458: THEY WERE LATE

THEY WERE LATE

"Where? What place?" Iris didn't mind to go to visit the pack tomb again. She had expected Cane to come to that place again, but it was a pleasant surprise for Iris, for Cane to take her as well, yet, he wanted to take her somewhere else after that?

"We will go after we entertain the king and lady Cyan, probably it will be late night, is that okay with you?" Cane caressed her cheek and smoothened her curls. Her skin and hair felt so soft and he liked the feeling. 

"Absolutely," Iris replied, too eager and then cleared her throat to mumble. "Sure." She wouldn't fall asleep tonight, no matter how tired she was. The excitement of the fact Cane would take her somewhere, would keep her awake. 

"Now we need to go for hunting in the mountain." As much as he didn't want to get Iris involved, he couldn't disobey the king's demand outrightly, though behind that demand, it was Lady Cyan, who was pulling the string. 

That woman knew how to use her status and authority of the king to get what she wanted, but Cane was still trying to figure out what she was going to do in the mountain. 

It was not a public knowledge that she was a witch. 

Cane explained the situation to Iris, so she could prepare herself. "If you feel something is off, just said you are not feeling well and want to return to the pack house, understood?" Cane was very serious. The mischief in his eyes disappeared. 

"Okay," Iris said obediently. Nodded her head. She understood the situation with lady Cyan and she didn't wish to add more stress into Cane's plate by worrying about her. 

"Good, now you need to take a bath." Cane slid his hand down from her face to her neck and was about to help Iris to get undressed when she caught his hands. 

"I- I will do it by myself, you can wait outside." Iris could see how Cane's eyes slightly darkened. It made the butterfly in her stomach fluttered its wings, to know how much your mate desired you was something that every woman wanted. 

However, if they kept going like this, Iris didn't think she would make it to the hunting before she made an excuse that she was sick. 

"Are you sure, you don't need my help?" Cane asked, but he didn't insist. If even Iris could read the situation, more so Cane. 

His 'help' wouldn't be the innocent one after all. 

"Yes, you can wait outside, I will come out quickly."

Cane nodded, but before he left, he took out the bottles from his pocket and gave one for Iris. It was the bottle with blue liquid in it. 

"Drink this." Cane put it in her hand. "This will nourish your body. Grace made some of it, you need to drink this once a day."

Iris bit her lip, the bottle felt warm in her hand, probably because of Cane's body heat. "Okay."

And after that, Cane left her alone in the bathroom, while Iris took a quick bath and drank the medicine. It tasted sweet, there was a minty taste after. She quite liked it. It warmed her body after she drank it. 

When she came out, there was a lunch prepared for her. Because they had their lunch in the dining hall, while Iris just woke up, thus the alpha ordered some for her, he wouldn't let her go for hunting without eating anything. 

"The king will wait for long."

"Let him wait." 

Cane was being petty here. He couldn't reject the king's demand, but he could make things not as smooth as he wanted. 

Once Iris was done eating and they went to the hunting ground, they were late for an hour and the king's expression was very unpleasant, but Cane kept his straight face when the king reprimanded him. 

"My apologize, my kind king." That was all Cane said when the king told him off of how he and the rest had been waiting under the scorch sunlight. 

Once again, Iris adored her mate, how callous he could be whenever he wanted. All the sarcasm from the king didn't even bother him. 

For this hunt, there was not only the king, but alpha Dristan, Sir Elijah and Oliver came as well, but Jace and Ethan were nowhere to be found. 

"Where are Jace and Ethan?" Iris asked, because she couldn't find either of them. She thought, at least, one of them would appear. The only familiar face that she could see was Avid, while the rest, she met a handful time, but she was not really close with them. 

"They will not be here, Oliver will be with us," Cane explained. 

With Aderan still in the capital city and Will was out of the picture, Cane didn't have his personal warrior to be with him and it seemed, the two of them would step up in their place for the meantime. 

Cane then nudged for her to see her left side, where she could see Eron and Dyne, the two of them had been with her to the capital city and was taught by her how to read and write, which made Iris was glad to see both of them and Cane knew that. 

"You will see them often. They will formally assign as your personal guards, once everything calm down a little bit," Cane said.  2

Currently, the two of them were sitting on the same horse, while the king and lady Cyan rode their own horse, ahead of them. 

The entourage was so magnificent, the king brought more than half of his royal warriors and at this point, Iris was pessimistic they would find anything, aside a vicious monster, as the other animal or even smaller monsters wouldn't dare to come closer to them. This was ridiculous. 

"Good afternoon, luna Iris." Alpha Dristan rode next to her with his new mistress, on his laps, riding with him. "Is this your first time to go hunting?"

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