197: MY LOYALTY LAY IN HIM

MY LOYALTY LAY IN HIM

Because of the battle and slavery, many people died and the members in two packs dwindled significantly.

Even though the number of warriors in the Howling Wolf pack was greater than the Blue Moon pack, it was because they trained at an early age, around twelve to thirteen.

In other packs, the age they would start training would be between fifteen to seventeen.

It was important for them to have enough manpower when your territory was within the scope of Goffa mountain. Though the monster attacks were not as crazy as in the North, they were still monsters in the end.

"Cane, I don't know what I have to say." Iris tugged at his sleeve, to make him stop walking.

Cane followed the scent of his beta and Will to know where they were taking Redmond to have a talk with him, which was not difficult for him to do because he was familiar with their scents.

"If this is too much for you, you can simply execute him."

Iris lowered her head. She didn't want to be the cause of someone else's death. The knowledge of it made her stomach churn. However, this was the world that she lived in. This was the world that she was not aware of, because her father didn't allow her to explore anything beyond what he approved of.

And in the future, it was impossible to keep her hands clean when she wanted to protect something that was dear to her. There would be more bloodshed than she could imagine. She would lose someone in order to protect the other.

However, it would be a story for another time…

Cane didn't wait, nor did he ask whether she was ready or not when he opened the door, behind which were Jace, Redmond and Will.

All of them turned their heads toward Cane upon hearing the creaking sound of the door.

"Cane," Jace greeted him, his face full of concern. It seemed he was in the middle of a bad argumentation with Redmond, since the warrior was very obstinate as he relentlessly threatened him with this secret.

The Beta was on the verge of ending this whole ordeal by killing him right there and then.

Cane nodded at Jace and Will, as he entered the room and took a seat at the table, his eyes fixed on Redmond, this time he didn't ignore him like he used to do.

"I heard you want to talk with me," Cane said, he didn't raise his voice, but it was laced with authority.

Meanwhile, Iris was standing next to him, she looked at Redmond and the other two. She knew that he had given the Beta and Will a hard time. The tension was rather thick inside this room.

"Finally, the lycan is here," Redmond sneered, which made Jace and Will let out a low, dangerous growl, warning him to watch what he said. "What? Did I say something wrong? You just admitted that he is indeed the lycan."

"Yes, you are right, I am." Cane didn't even bat an eye when he admitted to it, as he fixed his eyes on Redmond, which made the warrior glare at him, because once again, he failed to provoke the Alpha.

"Great! Now, we can talk about…"

"You can talk with her." Cane nodded at Iris beside him.

Along the way to this room, Cane had told Iris about the pros and cons of killing Redmond, about how the Blue Moon pack's warriors would lose their leader and their second in command was even worse than Redmond.

Therefore, it was up to her how she would handle this situation, since Redmond would only listen to her, technically, as she was the one he had pledged to.

Iris fiddled with her fingers, but when she felt all of their eyes on her, she gritted her teeth and lifted her head. She looked Redmond dead in the eyes. Thankfully, her voice was not shaking and she was not trembling when she delivered her first direct order to him.

"I want you to not say anything about this. Not even a single soul should know about the matter of the lycan." Iris heard about the Alpha and Luna's voice, where their words filled with authority, and a direct order would be very difficult to refuse, even if they didn't want to follow one.

This was the first time Iris felt this sensation. Unlike the Alpha's voice that sounded powerful, the Luna's voice sounded more gentle, but not less demanding for you to oblige.

You would be able to use it once the process of marking and mating had been done and it would come to you naturally.

Not to mention with the fact that Redmond gave his promise to Iris, to keep her safe and follow every word that she uttered without question, thus this order only sealed the deal.

"Ck, ck, ck…" Redmond clicked his tongue, annoyed. "I don't believe that you can pull such an order on me."

Iris then took something from her pocket and walked over toward Redmond. Jace and Will looked at her curiously and the thing in her hand.

Only when she was close enough that they could see it. It was a dagger, a silver dagger that Iris took from Redmond that night when she stabbed the lycan to pull the shard of the curse magic stone out.2

Iris handed the dagger to Redmond.

"That, or you can end your life." Iris' voice was so callous when she said that. "Just like you said, if the secret is known, all of us will be doomed, I don't want to take that risk."

"Or we can do it my way and we will survive. I don't give a shit about the Howling Wolf pack."

Iris made Redmond take back his dagger and then she walked back toward Cane. "He is my mate, my loyalty lies in him. If you harm him… you harm me."

"Have you forgotten that he raped you? It's that easy for you to forget?"

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