The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 313

Chapter 313: OMINOUS FEELING

There was not a single bone of violence in her body, thus ’kill’ was not a word Iris was familiar with, nor was she comfortable to say it.

Therefore, she phrased it that way, which made her look adorable when she wanted to inflict violence.

Saying the word felt like a sin, but Iris still wanted to anyway.

"Do you want to kill him?"

"I..." She tugged at her hair nervously. "I don’t mind if you are the one who does it," she said in a murmur.

While Ethan wanted to kill Alan by himself, Iris didn’t think she would be able to deliver the final blow herself, thus as long as he died, she didn’t mind who had done the job.

"I will have a lot of royal family on my list now, I will need a lot of help." Cane caressed her earlobe and she caught his hand to make him stop.

"I will help you," Iris said eagerly. Not only because Cane was his mate and the matter was related to her, but also because she had made a promise when they visited the Howling Wolf pack’s tomb. "What should I do?"

"I didn’t peg you for someone who was so eager for violence."

Iris lowered her head, as she mumbled. "Can’t help it, being close to such a dark influence, blackens me too."

Cane pinched her chin and lifted her head. "What?"

Iris startled, realizing tongue slip. She immediately scrambled away from Cane. "I am hungry," she said hastily.

Cane watched how she got off the bed and ran to the bathroom. For a moment, the Alpha was stunned hearing what Iris just said, but then a small smile appeared on the corners of his lips.

Wasn’t she too comfortable with him to be able to talk that way right in front of him?

Cane had long known Iris was quite a chatterbox whenever she felt comfortable with the other person, but he didn’t know she could be mischievous as well.

For the next five days, Iris’ mood was not stable. Sometimes, she would look fine, but rest of the time, she would look so down and wouldn’t even want to talk, as she would space out near the window. She didn’t even want to read and just stared into the distance, but then she would look fine again and the cycle repeated.

On the third day, Cane found her trying to harm herself again, but he managed to find her in time before something more fatal could happen. Therefore, he gave Hanna a strict order not to leave Iris by herself.

Iris was trying to cope up, as she could no longer force herself to forget the thing that had happened. Her nights became torturous for her because she would visit her deepest memories, as her dreams became more vivid and detailed.

In the empty hall, she would be able to see the five symbols that were engraved on the five swords, but when she dreamed of what happened with Prince Kellan, she was shown what the Prince had ordered her to do, how his expression looked and the way he caressed her.

Most of the time, Iris would wake up screaming, and Cane would hold her until she fell back asleep. She would only wake up more depressed every morning.

On the sixth day, seeing how Iris only became more and more detached from reality, Cane took her out of the palace to meet with Haco.

This time, Cane didn’t go to a jewelry shop, which was a secret way to reach the lodge, the secret place, where the others stayed.

They went to an armour shop, where Iris could see a few swords and daggers for sale. This was the only armour shop in the capital city, since shifters didn’t use weapons when they went to battle. They themselves counted as lethal weapons.

Iris couldn’t understand why they were here, she looked around her surroundings, while following Cane toward the corner door, which he opened and led them down a long, dark corridor.

Meanwhile, Ethan and Redmond didn’t follow them, as their interest was piqued by these swords. They didn’t know that swords would come in so many variations.

Behind the door, there were two doors on her left and two more on her right, in which Cane entered one and inside, Iris could see Haco.

It had been a while since the last time she met with the old sorcerer, he was as grumpy as she remembered.

"You are late!" Haco grumbled. "I don’t like staying here!" This place didn’t have any windows and the only light came from the luminous pearls. This small room almost felt like a dungeon itself instead.

"Sit down," Cane said, as he nodded at the table with four chairs in the middle of the room.

Whining, Haco sat down, while Iris and Cane sat across from him.

"Can you feel it?" Cane asked Iris, he looked at her closely.

Iris was surprised when Cane could tell. That was right, she had this feeling ever since they entered the shop. This was the same ominous feeling that filled the air when he was being inflicted by dark magic.