All the little girls refused to be cleaned when they arrived in Iris’s bedroom. She got a nice bedroom of the queen, which meant, previously it was Della’s bedroom.
It was spacious enough to accommodate all of them and they could see the garden from there. This was the second best bedroom after the king’s, which of course was occupied by Decratic.
However, after Iris convinced them and healed some of their wound, they relented and finally cleaned themselves and now, they looked pretty and smelled good.
Yet, they became terrified, because usually whenever they were clean, something horrible would happen to them.
Iris’s heart ached for them. She could see the trauma in their eyes and it reflected her own. She could see how scared and helpless they were and it felt like she was seeing herself.
"It’s okay... No one will hurt you. Stay close to me, okay..." Iris kissed them all and healed their wounds.
Ten of them were shifters, including Annie, four of them had potential to be magic users and the two little girls were human.
The shifters in this age had not yet had their healing ability fully developed, thus their wounds needed time to heal.
They were surprised to see how Iris healed them and wanted to see more of the warm light. Their expressions were very innocent and they crept closer to Iris, wanting to touch her or simply be in her presence.
"Is there a baby there?" One of the little girls, pointing her finger at Iris’s big stomach.
"There are two babies here," Iris said. She smiled genuinely for the first time, as she talked about her babies, while from the corner of her eyes, she could see how her little lights fluttered in the air. Her lazy one actually rested on top of one of the children’s head, seemingly too lazy to move like the other one.
Seemingly, she would be dealing with a very chill child later and the active one. They would be complete opposite of each other.
"Two babies? How can you have so many babies in your stomach?" They asked curiously.
Iris really loved their company. For the next days, life felt a little bit lighter with them around her. Letto would come to drop some food with a big portion this time, not only fruit, because he knew the little girls lived with her.
Meanwhile, Kellan was fuming. He couldn’t get the little girls he wanted and the remaining little girls that still alive was with Iris now.
"I am going to kill you if you harmed him," Dexter warned Kellan when he beat Letto up because he couldn’t retrieve any girl from Iris.
The young, lanky man looked beaten up, his nose was bleeding and he sustained ugly bruises on his body.
"Kill me? Are you sure you can kill me?" Kellan raised his brows. He stepped on Letto’s head, while he bit his tongue to not make a sound. He was trained not to make a sound and with Kellan, he knew he would enjoy torturing him if he was as much as whimpering.
Kellan was in distressed because he couldn’t get the girls he wanted and he couldn’t come closer to Iris. He knew better not to provoke her. She was different now. He witnessed the aftermath of her backlash. She was powerful. Someone that he didn’t want to mess with.
Dexter narrowed his eyes, he didn’t like this man ever since the first time they met. He was full of himself and now he was full of shit.
"Back off!" Dexter roared. He couldn’t kill him because of the black magic, but it didn’t mean he couldn’t get Letto back. He was his personal servant and degrading him was the same like looking down on him.
He used his magic to send Kellan across the room, as his body hit the wall and left a huge dent there, effectively released Letto from under his feet.
"Leave," Dexter said to the young man, as he scrambled to his feet.
Letto immediately left after he thanked his master. Dexter was evil, but he had never done something Kellan did and in his eyes, he was his savior. He had been following him since he was little, as he took him out of misery, giving him more comfortable life than when he was in the Black Market.
He didn’t know why, but for some reason, Dexter only loved one woman as far as Letto knew, he was infatuated with her somehow.
Letto watched Dexter approached Kellan before he closed the door behind him. If Kellan was in his right mind, he should know better not to cross Dexter. His master had been very terrifyingly upset ever since the death of his father and how that particular alpha managed to escape his grip.
Decratic didn’t help too because he lost a great amount of strength, since he wanted to get Na back and kill the babies in Iris’s womb.
It was a gloomy afternoon. The day was very short during the winter and the temperature became really cold during the night.
In the past, Letto used to serve Aria, because his master didn’t really need his help. Even though she was not always treating him well, but she wouldn’t always lash out of him either. At the very least, he had someone to look after during his free time.
And now, he used to look after the luna and the children. He would often give them food, just like what he was going to do now. He went to the kitchen and everyone gave him a dirty look because they used to look at him as one of Decratic’s people and took some food from there.
They didn’t like him, but they didn’t dare to stop him too, that was why, he could sneak food to Iris and the children.
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