382: A LESSON TO LEARN

A LESSON TO LEARN

Later that night, after Iris and Cane had their dinner, they talked for a bit before the exhaustion hit Iris. It was a long day for her, a tired one at that, since she went through a lot of turmoil and everything that happened in the span of two days had drained her emotionally. All she needed right now was a good sleep.  0

Cane was there to hold her when she drifted into her slumber, patting her back in soothing motion, as he occasionally kissed her head. 

He didn't think he had completely gotten her back, as she was in so much pain and it would take her more time to heal, but some time, there was wound that couldn't be healed no matter how long you endured it. You would live with it and it was fine… as the pain would remind you how you could survive to this point. 

He wished nothing for her, but to be strong, in her mind, in her heart, because she would need that strength to go through what would come later. 

Once Iris had fallen asleep and her breathing was even out, Cane slowly detached himself from her and got off the bed. He made sure she was covered with blanket warmly because she had low tolerance of coldness before he kissed her forehead and walked out of the bedroom. 

His beta had been waiting for him there. 

Jace looked anxious and kept frowning at him, he stared at Cane weirdly, as if he was going to say something, but didn't know how to voice out his concern. 

"Are you coming here to stare at me?" Cane asked, he folded his arms in front of his chest, leaning his back against the door behind him. His beta acted weirdly. "Something bad is going on?"

Jace shook his head and continued with the report about the condition with the other four pack and how the pack member's reaction upon hearing their alpha had been executed for engaging themselves with dark magic. 

Those pack members' reaction was more or less the same like the Riverside pack member, they didn't really mourn the death of their alphas, but became a little bit anxious about what Cane was going to do and what would happen with them. 

They were not worried about who became the next alpha and led the pack, because after a long winter, the were facing something more concerning. Winter resulted famine throughout the region and these five alphas did nothing to help them and now when the winter passed, they needed to bury their family member and fought for their lives to survive. 

That was why, they dreaded what would happen to them next with the change of power within the pack, not actually really cared about their dead alphas. 

"What about their betas and gammas?" The four alphas came here without their betas and gammas, thus there were these people, who was still in charge within the pack. 

"Just like your instruction, we have sent people to overlook the situation there and keep tab on what they are doing. Your guess is right, those alphas have been hoarding food during winter." Jace looked so upset when he reported this, because he knew how scarce food during winter and how many people had died because they couldn't survive during this harsh period of time, while alpha Gerald and his nasty men had a lot of things to eat during that time. 

The reason was because; they were hoarding food. All the southern alphas did that to their pack member, afraid the food wouldn't be enough for all the parties they held, while people were barely eating anything. 

That was why, it was easy for Cane to guess, actually, there were a lot of food, enough for all people and kept them from starving. 

"Arthur has returned to the pack and observe the situation with Sofia," Jace said, nudged the topic he was dying for to know, once he finished with his main report. "What are you going to do with her?"

"Nothing," Cane replied curtly and Jace felt dejected when he heard that short answer like usual. 

"I understand once the baby comes out, they will know the baby is not your child, but what are you going to do with the pack member? They will be heartbroken to learn they have been deceived." Jace tried to get more information about this matter. 

"It will be a lesson for them to learn not to trust something blindly, just because it seems something like they have wished for." 

Some time, a lesson needed to be taught gently, so you would understand it better, but some time, it would come harshly, so it would engrave in your mind and build your character, something you would never forget. 

Cane chose the harshest and fastest way for his pack member, since he didn't have time to coddle them with explanation when they were very excited without having any doubt at all and jumped to the conclusion that their prays had been answered. 

"What about Iris?" Jace tried to push his luck. "I feel like the pack member will put her under the pressure because she has not yet with a child…" His voice trailed off, because he knew, he touched a sensitive topic, but he was dying of curiosity about what was going on with the two of them. 

Originally, Cane planned to send Iris back to the Howling Wolf pack because of what happened with alpha Gill, but in Jace's opinion, their pack member wouldn't be any of help when Sofia was around, if anything, Iris would feel unwelcomed. The beta understood the gravity of the situation. 

"She will be with me until the matter in the pack has been cleared." In another word, Cane wouldn't return until the baby was born, so did Iris. 

"Ohh…" Jace was at lost. "Are you serious with her?" he finally blurted it out. "I saw you… treated her differently. You kissed her, why?"

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