The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 544

Chapter 544: THE CHAOTIC MORNING

"Is it wrong for me to think like that?" Iris asked him, staring at her mate. She was afraid he would see her differently, yet Cane didn’t seem to be bothered by her revelation at all as he caressed her head lovingly.

"I too used to wish for a few horrendous things to happen to my enemies, Iris. Do you think it’s wrong for me to think of hurting people who have hurt me?" Cane asked her back, knowing what was in her mind. Iris had always been the one to talk about her feelings and what was on her mind and she set an example for Cane that it was alright to be vulnerable with each other.

"No..." Iris replied after some contemplation.

"Then there is nothing wrong with you, Iris. We are living beings with a lot of emotions, not some puppets without any feelings. Hatred, love, jealousy and whatnot, they are all just part of the fact that we feel something and that’s a good thing." Cane leaned over and kissed her lips. He nibbled a little bit longer, and Iris liked it when he kissed her and he did it often these days. "You need to start worrying if you don’t feel anything and it will be even stranger if you don’t hate people, who have hurt you to such an extent."

Iris pulled away and stared at Cane, her expression was serious, but she looked adorable in his eyes. "Don’t you think I became a little bit... evil?"

Cane chuckled. "I still remember what you said."

"What?" Iris tilted her head.

"’Being close to such a dark influence, blackens me too.’" Cane quoted the thing she said in the past and it surprised Iris that he still remembered it. "If you became a little bit evil, then it must be because I am the one who rubbed it on you."

Iris scrunched her nose, but she felt easier now that she talked with him. Cane always found a way to make her feel better, whether it was through his actions or words.

"Sleep, Iris. We have a long journey tomorrow." Cane pressed Iris’ head against his own chest and hugged her to sleep.

Iris snuggled closer to him. No matter how close they were, it felt like it was not enough. They wanted to be closer than this.

A small smile tugged the corners of Iris’ lips up, as she heard how strong Cane’s heart was beating. She felt so blissful to be able to hear that, as the sound of it lulled her to sleep.

The night went quietly and when the morning came, the first thing Iris saw was Aliana, who was smiling at her playfully.

"Good morning!" She said loudly, which made Iris frown and stare at the other side of the bed, but Cane was long gone. "The Alpha was up two hours back and he said to let you sleep, not to wake you up."

Iris rubbed her eyes and yawned. "You have been here for two hours?"

"Yes. The Alpha asked someone to wake me up very early in the morning," Aliana grimaced, she felt like Cane did that as a punishment for taking Iris to the tavern, though it was pretty mild compared to what the others got.

"What did you do for two hours?" Iris widened her eyes. She felt a little bit off to know someone stared at her while she was sleeping.

"Trying not to fall asleep," Aliana replied bitterly.

Meanwhile, Cane was in his study room. He needed to take care of a few things before he left for the Silver River pack. Because there were so many warriors that had died during the battle, he had arranged for the warriors from the Riverside pack to stay back in the Howling Wolf pack and help guard the territory.

Somehow, there was no monster attack and it was probably because of the lycan.

Cane figured out the lycan could control the monsters, but then he still couldn’t understand why there was a monster attack during one of the new moons when they were still in the Blue Moon pack, where it could put Iris in grave danger and why the lycan did not simply command the monsters to back off.

Lu didn’t talk to him anymore, he went back to lying dormant and refused to say anything, unless he let him out, which would never happen if it was up to Cane to decide.

There was a knock on the door and Cane told the other person to enter the room. It was Jace with a young girl around the age of seventeen. She looked flustered and wary to be in the presence of the Alpha.