The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 285

Chapter 285: THE ROAD AHEAD OF THEM

The road ahead of them wouldn’t be smooth sailing and if Iris chose to be by his side, he didn’t want to tone down his actions on her behalf. This was something that he would do underhandedly, this was something that he couldn’t avoid when he made a plot and schemed against the royal family.

Just like what Haco had said; one would eventually become a monster when they hunted down one.

This was only one example, but ahead of them, there would be more like this that would happen, countless moments where you would be demanded to shed all of your morals and focus on what you wanted to achieve.

And after knowing that, would Iris still choose to stay by his side?

Once again, Cane left the choice to her.

Iris had said she wanted to stand by him and help him, but this was the kind of help that Cane needed and he was not sure she could handle it.

Cane really wanted to work on their relationship, but he was having a hard time differentiating Iris from one of his chess pieces on his chess board. She was too valuable and useful. It was easy to manipulate Iris and Cane was sure he could get whatever he wanted from her.

Especially after he saw how eager she was to help him. She completely let her guard down around him and didn’t take any precautions whatsoever.

On the one hand, Cane truly appreciated how Iris put her absolute trust in him, but on the other hand, it wouldn’t do her any good, since it would make it easy for people to use her, once they knew how to get a hold of her, including him.

At that time when Iris said she wanted to be with him, Cane thought she only said that because she didn’t get the full picture of what he was going to do and now that she had witnessed it with her own eyes, he gave her a chance and a reason to back off.

"Will you still stay by my side?" Cane asked her. He took a closer step toward her and this time, Iris didn’t back away. She stared at the Alpha, her eyes were so clear, as a myriad of thoughts ran in her mind.

"Is this something that is unavoidable?" Iris whispered the question, she found herself losing all of her strength, somehow, she felt so exhausted, her mind and body couldn’t take the tension. This was a reaction to her shock.

"Yes."

His opponent would scheme in such a way, they wouldn’t blink their eyes when they killed the people they deemed useless and needed to get rid off, and Cane couldn’t fight such battle with courtesy.

"Will you hurt me?"

Cane took a deep breath, he could see fear in her blue eyes. "Probably." He then added. "I am not someone to be safe with."

"Will you intentionally hurt me?" Iris emphasized this.

"No." He had no desire to hurt her, but in this battle, it was inevitable for people to get hurt. He didn’t want to sugarcoat his words and wanted her to fully understand what kind of choice she needed to take and the consequences of her decision.

This was a dangerous road, their path wouldn’t be filled with rose petals and laughter, instead, it would be blood and despair.

Today, Cane killed Prince Vemion and put a curse on Princess Osana, who would be next?

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Cane sent her back to the palace after their conversation, there were a lot of unresolved things between them and now Iris realized, they didn’t even take one step toward each other at all, because right now, she felt like their relationship was having a regression.

The day Cane and Prince Kellan wanted to visit the orphanage was a week from now, because of the problem with the lycan and the two of them were busy trying to calm people down, as they both made appearances in front of the public.

People had a soft spot for Prince Kellan and they actually listened to him, thus it made it easier for Cane to handle the crowd.

Moreover, the body of Prince Vemion had not yet been found and this created an uproar in the court, as Sir Lori, Laluna and Lady Ayla demanded the King to put in more effort or else, the Red Claw pack would take things into their own hands.

It was a threat and the King had been furious with that blatant disrespect.

On the fourth day, warriors from the Red Claw pack arrived in the palace, they marched straight to meet with the King.

At the same time, Iris was having tea with Laluna, as she cried to her about her grievances.