The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 56

Chapter 56: THE MONSTER ATTACK

Only when Ethan pointed it out did Iris realize the fact that silver didn’t hurt her. After all, it was a rare occasion for her to encounter silver. No, she didn’t think that she had ever encountered silver before or even touched it.

But now, when Ethan said it, she looked at her hands that were holding the silver chains and felt weird because she indeed didn’t feel hurt at all.

"Really?" Ethan frowned so hard. "How can that happen?"

Iris bit her lips, she missed the question, but Cane reminded her to continue to put the chains on him. Now, he had confirmed one more thing about her.

It took Iris a little bit longer to put the chains on Cane, because she wasn’t used to doing it. Also because they doubled the chains, so Cane wouldn’t be able to break free again.

After it was done, Iris stepped back and stood behind Ethan and Jace, staring at Cane, who started to shift into his lycan form.

Despite not being able to hear the sound of breaking bones, as his body twisted in weird angles, Iris could see how painful it was for Cane to be forced to shift into that monster. He was screaming, though she was unable to hear that, but once he had shifted completely into his lycan form, Iris started to hear that howling sound again.

This howl sounded so pitiful and sad at the same time. This was the same howl that Iris heard that night.

On the other hand, Ethan and Jace were on alert, both of them didn’t let their guards down because things could escalate so fast. They were ready to shift into their beasts at the slightest doubt that the lycan started to feel agitated.

His red eyes were gleaming in the dark, as the reflection of fire danced in his eyes, but they were fixed on Iris.

The lycan howled, but it didn’t try to break the chains that held him back, instead, compared to the previous time, this time, the beast was a little bit too calm. The lycan would only howl every now and then, but not try to do anything aggressive.

Yet, all of them could see how those red eyes were intrigued at the sight of Iris.

"I have never seen him so calm like this before." Jace frowned to see how the lycan didn’t even make any attempt to break free.

"W- what does the alpha usually do in his lycan form?" Iris asked curiously. Her curiosity always got the better of her, as she looked at Jace and Ethan, waiting for any one of them to provide her with a little bit of explanation.

"He would hunt down the monsters in the Goffa mountain," Jace replied simply.

Apparently, in the six months they gathered power after they managed to break free from Alpha Gerald’s clutches, it was also the time when Cane used dark magic in order to fight back.

They needed to counterattack quickly because they couldn’t afford to fight the Blue Moon pack if Alpha Gerald managed to gather his supporters and attacked them first.

Therefore, to strengthen the little bit of power that he had, the alpha made a sacrifice by using dark magic, which cost him himself.

And when every new moon came, Ethan and Jace would set him free in the Goffa mountain, for him to kill the monsters there to satisfy the lycan’s thirst for blood.

But, they couldn’t do it right now, because there was a chance for the lycan to charge at their own people and kill them.

In the past, there were one or two guards who died during the new moon, but they were from the Blue Moon pack, thus they didn’t care much about it, while this time, it was a different situation.

"How can you do that?" Ethan asked after he tapped Iris’ shoulder to get her attention.

Iris tilted her head. "Do what?" She didn’t understand. She didn’t do anything.

The three of them were sitting on the hard ground, watching the monster that had his red eyes fixed on Iris. And strangely enough, the lycan was way more calm than the few other nights. There was just the occasional howl or whimper, but aside from that, this monster looked almost docile, which was confusing.

"That." Jace nodded at the calm lycan.

"I didn’t do anything. I am sitting right here with you," Iris replied in a matter of fact tone.

On the other hand, Ethan glanced at her with a frown, there were a lot of things that went through his mind, but he didn’t know whether he had to voice this or not.

In the end, all of them fell silent, this was the most quiet and peaceful night during the new moon time for Jace, Ethan and the lycan in six months, while Iris was just grateful that the lycan wouldn’t pounce on her or hurt her again.

She hugged herself and rested her head on top of her knees. This night was a little bit cold for her. She stared at the lycan and heard him howling. This was the first sound that she heard since her life had been so quiet for years.

The night was so peaceful and none of them were talking, until the lycan suddenly roared viciously and tried to free himself from the chains that rendered him unable to move.

Jace and Ethan’s bodies stiffened, they thought the lycan would start wreaking havoc again, but then they heard something in the distance and craned their necks to hear it more clearly.

"What is that?" Ethan muttered, as he stood up. Aside from the vicious roar of the lycan, they could hear some other commotion. "I will go and check."

It was hard for them to coordinate with one another without having the ability to mind link their pack members and all of that was thanks to alpha Gerald, who had severed the connection between them.

Iris also stood up when she saw Jace pacing inside the basement, he was trying to figure out what the commotion was about. She shifted her attention between Jace and the lycan and the more time passed, the more agitated the lycan became.