366: PREDICAMENT (3)

PREDICAMENT (3)

Iris bit her lips until she could feel her blood in her mouth, tears rolled down her eyes, as she tried to reach something from the side pocket of her dress, which now gathered around her waist. 

Alpha Gill didn't pay close attention to her, as he enjoyed whatever he could get at this moment to satisfy his need. 

Iris fought waves of disgust and hatred feeling she was going through right now. She hated the feeling of his hands on her and how he touched her. It brought back more memories when Kellan assaulted her when she was a child. 

The images that flashed before her eyes were so vivid, the touch from alpha Gill and what he was doing to her, overlapped with the images of what Kellan had done to her. Everything came crashing down at her at the same time, rendered her petrified. 

Her hand stopped moving to find the dagger that Cane gave to her, her mind froze, caged her in her own fear and trapped her in her trauma, as the same thing happened to her again, right now. 

She should fight, but she couldn't move a finger. She should scream to ask for help, but she lost the ability to do so as well. 

Her brain was entrapped in the most darkest memory in her life, which she tried to forget and her mind was her enemy right now. 

Cane… 

She kept calling that name to keep her sane, yet, even so, it was so hard for her to stop the stream of her thoughts, from dragging her down. 

Iris stared at the ceiling, trying to move her body, as she breathed erratically, though alpha Gill was no longer covered her mouth and nose and she supposed to be able to breath freely, she still felt she was being strangled. 

Cane…

Iris tried to ward off image after image of Kellan. Her memories returned in such time, where she really didn't need it. 

And when she thought she would be done for, Iris saw a wisp, which gradually formed into a wolf… a dark grey wolf. The wolf was akin to a smoke and it descended down to her, close enough for Iris to touch it if she could lift her hand. 

For a moment, she was distracted by this sight. What was this? Did other people could see it? But then, she felt this ominous feeling, where you felt the rage within you, like a storm that hit you so hard. 

Iris hated the sight of the grey wolf somehow and eventually lifted her hand to strangle the dark grey smoke, which had the form of a wolf. She tightened her grip and the smoke evaporated. 

And at the same time, alpha Gill let out a shriek, so loud, it rang throughout the walls. The sound was akin to a goat was being butchered. 

He clutched his chest tightly and rolled his body to the side. Curling himself in pain. 

Once alpha Gill got off from her body and Iris could move easily, she immediately grabbed the silver dagger from the crumpled of her dress and stabbed the alpha on his shoulder a few times. 

"DIE! DIE! DIE!" Iris screamed, as if she was being possessed. "GO DIE!"

Because of the commotion and a lot of screams from inside the room, Redmond, who was looking for Iris, because he couldn't find her in her bedroom, immediately approached this room, because he wouldn't be mistaken, it must be her voice. 

And the sight before his eyes was something he had never thought would ever happen. He was petrified to see her right now. 

Just less than an hour ago, Iris was that bashful woman, who was scared to ride a warhorse on her own, but right now, she basked in blood with silver dagger in her hand and murderous intention in her dark blue eyes. 

She glared viciously at Redmond, as if he was interrupting something important for her and out of instinct, he took a step back out of fear…

"I- Iris…?" He was not sure this was the same person he had known before, such ferocious sight… would it be really her?

Somewhere, miles away from this pack, across the sea, in a certain hall, the light from the five swords dimmed…

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The wave of monster attack lasted for six hours, which killed a dozen of warriors from the Red Claw pack and the royal warriors. 

Thankfully, the warrior from the Howling Wolf pack managed to survive the attack and none of them lost their lives. 

"Let me see," Will said curtly upon seeing the wound on Hanna's arm, he made her sat down on a huge rock, so he could check how deep her wound was. He was worried the monster that had attacked her was poisonous. 

Hanna was harmed when Will didn't pay close attention to her, since he had to fight a troll by himself. 

"No need, it will heal eventually," Hanna said gloomily, as she retracted her hand from his grip, but Will grabbed her wrist and pulled her sleeve to check on her. "I told you, there is no need for you to care!" Hanna raised her voice slightly. 2

Yet, Will didn't budge, he held her hand firmly, didn't let her go, even when Hanna glared a dagger look at him. 

"That's all it takes for you to talk to me? Should I bleed first for you to deign me with your presence, or should I be dying for you to finally look at me?" Hanna said her grievances through her gritted teeth, she kept trying to pull her hand away from him, but he was way stronger than her. 

Meanwhile, all the warriors around them immediately moved away to give the two of them some personal spaces, since they didn't want to be caught in the crossfire. Hanna could be very scary when she was angry and Will really needed to get scolded for his behavior and the way he treated her. 

"I will get something to stop the bleeding." Will ignored Hanna's sarcastic words, as he stood up and was about to leave, but then Hanna grabbed his hand and used all of her strength to make him turned around and faced her. 

"If you avoid me, keep avoiding me! Your action makes me confused! I don't understand what's going on with you, but if you don't care about me, stay away from me!" 

After saying that, Hanna left Will alone, as the man stared at her back and for the first time, he felt something. He felt the pain to see how much he had hurt her.

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"What happened?" Cane asked darkly when he saw Redmond had been waiting for him in front of a certain bedroom. 

Jace couldn't explain the situation in detail because he was also clueless, the beta only told Cane something bad had happened to Iris and the alpha rushed here, disregarding the other alphas.

"You need to do something," Redmond said quickly, as he widened the door to let Cane saw what happened with Iris. 

And the sight before Cane's eyes made his heart lurched, he stopped in his track to see the gruesome scene in this room. 

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