268: IRIS LIED WITH STRAIGHT FACE

IRIS LIED WITH STRAIGHT FACE

Because one of the warriors informed Cane that he was summoned by the king to receive the golden stamp and he needed to go to the throne room, the alpha couldn't walk Iris back to their bedroom and ordered Trion to do it, but the gamma stepped forward and volunteered. 1

"Let me do it, I need to walk." He had been locked for days, ever since they arrived in the palace and the last thing he wanted was; to stay in the same place. He needed to let out some steam.

"You go with them," Cane said to Trion. He needed to put someone else to keep their eyes on Ethan, so the gamma wouldn't cause trouble again.

Ethan pursed his lips, but he didn't say anything. He didn't mind to have someone to keep him in check, since he was not sure he was already in the right mind and stable enough mentally after the whole ordeal.

Thus, the two of them escorted Iris back to her bedroom.

Along the way, both Trion was trying to engage Ethan in conversation, but he either answered him curtly, or simply ignored him, while Iris remained quiet. She could see the gamma didn't want to be disturbed and probably he offered to walk her back because he knew the other warriors sympathized with him and talked to him about how it was so close for him to get a final verdict and lost his life.

Such conversation was not the topic that Ethan was looking for, neither he had the energy to talk or deal with them.

Meanwhile, walking with Iris meant; silent, because she was not as noisy as those warriors and that was what Ethan wanted.

In the end, Trion got the hint and kept quiet. He stopped asking Ethan and the three of them walked without saying anything.

It was peaceful and the sun shone brightly, though the wind was still so cold and Iris had to adjust her cloak and quickened her pace to keep up with both of them. They used to walk in hurry, thus they didn't notice her struggle, since this was their normal pace.

However, halfway toward her chamber, they ran into Nala, who looked so surprised to see the three of them, especially Iris. She had been running, until her cheeks turned red.

The sight of her was lovely, since Nala was one of the most beautiful women in the palace, but Iris was not happy to see her, especially after reading what she was going to say.

"May I know where is alpha Cane?" Nala asked Ethan and Trion, avoiding eye contact with Iris.

Ethan and Trion frowned, they looked at each other, but before they could say anything, it was Iris, who was asking the question first.

"May I know why do you need my mate for?" Iris asked, she kept her voice polite, but they noticed the possessiveness in her voice when she said 'my mate', instead of the alpha, like she used to call Cane.

Nala was a little bit flustered when she heard that and it wouldn't look good on her if she blatantly refused to acknowledge Iris's question, after all, her status as the luna was higher than her.

"The alpha is summoned to the throne room to receive the golden stamp, I need to inform him." Her father had told her about this and she volunteered to relay the message directly to the alpha, as her attempt to have a chance to be close with him.

At first, Nala took this task as a duty, but after seeing how different Cane treated his mate compared to the other male shifter, she became curious and genuinely interested in him.

Of course, she wouldn't let go a chance to have a conversation with the alpha.

Little did she know, the warrior of the Howling Wolf pack had reached Cane first once they heard the order was issued by the king.

"Anything else?" Iris's voice was so gentle, her expression was innocent.

Nala shook her head. "This is the king's order," she emphasized, letting them knew how important this message was.

Trion was about to tell her that the alpha had headed toward the throne room and he had received the order, but once again, Iris beat him into it, as she spoke guilelessly.

"The alpha went to that direction a moment ago." Iris pointed at the direction to her left, which was the opposite direction to the throne room, where Cane was actually heading to.

"Oh, thank you!" Nala smiled enchantingly, her eyes lit up with excitement she couldn't hide, as she rushed toward the wrong direction that Iris had pointed for her.

Her steps were so light, as if she waltzed gracefully in this corridor, instead of running.

Seeing that, Iris pursed her lips. She didn't like this feeling and knew very well she was being petty, but she couldn't help it, she was feeling jealous, because she had to admit it that Nala was very beautiful. All of the men would say she was very gorgeous and compelling.

Did Cane think the same too?

"You know you gave her the wrong direction, right?" Ethan asked, his lips tugged upward when he saw Iris looked so sullen, her bright blue eyes were slightly dim when she stared at him.

"I didn't hear what you say," Iris replied innocently and walked away, ahead of the two of them.

Ethan and Trion looked at each other before both of them burst out laughing. They didn't know their luna could be so petty and was capable to lie with straight face. They wondered what their alpha would think if he knew about this, because the short exchanged between Iris and Nala was simply absurdly silly.

Of course, Iris didn't hear the question from Ethan, but she definitely read what he said.

"Hey, wait for us!" Ethan rushed toward Iris, who had half running, as if she was worried if Nala would chase after her and call her out for her lie.

Ethan and Trion laughed, as they ran after their luna.

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