367: ANOTHER SIDE OF IRIS

ANOTHER SIDE OF IRIS

Cane felt this uncomfortable feeling when he was talking to alpha James from Bloody Wolf pack. The other three alphas had arrived and they only needed to wait for alpha Andrian from Diandem pack. 

However, Cane couldn't concentrate with their conversation, though there was nothing important about it, since alpha James only talked about how many women, he had been bedded during his journey here. 

Most of the time Cane couldn't understand why these nasty people could be the leader of a lot of people when they acted nothing more than an animal. They didn't have a shred of sense of leadership at all, neither the compassion that was needed. 

Because this uncomfortable feeling wormed into his heart, Cane cut short his conversation and then went away to find Iris only to hear something had happened to her. 

And right now, the woman before his eyes was completely different from the timid woman he had known for more than half a year. She looked feral. Blood stained her hand that was holding a white dagger he had given her. More blood on her face and the front of her dress. 

Her beautiful blue eyes dimmed, it filled with murderous intention, as she glared at Cane with the coldness he didn't think she could muster. 

Cane was stunned for a moment, but then he approached her slowly. "Iris?" he called her name, but there was no reaction from her, instead her grip on the dagger in her hand tightened when she saw Cane came closer. 

Cane stopped in his track, as he could see how defensive Iris was with his presence. "What happened to her?" he turned his head to look at Redmond, who looked mortified. 

"Alpha Gill…" Redmond felt uncomfortable to explain the situation, because he didn't want to picture Iris in such situation. He didn't want to explain it to Cane that his mate had been touched by someone else. He was not sure how Cane would react, there was a possibility the alpha would discard his luna. 

Man could have as many woman they wanted, but once the woman was touched without their man's permission, they were deemed to be punished no matter what the situation they were in. 

That was how Redmond perceived this situation, since that was the mentality and way of thinking he grew up with, more so, that was how alpha Gerald treated his women. One of the reason why he killed his mate when he found out prince Kellan slept with her. 

However, a single dagger look from Cane was enough to make him blurted out the truth about what he had seen when he entered the room. 

Iris looked scary at this moment, but this alpha was even scarier… Redmond almost thought, he was seeing the lycan instead.

"When I entered the room, I saw Iris stabbed alpha Gill and she was…" Redmond grimaced when he glanced at Iris. She had her auburn hair covered her naked top, while her dress crumpled around her waist, as she was still sitting down in the same position with dagger in her hand. "… she was like that, she…" Redmond trailed off. 

He didn't need to explain further about what happened, because someone like Cane would be able to put two to two easily. It wouldn't need to take a genius to know what Iris had gone through. 

"Alpha… I am sure, she is innocent in this case, it is…" Redmond tried to defend Iris, but Cane cut him off. 

"Did he die?"

Redmond blinked his eyes when he heard the question. "Pardon?" But, a second later he realized, who he meant by 'he'. "No. Alpha Gill is still alive, I secured him in the next room, he wouldn't be able to do anything. His condition…" Redmond didn't know how to explain it in word about how Alpha Gill was right now. "…. His condition is a little bit weird."

"Hm." Cane couldn't care less about alpha Gill's condition, he could die for all he cared, but if he had not yet, he would make sure he would. 

Right now, his focus was on his mate. 

On the other hand, Jace was shocked to see Iris right now, she looked… terrifying! Was this the same woman? Once he overcame his shocked, he immediately averted his gaze away because even though he couldn't see her naked body, since her long hair covered her nudity, but in his mind, she wouldn't appreciate it when he stared at her in such vulnerable situation. 

Jace did the same thing like when he caught Iris and Cane inside the library. 

Meanwhile, Cane started to approach his mate, but Jace held his arm back. "Cane, I don't think this is a good idea for you to come closer to her." 

Yet, Cane shook his hand away, didn't seem to heed his beta's warning, which left Jace speechless, while Redmond wanted to know what Cane would do to make Iris snapped back to reality, or… what he would do to her.

Cane approached Iris calmly. He didn't even seem on alert when Iris raised the dagger, pointing it at him. From the look of it, Iris was in complete defensive state, she didn't even recognize Cane. 

Earlier, Redmond was almost being stabbed by her if it was not for his good reflex when he dragged alpha Gill away from her. 

Redmond was not sure what Cane's plan was, but he didn't think killing the alpha of the Riverside pack would be in line with his plan and the death of alpha Gill would jeopardize it. After all, Iris had gotten herself involved too deep with Cane, thus if the alpha was down, Iris would be dragged along with him. 

"Iris," Cane called her name again, but he didn't back away when Iris lowered her body, ready to pounce on him, in a way he had taught her how to use her dagger when they spent their time inside the forest. 

But, Cane didn't even flinch when he got on the bed and made it dipped slightly, because of his weight, which put Iris was on high alert and she started to grit her teeth, Cane could hear the way she grinded her molars. 

And when Cane didn't back down, Iris swung her arm in vertical motion to stab him on his shoulder. 

There was still time for Cane to dodge the attack, but he didn't do it, instead, he waited for her to do it and took the attack when he was close enough to her. He gritted his teeth when the dagger pierced through his flesh and nestled on his shoulder.  2

Blood oozed out from the wound, it splashed on Iris's face as well, added more blood on her hand. 

However, when Iris was about to pull the dagger, Cane used his right hand to hold hers firmly, so the dagger couldn't be pulled out. The blade sunk deeper into his flesh and the pain would be unimaginable, especially when Iris tried to move it, yet Cane was unfazed with the pain. 

He could take the dagger by force, but there was a possibility Iris would get hurt. This way was the safest way for her. 

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