56: THE MONSTER ATTACK

THE MONSTER ATTACK

Only when Ethan pointed it out did Iris realize the fact that silver didn't hurt her. After all, it was a rare occasion for her to encounter silver. No, she didn't think that she had ever encountered silver before or even touched it.

But now, when Ethan said it, she looked at her hands that were holding the silver chains and felt weird because she indeed didn't feel hurt at all.

"Really?" Ethan frowned so hard. "How can that happen?"

Iris bit her lips, she missed the question, but Cane reminded her to continue to put the chains on him. Now, he had confirmed one more thing about her.

It took Iris a little bit longer to put the chains on Cane, because she wasn't used to doing it. Also because they doubled the chains, so Cane wouldn't be able to break free again.

After it was done, Iris stepped back and stood behind Ethan and Jace, staring at Cane, who started to shift into his lycan form.

Despite not being able to hear the sound of breaking bones, as his body twisted in weird angles, Iris could see how painful it was for Cane to be forced to shift into that monster. He was screaming, though she was unable to hear that, but once he had shifted completely into his lycan form, Iris started to hear that howling sound again.

This howl sounded so pitiful and sad at the same time. This was the same howl that Iris heard that night.

On the other hand, Ethan and Jace were on alert, both of them didn't let their guards down because things could escalate so fast. They were ready to shift into their beasts at the slightest doubt that the lycan started to feel agitated.

His red eyes were gleaming in the dark, as the reflection of fire danced in his eyes, but they were fixed on Iris.

The lycan howled, but it didn't try to break the chains that held him back, instead, compared to the previous time, this time, the beast was a little bit too calm. The lycan would only howl every now and then, but not try to do anything aggressive.

Yet, all of them could see how those red eyes were intrigued at the sight of Iris.

"I have never seen him so calm like this before." Jace frowned to see how the lycan didn't even make any attempt to break free.

"W- what does the alpha usually do in his lycan form?" Iris asked curiously. Her curiosity always got the better of her, as she looked at Jace and Ethan, waiting for any one of them to provide her with a little bit of explanation.

"He would hunt down the monsters in the Goffa mountain," Jace replied simply.

Apparently, in the six months they gathered power after they managed to break free from Alpha Gerald's clutches, it was also the time when Cane used dark magic in order to fight back.

They needed to counterattack quickly because they couldn't afford to fight the Blue Moon pack if Alpha Gerald managed to gather his supporters and attacked them first.

Therefore, to strengthen the little bit of power that he had, the alpha made a sacrifice by using dark magic, which cost him himself.

And when every new moon came, Ethan and Jace would set him free in the Goffa mountain, for him to kill the monsters there to satisfy the lycan's thirst for blood.

But, they couldn't do it right now, because there was a chance for the lycan to charge at their own people and kill them.

In the past, there were one or two guards who died during the new moon, but they were from the Blue Moon pack, thus they didn't care much about it, while this time, it was a different situation.

"How can you do that?" Ethan asked after he tapped Iris' shoulder to get her attention.

Iris tilted her head. "Do what?" She didn't understand. She didn't do anything.

The three of them were sitting on the hard ground, watching the monster that had his red eyes fixed on Iris. And strangely enough, the lycan was way more calm than the few other nights. There was just the occasional howl or whimper, but aside from that, this monster looked almost docile, which was confusing.

"That." Jace nodded at the calm lycan.

"I didn't do anything. I am sitting right here with you," Iris replied in a matter of fact tone.

On the other hand, Ethan glanced at her with a frown, there were a lot of things that went through his mind, but he didn't know whether he had to voice this or not.

In the end, all of them fell silent, this was the most quiet and peaceful night during the new moon time for Jace, Ethan and the lycan in six months, while Iris was just grateful that the lycan wouldn't pounce on her or hurt her again.

She hugged herself and rested her head on top of her knees. This night was a little bit cold for her. She stared at the lycan and heard him howling. This was the first sound that she heard since her life had been so quiet for years.

The night was so peaceful and none of them were talking, until the lycan suddenly roared viciously and tried to free himself from the chains that rendered him unable to move.

Jace and Ethan's bodies stiffened, they thought the lycan would start wreaking havoc again, but then they heard something in the distance and craned their necks to hear it more clearly.

"What is that?" Ethan muttered, as he stood up. Aside from the vicious roar of the lycan, they could hear some other commotion. "I will go and check."

It was hard for them to coordinate with one another without having the ability to mind link their pack members and all of that was thanks to alpha Gerald, who had severed the connection between them.

