"Wait," Iris said to stop the other warriors from taking her away from Lou. "I want to talk with him for a moment."
Dyne immediately came to her and mouthed his words, knowing his luna was perfectly capable of reading lips even though she could hear right now.
’You can’t do that, Luna, the Alpha will get angry.’
"Only for a moment," Iris replied shortly and then proceeded to approach Lou, whose smile was so bright to see the auburn haired woman rushing to him.
"Yes? Do you have something to discuss with me? I can come with you on the journey if this is really important," Lou said cheerfully, while the white bear followed beside Iris. It nudged her hand, asking to be petted.
"I want you to try something."
"I will try anything if it’s for you," Lou said with a wink and this caused the seven warriors to growl at him with warning, but as usual, the merchant couldn’t care less about them because they didn’t hold any value in his eyes.
On the other hand, Iris didn’t pay much attention to the way Lou tried to flirt with her, as she called Aliana to get her the things she wanted.
Aliana immediately came to Iris, her eyes lit up to realize the Luna got her clue.
It was harmless, though Aliana knew she would get in trouble if the Alpha learned about it, she just couldn’t help it. They had the famous merchant from the Rosantine guild from Karam continent in their pack, it was a waste if they didn’t make the best out of him.
"Here, Luna," Aliana said, as she handed her a small bag of tea and a waterskin, which was filled with the alcohol tea.
"What is this? Poison?" Lou asked, he stared at the two items that iris gave to him after Aliana handed them over to her.
Iris narrowed her eyes. "Do you really think I will poison you in broad daylight in front of so many people?"
"So, will you poison me at night when there is no one around?" Lou countered and this left Iris speechless.
"You have serious trust issues."
"Not really, but I am not used to putting just anything inside my mouth, just in case I am being poisoned."
"This is not poison, okay?" Iris furrowed her brows and seeing her like that made Lou chuckle.
"I told you I will do anything for you, even if you gave me poison, I will drink it with a smile on my face," Lou said dramatically and this made the other warriors, who heard him, grimace.
They really needed to get their luna away from this merchant, but she was adamant to talk with him, thus they didn’t have any other options, but to let it be. More so, Aliana was there and they were surrounded by so many people. The merchant wouldn’t do something outrageous, right?
On the other hand, Lou must have a very thick skin for not being overwhelmed and intimidated as he was surrounded by the seven warriors, who threw him dagger looks.
"I told you, I will not poison you," Iris said this firmly, feeling offended.
"Okay, okay. I will try this." And within a second, Lou had gulped down half of the liquid inside the waterskin and his brows shot up. "This is alcohol! But, why does it taste like tea?" He tilted his head in confusion, but then he remembered something. "Ah! This must be the famous alcohol tea from the Howling Wolf pack, many people have been looking for this, but because this pack fell into slavery, it disappeared in the market."
Aliana’s eyes lit up even more, she nudged Iris to continue the conversation, since the other person didn’t need more explanation about the origin of the alcohol tea and how this kind of tea gained some fame a decade ago.
However, knowing how much Cane disliked the fact she talked with Lou, Iris smoothed her way out. "I want you to help with this."
"Ah! I almost forgot this pack is the one that actually produced this tea!" Lou’s eyes lit up at the thought of making more profits.
"Yes. That’s why I want to ask you to help me with this."
"I told you, I will do anything for you!" Lou said cheerfully and Eron and Zephyr were about to step in to warn the merchant that what he said was not appropriate. "Let’s discuss this!"
Aliana was going to interrupt as well, but Iris stepped back and pushed her forward. "You can discuss this with Aliana, because she knew about it better than me." Iris smiled innocently. "You promised to help with this, I hope you can keep your word, Lou."
And after saying that, Iris waved her hand and turned around. She beckoned Lil Thing to come with her and gave the creature a treat, which made the white furball melt around her ankles.
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