186: THE CURSE WAS TOO POWERFUL

THE CURSE WAS TOO POWERFUL

Iris watched the lycan come closer to her, he was furious about what she had done, but her focus was on the wound on his shoulder. 

The injury made by a silver blade lasted longer before it could heal properly, thus she would still have a chance to get the shard magic stone out of his shoulder.

However, at this point, after Iris intentionally stabbed him, she was not sure whether he would still keep her alive. Iris gambled with the fact that the lycan didn't kill her even if he had countless opportunities during the day to harm her and the fact that he protected her from the monsters, even though it baffled her.

But right now, she was holding onto that.

Iris pushed herself off the ground and approached the beast, as she stretched out her hand to his wounded shoulder. She knew what she was looking for and also the location of the shard, but her time was very limited and if she missed this, she would probably never have another chance again.

Therefore, despite the pain on her left shoulder, she gritted her teeth and dug her nails into his flesh, making the beast let out an earth- shattering roar. Iris felt her ears ringing painfully.

But, by the time the beast shook her body off him and she rolled on the dirty ground again, she knew that she managed to take it out…

The last thing that Iris saw before she lost her consciousness was the lycan running off, disappearing into the darkness. Did she fail?

Iris wanted to know what happened, but she couldn't resist the darkness that came crashing down on her. In the distance, she could still hear the painful howls of the beast, as she gripped the needle that she managed to take out from the lycan's shoulder.

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Aria arrived in the Howling Wolf pack the next morning, she went straight to Cane's bedroom, but instead of Cane, it was Ethan, who had been waiting for her.

He was sitting on the windowsill, staring at her, as if he had been waiting for her to come.

"Where is Cane?" Aria tried to mask her panic, but she was hardly able to do that. Her body was trembling when her mind started to imagine all the worst things that could have possibly happened.

When she entered the Howling Wolf pack territory, she didn't stop to ask anyone, because she felt there was nothing that was worth taking note of. She assumed everything was still the same.

But, where is Cane now?

"Where have you been?" Ethan didn't answer her question, instead he posed her with one of his own. His eyes were so cold.

What happened the day before was a blur, because there were so many things that transpired and they were drained both emotionally and physically. They didn't even have a minute to close their eyes since all of this began. Both Ethan and Jace had to do damage control, since a few people knew about Cane's secret now.

They either had to make them shut up or shut them up forever, because the consequences would be dire otherwise.

"Where is Cane?!" Aria shrieked, she saw the bed was empty and her mind whirled with all the horrendous thoughts that she had been harboring since she left the Riverside pack. Was she late? Did something happen to him while she was away?

Aria had done everything that she could to make the sorcerer agree to undo the curse, but he said unless he made a trip personally to take the needle out, there was nothing that he could do. What a bastard!

"Where is Cane?!" Aria rushed toward Ethan, she was about to get physical with him, but the gamma was having none of it.

Before Aria could touch him, Ethan swatted her hand and shoved her away from him. His expression was so cold. This was the kind of expression that he only showed to someone that he didn't like. His brown eyes were filled with killing intent, something that he had never directed toward Aria before.

She had never thought there would be a day she would be on the receiving end of the Gamma's hatred.

Did he know? How? Aria's mind went to Dalia. Did she sell her out? The thought alone made her shiver in fear.

"Wh- what is wrong with you?" Aria still feigned ignorance. "I asked you where Cane is, what happened to him?!"

Ethan looked at her coldly, which made Aria squirm uncomfortably. "Shouldn't you be the one telling me what really happened to him?"

"I don't understand what you are talking about!" Aria lifted her chin and straightened her back. She looked at Ethan defiantly, though behind all that façade, she too knew she had messed up big time.

"Start explaining this to me first," Ethan said, as he threw a needle at her feet. The same needle that was used as the media of the curse.

Aria stared at the needle for a long time, but Ethan didn't interrupt her. He didn't even mention anything, nor did he give her the satisfaction of knowing any information about what had transpired during her absence.

"Where is he?" Aria asked, her eyes were still on the needle on the floor. "Where is Cane?"

If they managed to take the needle out of his body, then what happened to him? Did he… survive? She held her hands together, because she couldn't stop trembling. At this point, she couldn't even keep her act together.2

Yet, Ethan still didn't want to give her the answer, instead he talked about something else. "The other two children in the orphanage died last night."

When they were looking for Iris and Cane, they received the news that the two children passed away, because of the curse.

They didn't have a magic user here and healers like Grace and Ardand had different powers from those of magic users', thus their knowledge about it was limited.

But, Ardand told them the children were the sacrifice and because the curse was too strong, they couldn't lift it.

"WHERE IS CANE!?" Aria was enraged as she shifted into her beast and attacked Ethan.

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