The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 75

Chapter 75: WHY DID HE LOOK SO ANGRY?

Cane stopped walking in the middle of this barren land, where you could only see countless huge rocks around you.

The mining site was an expansive butte, an isolated hill near the mountain Goffa and the terrain around here was very different.

There was no vegetation at all, only rocks. It had precipitous sides with a smaller summit area, while on the mountain, you would be canopied by huge trees and branches, once you started moving uphill.

The reason why there was no vegetation in this butte was thanks to the magic stones.

"I want you to find water stones, only them," Cane said, as he stopped walking.

There were only the two of them here, while Will didn’t follow them to the mining site and the other mining slaves were far away from them.

"What?" Iris frowned. She looked around her. "But... there are a lot of magic stones here." She was still confused why they couldn’t find those magic stones easily, when they were literally surrounded by them.

"Then it will be easier for you to find them."

"No." Iris shook her head. "This only makes me more confused."

It was fine to guess between three stones, but distinguishing each stone from a hundred or thousand others would be too much. Her senses would be beyond overwhelmed.

"I can’t." Iris shook her head.

"Try. We will not go anywhere until you succeed at least once."

"What?" Iris had to squint her eyes because the sunlight was so bright, it hurt her eyes. "How about I find fifty magic stones for you?"

"No. I want you to sense the water magic stones," Cane said firmly.

Iris lowered her head, thinking hard and an idea did come to her mind, but before she could voice it, Cane tapped her shoulder, so she lifted her head to look at him.

"Don’t even think of finding a random stone until you find the right one." Cane seemed to read her pretty well, because that was what was in Iris’ mind and this left her flustered.

"No, I am not thinking that way." It was clearly a lie, but the alpha didn’t call her out on it. He simply nodded his head to tell her to go ahead.

Iris trudged the barren land, frowning, trying to focus on what they were looking for, but she was having a hard time sensing the difference.

She heaved a resigned sigh and breathed in the dry wind laced with earthy smell. She stretched her hand and touched every rock with her palm, trying to distinguish the magic stone behind it.

"I think here, there is a water magic stone inside," Iris said, as she pointed her finger at a sturdy rock next to her. "I don’t have a tool to dig the magic stone out." _{ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com}

"What?" Iris widened her eyes. She was already too dizzy to concentrate on finding the magic stones that surrounded her. The more she focused on this peculiar feeling, the more intense it got and the more she felt so drained of energy.

The sun was slightly tilted to the west when she felt her stomach grumble. She was thirsty and hungry, but she said nothing because she was afraid that Cane would find her a nuisance for being so weak.

For now, she had found four stones and all of them were earth magic stones. This was annoying.

Iris trudged the barren land, concentrating on her surroundings when she felt something touch her cheeks and she jumped out of surprise. She couldn’t hear anything, thus it could be something dangerous that had touched her.

But, as it turned out, it was just a flask. Cane offered her his water.

"Thank you," Iris said, as she took the flask and gulped down its whole contents, which made Cane frown.

"Did you finish it all?" He took the flask and turned it upside down, but there was only a pitiful drop of water that fell to the ground.

"Hm... yes." Iris blinked her eyes. She was not sure what she had done wrong. "You gave me your water," she said in a matter of fact tone.

Meanwhile, Cane glared at her without saying a word.

Why did he look so angry?