401: I WANT YOU TO STAY

I WANT YOU TO STAY

Iris was surprised by his gesture, but she didn't deny how happy she was to be close with him. She could smell his scent, as if it engulfed her and stared at his side profile, while he was reading seriously. His scar on his face, didn't look as scary as the first time, she saw him. 

Probably, because of the scar on his face and also how cold and collected he was, which made people to think twice when they wanted to approach him. But, actually, it worked on Cane's benefit as well, as he didn't want anyone could approach him recklessly. 

In the end, drunk by the sight of her mate, Iris fell asleep and Cane could tell when she went deeper into her slumber when her breathing became even. He then used his right hand to hold her head in place, so she wouldn't fall when the carriage was shaking because of the rough road. 

Once they arrived at the pack house, he picked her up gently and carried her toward their bedroom, right in front of everyone's eyes. 

The sight of it made Jace's jaw hit the floor. 

"What's with that expression?" Ethan frowned to see Jace was gobsmacked. He and some other warriors didn't find the sight was surprising, as they had gotten used to it. 

"He carried her?"

"She is sleeping, right?"

"He can wake her up."

Ethan stared at Cane's retreating back, as Iris's auburn hair spread on his shoulder. "Nah, I don't think he will wake her up. She is a heavy sleeper."

Because Ethan would always be there whenever they went for a long journey, he knew, Iris often would fall asleep, even when they were in horseback, as if she could sleep everywhere she wanted. 

"I have told you everything, why are you still surprised?" Ethan patted his shoulder and then left to take care of something, leaving Jace was still reeling with the sight. 

Not long after, a warrior approached him and told him there was a letter for their alpha from Celestial Moon pack, alpha Derick. 

"How do you know this is from alpha Derick?" Jace frowned with the additional information. 

"It's written on the envelop," the warrior replied innocently. 

"You can read?" Ethan had told him about it, but it was easy to brush it off when it was the gamma, who told him the story, since he knew how he was. 

"I can." The warrior looked so proud of himself when he admitted that. He lifted his chin with his eyes lit up. 

Jace raised the envelope to his face and told him to read it and he did, after that, he found another report for him to read it as well, which he did, though some words were difficult for him, but he could understand the gist of it. 

"Luna Iris taught me how to and a few warriors, who came with her to the capital city," he said. His name was Eron and he was definitely one of the warriors, who stayed in the orphan and was being taught by Iris herself before she went to the Riverside pack. 

Jace waved his hand. "You can leave… leave…" he said in tired tone, while Eron frowned, thinking what he had done wrong. 

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The next few days went uneventfully, as Cane spent his time with alpha Dristan and Koda to inspect the tunnel, while Iris and Hanna spent their time either inside the pack house or outside to see the member of the Riverside pack. 

They looked a little bit warry with Iris's presence at first, but then when they saw how the children could approach her easily, they started to warm up with her too.

Most of the time, Iris and Hanna would play with the children or having a small talk with the people. Iris taught the woman how to make a trinket, something that she learned when she was in the orphanage in the capital city. The older girls would make trinket to be sold in the market, though the money they got was not much, but it was enough for them to buy something they wanted. 

She was free to go out of the pack house, as long as Redmond and at least, two more warriors came with her. Usually, it would be Eron and Dyne, both of them had known Iris since they were in the capital city, thus Cane assigned them two for her, since she looked more comfortable with the people she had known. 

On the other day, Cane would take Iris to the Chrystal Moon pack and met with the people there. They stayed for two days before returned to the Riverside pack again. 

But, today Cane said something that made her frowned. 

"You can't go out for today, stay inside." That was the first thing Cane said when Iris greeted her with a 'good morning'. 

She was still sleepy, thus she thought, she misread what he said. "Pardon?" she blinked her eyes to see him more clearly, but Cane simply repeated the same thing. "But, why?" 

Both of them were still on the bed and it was still early in the morning, where the sun peeked over the horizon, brightened up the gloomy sky. 

"Lou will be here," Cane replied.  1

Iris needed a few more minute before she discerned what he meant with that. "I will avoid him."

But, Cane shook his head. "No. It will be better if you stay inside. We will return to the Howling Wolf pack tomorrow."

When he heard Lou had arrived at the Howling Wolf pack, he sent Jace to fetch him to the Riverside pack last night, didn't give the poor merchant a break at all and he would arrive this morning. 

Of course, Lou followed the beta without so much protest when he learned Iris was also in the Riverside pack. 

"But…"

"No 'but', stay, Iris. I want you to stay for today."

"Okay…" Iris relented to see how serious Cane was. 

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