243: SHE WONDERED IF THEY COULD HAVE A PROPER CONVERSATION

SHE WONDERED IF THEY COULD HAVE A PROPER CONVERSATION

Iris followed Cane back to their chamber silently, she didn't say anything and keep her head down. It was clear to see that she was not happy about something and the alpha could feel that too. 1

He glanced toward her direction a few times, but she didn't even bother to look at where they were going and only stared at the floor that she walked in.

It was not usual for Iris to be like this, because she used to talk about something, telling him what happened in the main hall or anything. She would try to ask or gauge him in conversation, especially after a big incident like this.

But right now, she was exceptionally quiet.

Was she so scared, thus she couldn't say anything? This made Cane slightly frowned, because it didn't seem like it.

Once they returned to their bedroom, Cane put his finger under her chin, he lifted her head, so she could read what he was going to say.

But, the words stuck in his throat when he saw her eyes. Those blue eyes looked slightly darker and her lips pressed into a thin line. Was she… angry?

Cane couldn't tell, because he had never seen her angry before. He also didn't think she was capable to get angry, since the woman before his eyes always looked timid and soft spoken. But, even so, what made her angry?

"Something happened in the main hall?" Cane changed his question and he could see how Iris blinked her eyes and tried to hide her emotions, she shook her head.

But, she was not a good liar and Iris knew that Cane didn't buy it, thus she gave a desperate attempt to change the subject.

"I can't find Hanna, can you please ask someone to find her?" It was not a lie, she was really worried about her and the fact that she couldn't find her personal maid and Redmond made a half heart search to find Hanna, didn't make her feeling better. Iris wanted to know if Hanna was alright.

"Okay," Cane agreed. He assumed Iris was in bad mood because Hanna had gone missing. He then stretched out his hand so fast to catch something from her shoulder and grabbed it firmly, almost very strongly, which could crush the thing in his hand.

Iris was startled to see his movement, but then she gasped in panic when she saw the lizard. "Alpha! You can suffocate it!" she cried. She tried to pry Cane's hand opened, but she couldn't. In the end, she lifted her head to look at him timidly. "Can you please let it go?"

Cane stared at Iris's little face for a while, which made her a little bit nervous and lowered her gaze to stare at his lips instead, because his eyes were too intense.

"I have told you not to show this to anyone else. Aside from the people on our way to the black market, no one should know about it," Cane reiterated what he said when they were inside the cave, especially the creature's origin.

However, Iris had shown it to Hanna and she let her friend to see it too. Right now, she was hit by guilty conscience for forgetting something that Cane had warned her.

"I am sorry," Iris said in small voice.

Cane wouldn't know that Iris walked around with the creature hid in her clothes if this little lizard didn't show itself when they met with the sorcerer. Meanwhile, Iris couldn't keep this little lizard to stay still inside the pocket anymore because it was getting bigger and the space inside the pocket was no longer suit it size.

"I don't want this to happen again," Cane said sternly, as he handed over the pitiful lizard, which immediately scrambled away and hide inside Iris's curls.

"Yes, I will pay attention to this," Iris immediately replied. She thought Cane would be so mad and for a split second she imagined he would do something horrible to her to vent out his anger. In her subconsciousness, she used to have this thought that when you were angry, it would turn into a physical violence.

Cane showed it to her that he was capable to do so when they were in the library.

But at this point, she forgot what the reason he got angry at that time and the event also had blurred in her mind. She tended to forget things that hurt her and now what happened in the library was akin to a distance memory for her. That was how she coped up with all of her pain and trauma.

"Stay here." Seeing how remorseful Iris was, Cane didn't say anything anymore and turned around to leave, but Iris suddenly grabbed his cloak to stop him.

"Actually…" Iris stumbled with her words, she looked so scared when she told him this, but she must to. "Actually, Hanna showed the lizard to a few friends of hers in the pack…" her voice was getting smaller when she let him knew this. She fearfully looked at his icy expression.

For a moment, Cane was at lost for words. She completely forgot his warning, but to see how afraid his mate was to tell him about this, he even more speechless.

Iris was waiting for Cane's response to what she said, but the alpha only stared at her before he raised his hand. She flinched when she caught the movement from the corner of her eyes, thinking that he would hit her because of how stupid she was to forget it.

Cane saw the way she flinched and his eyes darkened slightly, but all he did was only caressed her head lightly and then left.

He didn't say anything like usual and left Iris with more question about his action and what was in his mind.

For a long time, Iris rooted in her place, staring at the close door. She touched her head. She wondered, whether there would come a day Cane explained his action, or even had a proper communication with her?

And the image of the way Laluna stared at Cane flashed in her mind, as her mood turned even more dour.

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