327: SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT

SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT

0It was so hectic in the past three days, since the scouts found more and more false clues about the lycan's whereabouts, even some of those clues were not the one Cane had prepared for them. It seemed those scouts were desperate to find anything that could lead them to the lycan, thus they tossed everything that they thought could be a clue to find the creature, in which led them astray from their main purpose.

Not to mention prince Kellan basked himself with the attention from the city and town nearby, as his name spread wide and far, as a kind and wise prince, especially after he took five orphans with him, so they could be taken care of better in his orphanage. People sang his name and praised him to the moon on how generous and pure his heart to help those poor children.

The five new orphans that he took were around the age of four to nine years old, three girls and two boys, who looked at the prince with some sort of admiration, which made Cane sick to his stomach.

But, with so many people around him, he wouldn't be able to do anything outrageous. At least, not yet…

Therefore, when he returned to the capital city with Koda and the warriors from the Red Claw pack, he left half of the royal warrior behind with pretext, they could help prince Kellan, since it was him, who had asked the prince to come along with them. On the surface, the alpha looked like he felt responsible for that.

Once they entered the palace, they were immediately ushered to the king's study room by the guard and spent hours there to talk about a few things, especially about where the Red Claw pack, as the king demanded them to continue to deliver the magic stone, but Koda kept saying the current alpha of the Red Claw pack was the one, who had the last say in this matter.

And when the meeting finally ended without any decision being made, Cane was about to go to the orphanage, since the last report he received was; Iris stayed in the orphanage ever since he left the capital city.

However, the guard approached him to tell him that his mate had been waiting for him in their chamber.

It was weird, since the guard was not part of his pack and it was not usual for Iris to call for him by sending the royal guard instead.

Anyhow, Cane went to their chamber and found the red hair woman sitting on the bed, reading a book on her laps.

"Iris?" Cane called her, but she didn't turn around. Of course, wasn't she not able to hear him?

The alpha then approached Iris and looked at the book she was holding. It was a book about all the packs in this kingdom. Cane remembered the latest topic Iris had been reading was about Holy Kingdom.

There was something wrong with the whole situation.

"Cane!" Iris startled when she saw Cane was standing next to her, only now she noticed someone was near her, because she was lost in thought in what she was reading. Her smile looked brilliant and her blue eyes lit up to see her mate.

For a second, Cane felt he was being a little bit paranoid. Iris was here. His mate was smiling at him, but here he was, doubting her.

"How was your journey? Are you okay?"

The sound of her voice was the same. Cane leaned over and kissed her forehead like usual. Her scent was the same too. It was her, but his instinct said otherwise.

Cane had been on high alert ever since he left the palace. He was worried the dark wisp would appear all of sudden and his night had been so hard. He used to fall asleep almost immediately whenever Iris was with him, but during the time he was away, he got a headache and had trouble to fall asleep. He was exhausted and warry.

The first thing he wanted was to have a good rest with his mate in his arms. He had gotten used with her presence and without her, it felt something really important was missing.

And yet, somehow, to see his mate was standing right in front of him, where he could reach her, it didn't make him felt relief at all. She was there, but the comfort of her presence didn't exist.

"What happened?" Iris furrowed her brows, looked so concern because he didn't say anything.

"Nothing." Cane shook his head. He took a step back. "Walk with me?"

"Okay," Iris said in sweet tone, as she grabbed his hand and together, they walked toward the garden. "I am sure you need fresh air. It is no longer cold now."

Cane said nothing and only stared at their intertwined fingers together. She had never reached out to him first, it would always him, who would take her hand.

"I am so happy to see you again, what happened? You took so long to return." Iris started to ask question.

On the other hand, Cane was thinking he was going crazy to say it was not her. It was not his mate. It was not Iris, who was with him. The way she talked, the way she took his hand and the way she looked at him in the eyes, had set alarmed off in his head.

Something was completely wrong with this whole situation, as an observer, it was easy for Cane to pick up a few things that Iris was not usually did. However, it was her. Her appearance, her scent, her voice… it was her.

"Cane, do you think prince Vemion had died?" Iris stopped walking, she asked the question in low voice, as if she was afraid someone might walk over and hear their conversation. "What if the war happened between the royal family and the Red Claw pack, which side will you choose?"

Cane still didn't say anything, he stared into those beautiful blue eyes. "Which side do you think I will choose?" he asked casually.

Iris pursed her lips. "We don't need to side with the Red Claw pack. Of course, having the royal family as support will give way more benefit to our pack."

'we' and 'our', two words that Iris had never preferred to use whenever she mentioned the Howling Wolf pack and Blue Moon pack. Cane knew how Iris felt to a certain level about the two packs and surely, she wouldn't use those two words because she had never felt she belonged to either pack.

"After all, having the king's support it's a great thing, rather than the whole Red Claw pack." Iris shook her head. "It's a lost battle if we fought against the royal."

"Hm. Do you think so?" Cane raised his hand and caressed her cheek, as he tucked strands of her hair behind her ear.

"Yes." Iris nodded, as she leaned her head against his touched when Cane caressed her earlobe. She smiled sweetly at the alpha, but his heart skipped a beat when she saw a killing intent flitted cross his dark eyes. "Cane?" She blinked her eyes and shuddered involuntarily.

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