304: IN MY DREAM

IN MY DREAM

0Apparently, what Cane said to Lou was enough to make the merchant had a lot to thing of, thus he went back to the palace to think about the matter thoroughly, therefore, he didn't join them for dinner. 3

It was not his presence was expected, thus no one asked why he was not there.

Right now, the dinner happened in the dining room again like the last time, so did their sitting position, as Cane was at prince Kellan's right side and Iris was beside him.

From the corner of his eyes, he could see how Iris was uncomfortable to be close to the prince, she looked like she was going to flee at any moment, yet Cane did nothing. His eyes flickered with complicated look.

He had been trying to figure out what was wrong with Iris and dug deeper about prince Kellan, yet he found nothing suspicious aside from the incident ten years ago when he was dethrone as the crown prince, aside from that, his image was impeccable.

"I am so glad to see you have recovered well!" prince Kellan said cheerfully, he was smiling at Iris and she was left with no other choice, but to look at him, since it was not polite to ignore the prince. "How are you feeling now?"

"Thank you prince Kellan for your concern, I am feeling better now," Iris said softly, as she held Cane's hand tightly, as if she was holding onto her dear life.

"I am glad. Alpha Cane was very worried about you." Prince Kellan put a huge chunk of meat to her plate, which was supposed to be an honor for Iris, but she felt sick to see the meat. "Here, eat more. You need to gain your energy back."

"Thank you, prince Kellan."

"I should apologize to you, because I forgot that you are allergic to strawberry," prince Kellan said and then he laughed merrily to see the confusion on Iris's expression. "I have told you before, we were rather close when you were little, unfortunately, you don't remember it."

Cane caught a sight of his mate, she lowered her head and said nothing.

Iris ended up eating the meat, but only after a few bites, she felt sick to her stomach and whispered to Cane that she needed to go the bathroom.

"Ask Redmond to go with you," Cane said.

Redmond just arrived this evening to give him a report and also because he wanted to see Iris, he had made a fuss because he was being separated by his master and instead worked under Cane's order. He was pissed to run errand for the alpha, though he did his job well.

Currently, he was shoving his mouth, while arguing with Ethan on the other table. He wouldn't notice if Iris went out of the room at this point.

"Okay," Iris replied and excused herself.

Thankfully, Redmond saw her stood up, as her red hair caught his attention and he followed Iris out of the dining room, cursing at the gamma for whatever argumentation they had.

Meanwhile, the poor little children around their table had moved far away from them, afraid of the two men.

Outside the dining room, Iris couldn't hold it back any longer, as she vomited under the tree and Redmond immediately came to approach her.

"What happened with you? I heard you were sick, didn't the healer tell you whether or not you are pregnant?" Redmond massaged her back, he kept nagging at her, though she couldn't read what he was saying. "You can't be so reckless with your health, you know."

One of the reasons why he insisted to come here was because he needed to talk to Cane, since he didn't get any chance to talk with him about Iris before.

"How can you be so sick like this?"

Yet, Iris kept vomiting everything she had eaten. The last thing she needed was being nagged, thankfully, she didn't have any idea what Redmond was talking about.

"The healer that treated you must be a quack! How can you still be sick?" Redmond clicked his tongue with annoyance, but he didn't leave her alone there and kept massaging her back.

"Get wet towel and a glass of warm water."

Redmond whipped his head when he heard the voice and realized someone was coming closer toward them. It was Cane. He left the dining room to check on his mate, because he could see how pale she was.

From the look of it, he couldn't continue with this method. Iris would be really sick before he could find any clue.

"Move!" Cane snapped at Redmond, who didn't budge from his position.

Leaving with no other option, the warrior left to get the things the alpha had told him, while Iris was even more mortified to see Cane was there.

It would be the second time, he saw her in this condition and she didn't want him here. Yet, she couldn't stop herself, as she emptied her stomach. Her head was throbbing painfully.

On the other hand, Redmond returned as fast as he could and Cane grabbed the towel first, as he cleaned Iris's mouth and then handed the water for her to rinse her mouth.

When he was sure Iris had stopped vomiting, he carried her in his arms after he gave the towel and glass to Redmond. "Bring a bowl of congee."

Redmond blinked his eyes when he heard the order, but when Cane had taken Iris away, he grumbled to himself. "I am not a servant, okay?!"

Still, he did what Cane told him to do.

Tonight, Iris didn't get a fever, but she got a nightmare and would wake up every now and then, only to find Cane was holding her closely. He didn't sleep and the room was so bright, since he knew how she was afraid of the dark.

But before the sunrise, when Iris woke up again from her nightmare, Cane tried to talk with her.

"What you have been dreaming of?" Cane held her so close, as he ran his fingers through her hair. His expression didn't show his feeling.

He could see how Iris felt uncomfortable around prince Kellan, but in the last two meetings, her reaction was very intense, though he couldn't say for the first one, since she got her allergy flared up.

"You kept saying; don't tell anyone."

Iris's body was stiffened in Cane's arms when he mentioned that and he knew immediately something had gone wrong between Iris and prince Kellan.

He could see how she was having a hard time to breath properly, thus he didn't press the matter, but he didn't let it go either, Cane was waiting for her to tell him something.

It took a little bit longer for Iris to find her voice. "I… I dreamed of prince Kellan, he spent time with me when I was little. I remembered how happy I was when there was someone playing with me… but, when I woke up, I feel this dreadful feeling." The next word came out as a whisper. "I am afraid of him…"

"Why?"

Iris shook her head, tears welled up in her eyes. "I stood… In my dream, I stood naked."

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