215: SHE DID NOT LIE

SHE DID NOT LIE

'What is it?' Cane mouthed. He thought, she felt uncomfortable, because this was the first time she was in the palace and scared for Ethan.0

But when she raised her head and looked at Cane, she only frowned and looked even more uncomfortable to talk. She glanced around, indicating that she couldn't talk here in front of many people, which was strange for her to act this way.

Cane looked at her for a while before he let the king knew that his mate needed to take rest.

"She is not like us, her body is way more delicate and a long journey in this harsh weather has taken a toll on her," Cane said smoothly. Everyone presence there knew that Iris was a runt and constantly fell sick, thus the king didn't have any reason to hold them back when the conversation with Lou didn't concern him at all.

"Vemion, take them to their rooms, it seems Iris is going to faint if I hold them back a little bit longer," king Aeon guffawed, but his voice laced with mocking tone.

Cane only smiled to hear that, but he said nothing at all, as they followed Vemion and Laluna out of the main hall, while someone had taken Ethan to his bedroom. He would stay there until further notice and when the king had decided what his punishment would be.

Because the two of them was alpha and luna, of course, they were given only one bedroom, especially when they had marked and mated.

It was a little bit awkward for Iris, since they didn't talk for weeks, but right now there was another important thing that she needed to tell him.

"What is it?" Cane asked when they were alone inside the bedroom. Along the way, Iris kept holding his hand, as if she was afraid of letting him go, but that was actually what felt weird for him.

She was not in imminent danger or the wrath of the king was directed at her, there was no reason for her to act clingy to him.

"This…" Iris raised her hand that held Cane's. "I saw a dark wisp came from your hand. I don't know what it is."

"Dark wisp?" Cane furrowed his brows when he heard that. "What do you mean with dark wisp?"

"This…" Iris slowly let go of her hand and both of them stared at Cane's hand to see what she meant by the dark wisp.

The dark wisp that Iris saw earlier was akin to a light smoke that emanated from Cane's palm and because she was not sure that was a good sight or not, she covered it with her own hand.

Yet, when Iris let go of his hand, there was no dark wisp. Cane's hand looked normal, which surprised her and then she began to panic.

"I saw the dark wisp before, I swear. I didn't lie to you." She was afraid that Cane would think she was lying to him. "There was a dark wisp, it was like a dark smoke, I don't know what it was, thus I covered it with my hand, I swear! I didn't lie to you."

Mason and her father had told her that she was a liar whenever she said that she was in pain or sick, thus it stemmed from there whenever she couldn't prove her words. Not to mention with the way the people from the pack looked at her with judgment in their eyes, thinking she was the same like her father, that she faked her sincerity.

Though it had nothing related to the problem right now, but it connected to each event in a way.

"I didn't lie to you!" Iris tried to explain herself again, because Cane said nothing.

She only stopped blabbering when he raised his hand and caressed her cheek lightly. "Okay," he said simply. "Go and take some rest."

And after saying that, Cane walked out of the room, he had something to take care of.

On the other hand, Iris felt dejected to be left alone like this, because she was not sure, whether Cane believed her words or not. Or he only wanted to end the conversation quickly and thought of her as a liar. Cane had never explained anything, neither he would say something more than necessary.

Iris felt so down, as she stared at the closed door. She walked toward this spacious and exquisite bedroom, which looked so empty, but a moment later, Hanna came to accompany her.

"Will say that you are alone and the alpha will not return until night," Hanna said cheerfully. Will told him to accompany Iris, which she gladly did.

But, of course, Will wouldn't have told Hanna about that without any instruction.

"This place is so beautiful, isn't it?" Hanna asked happily, as she brushed her hair and braided it again anew, Iris looked a little bit pale, thus when lunch time, she persuaded her to eat more, but she simply didn't have an appetite.

Iris's mind wandered to the black wisp that she saw from Cane's palm. Was she seeing wrong? Or was that the side effect of the dark magic that Aria had done to him?

There was no way Iris could tell, but Cane had to be more careful. They could accuse him of using dark magic, especially now when the rumor about it was on the lips of every people in the continent.

Later, when the sun set, Iris was too exhausted and fell asleep, while Hanna lit up all the candle and added more firewood into the fireplace, to keep this room warm.

She just tucked Iris in when someone entered the room.

"Alpha…" Hanna said respectfully when Cane walked across the room and stared at Iris's sleeping face.

"How long she has been sleeping?" He came to fetch her for dinner with the king and queen.

"She has been sleeping for an hour," Hanna replied. "Should I wake her up?" she asked.

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