380: CLAIM THE BABY (2)

CLAIM THE BABY (2)

Cane was infertile and Iris knew that fact since the beginning. He wouldn't have a baby on his own, though it had never mentioned and she had never thought about it too deeply, but the king's demand was always in the back of her mind.  2

In rare time, Iris wondered what kind of plot Cane would create to get away from it. What if the time came and he was still without a child? Would he blame her for that? Iris didn't think Cane would do that to her. 

And now Sofia came and everything was crashing down around her when the realization of what Cane would do, the possibility he thought about it, crushed her broken heart. The pain of what future held for her, the thought of her future self, where she had to keep up with another woman, while the whole pack praised her for giving Cane an heir, how those people would go back to see her as none other than Gerald's daughter, scared her and now her fear had turned into anger and made her so bitter about anything… about everything…

This was an opportunity for Cane to be able to get away with the king's demand and knowing him, he wouldn't let this slide. Cane was an opportunist and both of them were well aware of that fact. 

So, what left for Iris? What she would become? She held his deepest secret, but what she could do with those secrets? It didn't look like she was capable of helping him with anything aside from calming down the lycan. 

People would see her as a failure because she couldn't give the alpha a child and all the finger would be pointed at her. There was no way it would cross their mind the alpha was the one with the problem and the truth would forever be buried. 

For them to learn about that fact and for it the secret to come to light, would ruin a lot of things, more so, it would do more harm than good. 

Iris felt so worthless and dirty. She was so angry with herself and the situation. She had never felt such strong emotions before and this dreaded her. 

Cane would raise the child as his own, since he needed to pass down his title someday and this child was his chance. This child would probably be the 'only child' for Cane and that woman would take everything Iris wished to have. 

Her desire to belong to someone, to a pack, to feel like she was part of them, like a family… it would never happen. 

Iris was frustrated. She had been shunned away by people around her since she was a child and having a brother like Mason and a father like Gerald only made her desired for the connection and affection she had never received. 

This was the reason why Iris clung to Cane desperately and how Redmond would reprimand her how she would do everything to please her mate, because she felt the affection and the connection from the mate bond, something she had longed for so long. 

And now, with Sofia came around, things wouldn't be the same between her and Cane. Called her selfish, but she liked it when those women looked at her with envy because she was the only woman in Cane's life. 

In the past, Iris was sure, Cane wouldn't take a mistress because the complicated situation with his condition, but she was not sure anymore now. 

Sofia could be a luna of the pack because she had a child with Cane, just like how her father took her mother as his luna because he was infatuated by her beauty. 

Then what about her?

"What now?! What will you do now?! What should I do?!" Iris literally screamed agitatedly at Cane, something she had never done before. 

Because the alpha wanted to know what was in her mind and he wouldn't let her go before he learned about it, thus Iris blurted out everything, so he would know what bothered and scared her. 

Her words were jumbled up, she kept repeating the same thing for a while, because she was overwhelmed with her emotions.

However, Cane could get the gist of it and was able to get a grip of what the caused of her anger. Somehow, he felt relief with the way she screamed at him and tried to communicate her feeling again. He really didn't like it when she ignored him. 

"You don't need to do anything," Cane finally replied, after Iris stopped screaming at him, but his answer only aggravated her. 

That was it? After she almost lost her breath to explain her feeling, only that sentence she got?! Iris swatted his hand and pushed him away. 

She probably would regret the way she treated Cane right now when she came to her sense, but something snapped inside of her after what alpha Gill had done, she felt a lot of anger inside of her and she couldn't control it. 

After Iris pushed Cane away from her, she stood up and was about to walk away when the alpha immediately stood up as well and grabbed her wrist to make her stayed. 

"Let me go!" Iris snarled at him, glaring angrily at Cane, but the alpha simply nudged the back of his hand toward her mouth, which made her confused. 

"If you are going to bite me again, do it."

Iris blushed. Ugh! "I am not going to do that!"

"Then let's talk calmly." Cane stretched out his hand, as he pinched her chin to make her stopped biting her lip. "And don't bite yourself too." His voice was so soft, only if Iris could hear him, she would know how gentle he was with her right now. People around him wouldn't know he still had this side of him after what he had gone through. 

"You will claim the baby."

"I will not." Cane shook his head. "It's impossible after all."

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