445: DON'T YOU WANT TO CHECK?

DON'T YOU WANT TO CHECK?

Amee realized the unfair treatment toward Iris had started taking toll on her and with Sofia was being here, it only escalated things further to the worst case possible, as you could see the contrast between the way they treated their own luna and an outsider, who claimed she was having the alpha's firstborn. 

Kaz didn't even wait for Cane's instruction or confirmation before he railed people behind him to praise Sofia as the new mistress. Some of them desperate to find another 'luna figure' aside from Iris, because they couldn't stand her. 

Not because she was not good enough, but because every time they saw her, subconsciously they would be reminded of Gerald. It made things hard for them, so did for Iris. 

"I wish nothing for you two, but happiness, luna." Amee lowered her head and kissed both of Iris's hand and then lifted her head up to look at her. "Don't ruin yourself for them. I know alpha Cane has a huge aspiration and from how I see it, this will not be the only pack that need your attention."

Amee knew Cane ever since he was so young and with him claimed the five other pack, she roughly could see where he was going. It wouldn't be fair if the other pack got a 'nefarious Iris' as their luna. 

"Are you trying to tell me to abandon this pack and focus my energy to the other packs?" Iris concluded because the word Amee said felt like that for her. 

Amee pressed her lips into a thin line before she spoke again. "We are broken people, luna, too broken to see our wrong. I just don't want to see our wrongs kill the good in you." 

There was silence that followed after that, as Iris didn't say anything about what Amee confessed. She tilted her head to stare at Hanna. She finally let Will go, but was that the right thing to letting go? Would it make your heart lighter? Make your life easier? Or, you just avoided the problem that would hunt you down with 'what if'.

The serenity of the silence was broken when Amee spoke again. She was still holding Iris's hands. "In the end of the next summer, you will be the longest mate for alpha Cane, luna Iris and I hope nothing for both of you to be able to see the full four seasons every year."

Iris frowned because she couldn't catch what Amee meant by that, which made the old woman smiled gently and explained it to her. 

"Alpha Cane and Leane were only together for a total ten months," Amee said. "Leane moved to Howling Wolf pack almost right after the two of them realized they were mate and she was pregnant a month later."

Ten months. Their times was very short. 

"I didn't mention this with ill intention, luna. I only want you to know more about alpha Cane's past and how he was, since I am sure, he never talked about himself." Amee then added. "If you don't want me to talk about this, I am sorry to bring this up, but you can ask me anything about the alpha."

Iris shook her head. "I want to know more."

In the end, Iris and Amee talked about a lot of things, which helped her to see how Cane was when he was little and how mischievous he was until the previous alpha couldn't even get angry anymore and turn speechless when young Cane, at the age around thirteen years old, rallied boys around his age to go to the Goffa mountain and set traps to catch a Geromine. 

Under young Cane's instruction they managed to catch one and none of them were seriously injured, but alpha Josh punished them all to go out of the pack unsupervised. Young Cane also managed to trick the guards and warriors in charge for them to not aware when they slipped out. 

And now Iris realized, Cane was very cunning ever since he was so young. 

Amee also told Iris the story when Cane was five and he refused to go to an early morning training. As an heir, alpha Josh was pretty strict with him, thus when he shifted for the first time at the age of five, he was sent to the training ground and little Cane was not a morning person. 

Therefore, the night before, little Cane slipped out of his bedroom to the storage room to get an extra blanket, but not before he put some strong aroma on his blanket and covered his body with it, to mask his scent. 

Little Cane threw the blanket to the garden and went to an empty room to sleep there, until afternoon. Meanwhile, the whole pack was in panic to find him not in his bed in the morning, thinking someone might have kidnapped him, since there was this unfamiliar, strong scent inside the room. 

They found the blanket, but they couldn't find Cane. 

Only in the afternoon, when one of the pack members opened the door to the empty room, they found little Cane, snuggled inside the blanket, which made his scent was hard to be caught if you were not close enough with him. At that time, little Cane was still sleeping peacefully, unaware of the commotion he had raised. 

Iris laughed and her heart felt a little bit lighter to know such story, something that she would never get from Cane himself. 

She almost forgot her promise to have lunch together with Cane and reluctantly ended the conversation with Amee, while Hanna was still sleeping. It seemed whatever herbs Grace had given to her, it was pretty strong. 

"I will love to hear the story again," Iris said, after she kissed Hanna on the cheek and went to the door. 

"Come to me anytime, luna, I will tell you more about the alpha when he was seven years old." Amee looked at her mischievously and this made Iris giggled. 

She waved her hand to Amee and thank her for the stories, before she rushed to their bedroom. The king would have his lunch delivered to their bedroom, so there was no need to be in the dining hall, they would meet again later at dinner time. 

But, when Iris walked in the hallway, Joel caught up with her. 

"Luna Iris, I have free time!" Joel said with bright smile on his face. "I am ready to learn!" But then, his smile slightly faded away. "Oh, are you busy now?" After all, the king and his entourage was here and there was festivities at night. 

"No, not really." Iris slowed down her steps and smiled at the young warrior. "I still have some time before lunch. I can give you something to be memorized for our next meeting."

Joel's expression lit up again and this brought smile to Iris's face, but then she remembered something. "Oh, but before that, can you help me?"  2

"Sure, sure, what is it, Luna?" Joel asked eagerly. 

"Can you help me to bar some doors?"

"Bar some doors?" Joel tilted his head, confused. 

Around fifteen minutes later, the two of them stood in front of the said doors that Iris asked Joel to block, but the two doors had been blocked now, so people from the other room couldn't access it. 

"But, luna… the doors had been barred," Joel said the obvious, he was carrying four flat woods and Iris was holding a basket of nails and hammer. 

"Who has done this?" Iris murmured. 

They were too perplexed to realize someone had entered the room followed by the other two people. 

"What are you doing here?" Cane asked Joel, who was still holding the four flat woods over his shoulder. 

"Al- alpha!" Joel went pale to catch Cane's sharp gaze. "I- I am here to bar the door."

"Bar the door?" This time, Cane's attention shifted to his mate, who averted her gaze, feeling guilty. "And why do you want to bar the door?" Cane's eyes softened to see how Iris was trying so hard to flee from the scene, but with Jace and Ethan stood at the door, she weighed her options, which one was most embarrassing for her. 

"It's…" Joel glanced at the luna. 

Cane cut him off before he could answer that. "You can go now. The doors have been barred." He took the basket of nails and hammer from Iris's hand. "And take this also with you." He handed it to the young warrior. "Leave."

"Yes, yes, alpha…" 

After that, Joel walked out of the bedroom, while Ethan giggled and Jace didn't know how to react to this absurdity. 

"I said leave," Cane said to Ethan and Jace.

"What? Do you want us to leave also?" Ethan stopped giggling. "I thought we are going to have lunch together?"

"No, I am going to have lunch with my mate," Cane said firmly. 

And after some grumblings and protests from the gamma, the beta managed to drag him out of the room. 

"Where are you going?" Cane asked with amusement when he saw Iris was about to leave also. He grabbed her wrist and turned her body around, so she could see him, as he repeated the question. 

"Um. I promised to teach Joel and give him some task, I am going to see him for a while." Iris really wanted to cry to her lame excuse, while Cane simply pulled her closer. 

"Is that so? Don't you want to check whether the doors have been properly barred?" Cane asked innocently, but there was nothing innocent about him. 

"Cane!"

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