always been Hanna for years for Iris before she met with Cane and the other pack member of the Howling Wolf pack. It could be said, she knew more people in the Howling Wolf pack than her own pack in the Blue Moon. 

"Luna, I don't think it's the pain from her wounds that had made her cry all night." Amee glanced at Hanna briefly. "I think…" she was a little bit hesitant when she continued. "I think Hanna formally ended everything with Will. She returned the necklace that Will gave to her."

"But, why?" Iris knew Hanna had been talking about how she didn't care about Will anymore and she didn't want to think about him, but she knew deep down, Hanna didn't mean what she said. 

Hanna cared for Will so much, she would look around whenever they were in the crowd to see whether he was there or not, and she treasured the necklace he gave to her like it was her best possession. 

But, if she returned the necklace, did she really give up on him?

"I don't know." Amee then told her about Will finally met with Hanna. "I think the meeting didn't end well. Hanna didn't say much about it."

Iris was deep in thought. She knew Will had been acting very strangely and if there was someone, who knew what exactly happened to him, it must be Cane. 

However, with a lot of things had been going, she was not sure which topic she had to bring it up first or when the right time to persuade Cane to tell her about what he knew. 

There was silence in the room, as they were deep in their own thought, until Amee took Iris's hands and grabbed it gentle, which made Iris lifted her head to look at the old woman. 

"Luna, I know the baby in Sofia's stomach is not the alpha's." She was sure about that because she knew about Cane's infertility. "I don't know what the alpha's plan, I am not too smart to read his schemes, but I know for sure, the alpha truly cares for you. I hope you don't give up on him. He didn't say it, but I can see the way he looks at you. It's not pretense."

Iris bit her lips, as she felt her warm hands covered hers. 

"There must be a lot of things that happened during your journey to the capital city and your time that you have spent together to change him like that, but I am happy for him and for you too. Even though I can't say this on behalf of the rest of the pack, but I am grateful if the two of you can find your happiness together."

Iris blinked her eyes to hold back her tears. She didn't want to cry, but she felt there was a lump in her throat. 

"I am really sorry for what the member of the pack has put you through. You don't deserve to be disrespected, but if you can find it in your heart to forgive us, please, don't let their misjudgment to you harden your heart."

Amee could see how Iris held back her pain in silent and this changed her slowly. 

She didn't blame her, but if she could, she didn't want to see her walked the path full with malice. 

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