The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 138

Chapter 138: THEIR HEARTS WERE SO FAR APART

Iris was sleeping when she felt someone hug her from behind, which shocked her, since their strong arms wrapped around her waist tightly and drew her closer to them.

It was a man’s arms!

Startled, Iris was about to scream when she turned her head and caught sight of Cane’s sleeping face. He had his face buried in her nape and breathed evenly.

"Al- alpha...?" Iris’ eyes widened, as her face wore an anxious expression. Was he sleeping? Why was he hugging her tightly like this?

All of a sudden, Iris felt her face become so hot as her throat dried. She wetted her lips and waited for Cane to move away from her, but he didn’t.

"A- are you really sleeping?" Iris’ voice was so low, it sounded like a whisper and her skin became very sensitive when his warm breath caressed her neck. His strong heart was thumping against her back, because of how close they were.

Iris could even feel her own heart beating so fast, but in the end, it fell into the same rhythm as his and it helped her to fall asleep again.

The next day when she woke up, Cane was no longer there and there was a set of breakfast waiting on the table beside her bed.

Iris pushed herself up and rubbed her sleeping face. She looked around her groggily and decided to wash her face first before she ate her breakfast.

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"There is not much information about the efficacy of the Asturi stem I can find, but from what I gathered, the stem of the Asturi plant is used to lure poisonous beasts," Ethan reported to Cane after he was done trying to gather information on that item.

Especially after he learned that the crown prince, Alan, also wanted the same thing and it was the order from the king. That old and lecherous sovereign must be up to something.

"Poisonous beasts? What kind of poison beast?" Cane narrowed his eyes. He was in a good mood this morning because he had a good sleep last night, thanks to Iris. Somehow, holding her helped him to ward off his nightmares.

Cane didn’t want to think about it too deeply and reasoned that it was the mate bond between them that helped him to calm down whenever he was with her.

"Serpent and the like," Ethan said, he couldn’t say for sure because not many people sought out the Asturi stem.

While the stem could be used to lure poisonous beasts, the flower itself was very poisonous, therefore, it was hard to get the stem. If you were not familiar with poison, it would be the end of you.

"Serpent..." Cane rapped his fingers against the table, his eyes became slightly darker. "Poisonous beasts like serpents are mostly found in the North kingdom, Celestial Moon pack."

The Celestial Moon pack was the only pack in the north, they lived surrounded by a fortress, where they had to ward off wave after wave of the monster attacks, most of which were caused by serpents and dragon subspecies.