206: THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM

Cane had stayed with Iris for two whole nights because she was sleeping, barely conscious due to the extreme weather. The few instances where she came to her senses was when she wanted water, but then she would fall asleep again. Probably, she didn't even remember that.

Therefore, Iris didn't have any idea what Cane had done for her, though she could vaguely recall between her dreams how someone had held her tightly and how that made her feel comfortable.

"But, you need to pretend you didn't know about this, the Alpha said to not mention anything about it," Hanna said surreptitiously. The Alpha was wrong if he thought she would keep a secret from her missy.

"You shouldn't have let me know," Iris grimaced, now she would have a hard time undoing what she had learned.

"I still don't like him," Hanna said truthfully, this time she only mouthed the words, because she was afraid someone would hear her. "Even though I can see how he was trying to be nice to you, he is very cold and unfeeling."

Iris couldn't say anything about that, because she knew that Cane would always be that unfeeling man. He didn't show any emotions even after the execution of his own mistress.

The execution itself had sent an underlying message to the pack members that Cane would always stand for justice and would punish anyone according to their crime, even his mistress was not an exception. This would make the pack members aware of what kind of the Alpha that they followed.

Meanwhile, it would take twenty days before they could reach the capital city, which meant they still had a long way to go, especially in this bad weather, which could take longer.

However, after Iris had regained her consciousness and looked better, as she could adjust to the drastic drop of the temperature, Cane had never come to visit the carriage again and she spent her time inside the carriage with Hanna, who would tell her story after story to keep her from feeling boredom.

Sometimes, Hanna would leave her alone inside the carriage to get some things, yet she seemed to take her time to stretch out her legs, because it would take her more than an hour every time before she returned.

On the fifteenth day, Iris was completely bored, Hanna's stories couldn't keep her entertained anymore and she looked exhausted all day.

"I want to take a walk out there… " Iris said, as she stared at the scene outside through the small carriage window.

They were crossing a flower garden that had now frozen over, so the entire ground looked white.

"You want to take a walk? Let's do it when we take a break at lunch time."

"Can I?" It didn't cross Iris' mind that she was allowed to roam around.

"Yes, but are you okay? Can you take it?"

Iris nodded earnestly. She felt a little bit better now, after the adjustment, probably this was the healthiest she had ever been. After all, she had never been in the open during winter, let alone taking walks in the snow, thus she was very excited.

"But, if you feel any discomfort or can't take it, you need to tell me right away, okay?" Hanna didn't want her to fall sick again.

"Okay."

Iris waited for lunch time expectantly and after she polished off her food quickly, Hanna helped her out of the carriage and she finally saw how vast the land was, while everything was covered in snow.

"It's a clear day! There is not much snow here!" Hanna explained to Iris with a big smile on her face and then laughed when she saw how the snow ate up her legs.

The snow reached her ankles, though Hanna said the snow was not much.

The texture was not as soft as Iris thought, but it was indeed very cold, thus she put on her gloves again, as she tried to move, but just after taking a few steps, she was already out of breath.

"You really need to exercise more," Ethan said, he came over after he laughed his head off when he saw Iris fell on her butt because she lost her balance.

Iris threw him a look and felt jealous because this gamma could walk so easily in this thick snow.

"Come here, I want to show you something," Ethan said, as he waved at Iris to come over. "Hurry," he teased because Iris couldn't walk fast enough.

"I am trying, I am trying," Iris said begrudgingly. She felt her body a little bit warm because she moved too much.

Where did he want to take her when all they could see was this vast land that was covered with snow. Ethan even walked further away from the group.

"Where are you going to take her?" Redmond came over as well when he saw Ethan would take Iris somewhere.

"You don't need to come, I didn't invite you."

"Who said I need an invitation?" Redmond retorted.2

Hanna could only grimace at the sight of the two of them starting bickering again. If they were not on the verge of punching each other's faces, they would be on each other's nerves. It was a miracle they could be in the same group and were still alive.

However, Iris had long gotten used to their attitude and somehow, she found this refreshing and entertaining. Usually, it would be Will, who would keep the two of them in check. And so, she started to look around for the warrior, but apparently, he was busy with something else.

Iris even caught sight of Hanna, who was stealing a glance at Will every now and then.

Yet, what caught her attention the most was the person that Will was talking to. In the distance, Iris could see the Alpha talking about something with his warrior. She could feel his eyes on her, but for some reason, when she looked back, he wasn't looking her way.

Probably, she was just imagining things… it had been so long since the last time they talked to each other and the distance only became more apparent…

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