The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 438

Chapter 438: THE NIGHT IS STILL LONG

’If I can, I want to be a normal woman, having no duty to fight the darkness and have a family of my own.’

’How many children do you want?’

She laughed and he swore, that was the most beautiful sound he had ever heard. He could hear it every second and would never get sick of it. Her blue eyes shone so brightly, as if she held the vast sky.

’As many as I can.’

He still remembered how her voice slightly cracked with sadness when she said that. That was the first time she showed him her fragile side.

Unfortunately, the memories came from so long ago and the images started fading away in his mind. He desperately held onto them, though the feeling he had at that time still lingered heavily in his chest.

"Lu, I am not your mate. I am not the woman from your past," Iris said softly, but the lycan simply lowered his head, seemingly refusing the obvious vehemently.

"You are my mate," Lu said stubbornly. He promised to find her in every lifetime. "You are mine. You are mine to protect."

Iris wanted to tell him that he had mistaken her for someone else, but seeing how despondent Cane’s face was, she couldn’t bring herself to say it.

But a second later, Lu raised his head and looked cheerful. "Come on! Drink the concoction! Let’s make babies, my sweet moon!"

Iris threw her sympathy to this lycan out of the window, because right now, she felt like she wanted to facepalm herself. Why didn’t he have nothing else in his mind, except that?

Somehow, Iris was not uncomfortable when Lu kept talking like this with her, but she was legit annoyed.

"Get away from me!" Iris facepalmed Lu when he was about to kiss her again, which made him pout his lips. Iris was sure, the sight of Cane pouting like this would forever be engraved in her mind. "Behave, Lu! And answer my questions."

Lu mumbled. "Okay..." he said in a small voice.

Iris took a deep breath, she stared at the sky out there that had turned so dark. The King would arrive early tomorrow morning, which meant they only had less than twelve hours to sort out the problem with the lycan.

At this point, Iris really wanted to shake Cane’s body and get him back. They were utterly clueless about what to do when the King finally arrived. One wrong move and all Cane’s plans would crumble.

For now, she tried to get as much information as she could about things that Lu would know, especially about the Serafim and...

"Lu... I have this dream about the five swords, what is that?" Iris asked him.

Lu scoffed when he heard that. "Those must be swords of the useless knights, who knew nothing and only became a burden to my Na." He then grumbled something, which Iris couldn’t read.

"What did you say? I couldn’t catch it."

"Those five knights were useless."

If Cane was a reserved person, then Lu could easily cuss you out without even thinking. He spoke his mind so freely.

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"Where have you been? Why did it take you so long to bury the girl?!" Jace snapped at Ethan out of frustration. He had been waiting for his return from the mountain after he buried Jemma’s body, but only late at night did he come back.

"Come here," Ethan said, his voice sounding so dark, as he dragged Jace away from Alpha Dristan and Sir Elijah.

Since they couldn’t meet with Cane for now, with the reason the Alpha had a lot on his plate to deal with, it was Jace, who handled the problem surrounding the five packs and the border warriors that Sir Elijah had brought with him, because tomorrow, they needed to report what had happened to the King.

Meanwhile, Alpha Dristan had started to be suspicious about the continuous absence of Cane. Fortunately, Koda was with Lou in the Riverside pack, so he didn’t have someone to move behind the scenes.

"What is it?" Jace frowned when he saw how serious the Gamma was. Seriously, they didn’t need more problems. They needed a solution, not another headache.

"Anything could happen, Jace. That’s why Cane has been very meticulous with his schemes, but even so, there are still a few things that slipped from his grasp." Ethan had seen how Cane was deep in thought, as if something didn’t go according to his predictions.

"Okay, let’s talk about that later when Cane is here."

"When will it be?"

"I don’t know, Ethan! Damn it! My head is going to burst!" Jace was under so much pressure right now. He couldn’t imagine how Cane could handle everything, while figuring out his next steps, it was so much for his brain to handle.

"Can’t Iris do something about the lycan?"

Jace shook his head. "She is trying, but no one knows how to get Cane back."

"What actually happened to them? Why did the lycan suddenly appear?"

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Iris couldn’t sleep, her mind wandered in the bright room, as she stared at Cane by her side, but she knew it was not him.

The lycan didn’t answer many of her questions and he looked lethargic, as he curled himself on the rug near the fireplace to sleep, but Iris shook him awake to go sleep on the bed. She didn’t want Cane to get sick or something by sleeping on the rug for two nights straight.

And here she was, trapped between his arms, as Lu nuzzled her neck and slept like dead.

Iris couldn’t help it, she extended her hand and ran her fingers through his hair. She felt the comfort that she used to get from Cane, thinking it was him, who was cuddling her.

However, when her mind was wandering aimlessly, Cane suddenly opened his eyes. He looked sleepy and tired, as he pulled her even closer to him, he literally squeezed her.

"Sleep, it’s still night," Iris said softly, but Cane lifted his head and leaned over to kiss her lips gently, as his other hand held the side of her face.