Chapter 198
Redmond scoffed when he heard Iris’ naïve words. He had never thought that he would actually hear such cheesy words.
What Iris said sounded too ’gentle’ for this harsh reality, she seemed to not understand the concept of how this world worked, such a naïve and sweet woman…
“Have you forgotten that he raped you? It’s that easy for you to forget?” Redmond enunciated every word clearly, so Iris wouldn’t miss a single word. He stared at her and watched how her expression changed when he reminded her again about it.
Will and Jace were seething when they heard what Redmond said, as they turned their attention toward Iris, whose face was blanched.
Jace couldn’t help but revive the memory when he caught Iris and Cane in the library. He could see how much pain she was in, but the only thing that he could do was to leave the scene, so his presence wouldn’t humiliate her further.
On another note, no one would be able to completely forget about such a dreadful experience. Of course, Iris remembered down to every detail of it now Redmond forced her to recall the memories that she tried so hard to bury deep in the back of her mind.
Iris took a step back. She was visibly trembling.
Even though it was not Redmond’s intention to cause her pain, he wanted her to think about it again. He didn’t want her to gloss over what Cane had done to her, although he treated her a little bit nice now.
Would it offset all those horrendous things that he had done to her? How weak her heart was to easily forget about it and pretend like it had never happened?
But, to think about it again, the Alpha only treated her nicely because he had a hidden agenda.
Cane was a lycan, he used dark magic, and for whatever reason, Jace said the cursed shifter was safe for Iris? What a ridiculous thing to say…! Yet, they seemed wanting to use Iris more, while this girl was too naïve and kind for her own good, as she let everything slide just like that.
A simple apology and treating her a little bit nicely were enough to make it up to her? They didn’t even punish those imbeciles who tried to stone her to death! How shameless were they to think they could use Iris again?
However, the part that drove Redmond crazy was the fact that Iris was not even aware of a single thing of it! Sometimes, when you were too kind and naïve, you would appear so stupid!
On the other hand, Iris was trying so hard to regain her composure and school her expression, but Redmond always knew how to attack with his words. His choice of words would always be ’delicate’, which could stir anyone around him, whoever heard it.
“I will take Luna Iris out,” Will said. He took the initiative to get Iris out of this place, away from Redmond’s vicious mouth. He was afraid Iris wouldn’t be able to take it.
No one wanted to be reminded about such things. Inside this room, it was safe to say that it was only Redmond who had never gone through what they had experienced, thus he had close to zero empathy when he posted such a question to Iris.
Will walked closer to Iris and was about to take her hand, so he could get her out, but she took a step back and avoided him.
Seeing this, Will could understand what kind of turmoil she was in right now and he didn’t move closer again, he stopped at a safe distance from her.
However, the problem was; she was staring at the floor, thus no matter what he said, she wouldn’t know.
This time, it was Cane who approached her, but before he could go closer, Iris had raised her head and then looked at him briefly before she shifted her deep, blue eyes back to Redmond.
“Your question was irrelevant.” Iris gritted her teeth, it was clear to see that she was trying her hardest to rein in her own emotions. “Will you or will you not take the secret to your grave? Or, I can command you to use the dagger in your hand and end your life.”
This time, it was Redmond that looked restless because Iris had commanded him to take his own life. Of course, he could refuse the temptation to follow her order, but the feeling was not right. It almost felt like he was doing something wrong, but it would be very wrong of him to follow her command.
The longer he refused to speak, the worse his anxiety became, as the dagger in his hand felt so tempting.
This also surprised Redmond because he didn’t know that the power that was held by the Vessel Bond over their blood could be this strong. When he pledged his loyalty to Gerald, he didn’t feel such a strong urge to follow his command. It was insane!
How could she pull it off?!
“Fine!” Redmond barked. He didn’t look happy at all. “I will keep it a secret, I will not tell a single soul about the cursed shifter!”
And when he finally promised to seal his mouth about this important secret, the urge to end his own life stopped as well.
“Now, can I leave? My people are still out there, inside the Goffa mountain, being a snack for the monsters there because you gave them a wrong lead and told them to keep looking for the lycan!” Redmond gave Cane a side eye disdainfully.
“Follow me,” Jace said begrudgingly. He needed to take Redmond away from this place, before Cane lost his patience for him and things became even more complicated than they were already.
Will also followed the two of them, leaving Cane and Iris alone inside this room.
Iris thought Cane would leave as well, but he didn’t budge and she could feel his intense gaze on her.
Slowly, she turned her head and clashed with his bottomless dark eyes, they were unreadable and the Alpha said nothing…