Iris also stood up when she saw Jace pacing inside the basement, he was trying to figure out what the commotion was about. She shifted her attention between Jace and the lycan and the more time passed, the more agitated the lycan became.

"What happened?" Iris asked, she didn't know why Ethan suddenly went out in such haste, but she assumed there must be something awful that was happening.

However, Jace didn't answer her question. Meanwhile, the tension on his face became even more palpable.

Now, the howling that Iris heard had turned into ferocious growls. Something aggravated the lycan, but she didn't have any idea what that was.

"The monsters from the Goffa mountain attacked the people in the mines and those beasts almost reached the pack house!" Ethan shouted once he opened the door. He looked mortified.

"What!?" Jace was shocked. "At a time like this?!" He stared at the lycan and then at Iris, who missed what they were saying, Ethan talked too fast for her to follow, thus she didn't know what happened.

"What is it?" She was desperate to know what was going on around her, but none of them gave her an answer.

"Stay here," Jace said to her grimly, but Iris clutched his sleeve, stopping him from leaving her here alone with the lycan. She was still afraid of being alone with this monster.

"W- where are you going?" Iris stuttered, she begged the beta to stay with her eyes. She was almost crying at this point.

"There is a monster attack and they almost reached the pack house, I need to go." Jace pulled his hand away from her grip. "The lycan is calm with you here. You will be fine."

On what basis could he make such a conclusion? Had he forgotten about how she had almost died when she found herself alone with the lycan the last time?

However, Jace didn't have time to argue with her over that. His people needed him now that the alpha couldn't be there to lead the warriors and defend the attack of the monsters.

Recently, the monsters in Goffa mountain became more and more aggressive. Within the last month, there were two attacks that were reported. Thankfully, there were no victims, but then the monsters had never reached the pack house before.

If they had indeed reached it, it meant that the situation in the mines was very bad, since there would be the first line of defense that they had to break through before they reached the village and the pack house.

"N- no, wait!" Yet, Iris couldn't stop them from leaving her alone here with the angry lycan. She tried to leave with the beta and gamma, but the lycan became even more agitated when she even walked closer to the door and out of his sight. "Ssh… ssh… calm down, okay… you are scaring me."

Iris felt like she was going crazy for even attempting to talk with the lycan, as if he could understand her, but she was worried about Hanna.

"What do you want me to do?" Iris frowned, because she felt like the beast wanted her to come closer. She took a step closer and the beast growled in a low voice. He reduced his attempts to free himself from the chains and when Iris took another step closer, the beast became even calmer. "Do you want me to come to you?"

Probably she read the situation wrongly, but she felt she was right with her interpretation.

Iris had been trying to figure out why the alpha could shift back into his human form before the sunrise, but there was no book that explained anything about it. Probably, she needed to hole herself up inside the library a little bit longer. There must be a book that could explain that somewhere.

Thankfully, her mother loved to read, thus the library was built solely for her and it contained millions of books from various places.

Iris stared straight into the red eyes before her, this was the first time she held his gaze and she felt… less scared of the monster.

His red eyes were so dark, like the color of blood and the reason behind it was because of the lycan's thirst for blood. He needed to kill to quench such thirst.

A lycan's existence was solely to kill, that was why they were called as cursed shifters.

But then, when Iris was transfixed by those red color eyes, all of a sudden the lycan shifted his attention to something behind her and started to roar more viciously, he literally thrashed his body strongly to break free from his restraints.

"What…?" Iris turned her body around and saw a Brinetallon staring down at her.

Brinetallon was a monster the size of a werewolf, with two heads and tails as sharp as daggers, filled with venom.

This was the first time for Iris to see a living Brinetallon, she saw this monster years ago when the pack went on a monster hunt and what she saw then was just a dead body.

Iris took a step back, which made her walk closer toward the lycan, who was snarling viciously at this intruder.0

If this monster was here, it meant they had reached the pack house.

The Brinetallon snarled back at the lycan, but didn't dare to come closer toward Iris, even though the lycan was chained.

Iris felt her heart thump in her ears because she knew that she didn't have a way to escape from this predicament. The only exit was the door and it was right behind the Brinetallon. She wouldn't be able to go past that monster without being harmed in the process.

Let alone injuries, she would be lucky enough if she come out alive.

On the other hand, it was the lycan.

Iris glanced at the lycan over her shoulder and watched how this beast was wrathful with the presence of another beast inside this room.

Should I release him and let them fight? Maybe by then she could find a way to escape.

But then, there was no guarantee that she wouldn't be crushed first when they started to fight in this small room.

Just one stray strike from any of these monsters, and she would die.

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