Chapter 423
Iris was startled when Cane suddenly took a defensive stance. His face contorted while his eyes glinted dangerously.
What was going on? Iris tried to peek over his shoulder only to see Ethan walk toward them hastily. His face was slightly confused at the way Cane glared and growled at him.
“I have an important report for you from the Celestial Moon pack,” Ethan repeated what he said earlier, he thought Cane didn’t hear him. “Cane?” He tilted his head and saw Iris behind him. “Luna, can you tell him to stop growling at me? I am being serious now.”
Ethan had been away when the confrontation in the kitchen happened and he was overwhelmed with the new tasks Cane gave him to have time to get his knowledge updated over what was happening.
“Ethan, I think you can’t come over,” Iris said hastily, as she grabbed Cane’s shirt, as if it would stop him if he really wanted to attack the gamma. “Stop!”
Ethan stopped walking. He was ten steps away from them and now, because of Iris’ warning and him being a little bit closer, he could see Cane’s eyes shining in red color. He was not sure whether he saw the right thing, because the only light here was from the pack house in the distance. It was not too dark, but it was not bright either.
“What is happening here?” Ethan asked, dumbfounded. “What happened to him?” He could feel the tension in the air and the animosity that came from the Alpha. “Is he alright?”
“Where is Haco?” Iris asked from behind Cane, but she couldn’t move away, because he reached around his back and held her leg down.
“He is with Grace… I think, if I am not mistaken.”
“Ethan, call Haco here.”
“What? Why?”
“Call him here!” Iris said sternly,
Ethan gave a start when Iris raised her voice and then immediately nodded. “Oh, okay…” he rushed away from there, but instinctively, he continued to glance over his shoulder, because he could feel Cane’s eyes boring a hole in his back. He could sense danger from him.
Ethan was not sure what was going on, only that Cane acted very strangely.
“Don’t do that!” Iris hit Cane’s back with her fist, enough to make the lycan turn his head around and look at her.
“He was bothering me,” Cane said sullenly.
Iris was really not familiar with this man, she never even thought there would be a day she would see Cane sulking. This was not right.
“Don’t hurt him.” Her words were firm.
Cane tilted his head and stared at her intensely. “Still the same…”
“What? What is same?”
“You asked me the same thing in the past…” Cane’s red eyes turned a little bit warm when he smiled gently at her. “My sweet moon.”
Iris narrowed her eyes, she caught his hand which was about to caress her cheek and held it away from her face. “What do you mean by the Serafim?” She caught the word earlier and she was going to figure out what he meant by it. If this lycan had taken over Cane’s consciousness, she needed to make the best out of it. If he knew something about the riddles surrounding her power, she had to make him spill the beans. “What do you mean by what you said earlier?”
However, at this time, the lycan chose not to say anything, nor was he willing to answer her question. He just stared at her with fascination and played with her hair between his fingers.
“Cane, no, Lu, tell me, what do you know about the Serafim?” Iris swatted his hand from touching her hair and cupped his face, so he could look at her, but then he leaned over and stole a kiss from her, which made Iris growl. She was annoyed. “Stop it!”
Somehow, Iris didn’t feel right when Cane kissed her then, because it was not him and she felt like she was cheating on him with him, if that made any sense…
Cane’s shoulders dropped as he pouted his lips. The sight of it drove Iris crazy, because this kind of expression was not something that he would make.
Iris had never imagined Cane being pouty and sullen.
“Don’t be angry, please. I don’t like to see you angry.” Cane reached out his hand again and caressed her cheek. “I miss you.”
Iris bit her lip, as she was not sure how to face this lycan. “Lu, answer me. Can you answer my question? Can you explain to me what you said earlier? Why do you want to protect me?”
And there, the lycan fell quiet once again, refusing to answer her question, as he stared at Iris with fascination in his eyes. Clear longing and pain radiated from him when he touched Iris carefully.
He treated her like a vulnerable thing that would break if he used even a little bit of extra pressure and the way he stared at her was quite profound, as if he would worship the ground she walked on. It was a mixture of love and devotion.
He had been waiting for her for so long, he had endured everything for her and now he could finally touch her again, he couldn’t care less about anything else. He would make it right in this lifetime.
However, Iris didn’t think the same, she was not familiar with the man in front of her. This was not the Cane she knew and this made fear creep in. What actually happened to Cane? Did she… kill his spirit, in extent… him?
The thought of it alone made Iris want to vomit.
No, that was too wild. Alpha Gill didn’t die immediately at that time and Cane still had time to torture him.
“My sweet moon,” the lycan chanted the endearment again.
Not long after that, Haco came with Ethan and Jace. He frowned to see the sight before him. “What is it? You want me to watch you guys being all lovey dovey?”
With that, Cane turned his head and smirked at the sorcerer. “Long time no see, old friend.”
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