94: I WILL CATCH A COLD

I WILL CATCH A COLD

Will didn't go straight to Iris' bedroom. Instead, he looked for Hanna first. He saw the woman near the washing room with the other women, chatting away. She looked brilliant and exuded warmth and gentleness, as if everything became better with her touch alone.

"Hanna…" Will called her, he cursed himself for looking so pathetic. Why would he become so nervous just to call her name?

Hanna turned around and her eyes landed on him, she was smiling and this made Will feel his heart thumping wildly. He felt silly because he didn't know what to do with his hands that were getting clammy by his sides.

"Yes, Sir Will?" Hanna approached him, while the other girls giggled to see this scene. Will really wanted to tell them to shut up because it created a strange atmosphere between the two.

"I am not a Sir, you can just call me Will."

The giggling from behind became even more noticeable and Will could see how Hanna's face turned bright red. She tried to make them drop it, but the four girls only laughed it off.

"I can't do that, you are Alpha's personal bodyguard." In other words, he held a higher rank than her. "May I know why you are looking for me?" She tried to ignore her friends' teasing, but he could see how it affected her, in a good way, if Will could say.

"I need your help to call for luna Iris," he said. It was a little bit awkward for him to address Iris as the luna of the pack, but it was her title and it was not polite to call her by her name when he was only a guard.

"She is in her room, you can find her there."

Will scratched his head. "I can't just barge into her room, right?"

Since Iris couldn't hear, there was no way she would know even if there was someone right outside her door, no matter how loud he was calling for her or how long he knocked on her door.

"Oh." Hanna immediately understood. "Come with me," she said and the other girls cheered in the background, they were like teenagers.

Hanna shot them a warning glare, but it only made them laugh even more, while Will pretended that he heard nothing.

Both of them walked to Iris' bedroom in silence. They didn't know what to say because they didn't have anything in common to talk about. However, the absence of a conversation left Will confused as to what to do. He wanted to talk to her, but about what? The topics that he could come up with would be so boring to her.

"How is it in the Howling Wolf pack?" He asked, scratching his head. This was the best topic that you could think of? He chided himself.

"I like it here," Hanna replied earnestly, as she smiled lovingly. "I like the people here too. Do you like returning to your homeland?"

"Yes."

"Oh."

And there, another spell of silence. 

Thankfully, it was only a ten minute walk and they finally arrived in front of Iris' bedroom door, right next to the alpha's.

"I will call her." Hanna then entered the bedroom, while Will waited for them outside. He didn't stop reproaching himself for choosing such a silly topic to talk to her.

Not long after that, the door was opened and this time, he saw Iris.

"Yes?" She asked. Her big blue eyes stared at Will. Her hair was a little bit messy, since she just tied it behind her back.

"The alpha is looking for you, he needs you in the training ground."

"Training ground?" Iris glanced at the window, it was raining.

"I will bring an umbrella for you," Will said, knowing what she was thinking.

"Oh, okay…"

Iris didn't know why Cane needed her in the training ground, but seeing how nervous Will was, she couldn't help but think that it was something urgent, thus she didn't ask further.

Little did she know, the personal guard was nervous for something else entirely.

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Redmond's eyes flickered in annoyance to see Iris walk toward them. She was holding an umbrella, but it was not enough to keep her dry. The hem of her dress only got wetter as she walked across the water puddles.2

"Come here, you can catch a cold if you walk in the rain," Iris said to Will, who refused to stand under the same umbrella as her.

"We, shifters, are not that weak. We can stand in the rain for a whole day and night and be perfectly fine." He didn't mean to brag, but just stated the facts.

That was why, under that impression, no one cared enough even if they had to work or walk in the rain.

"But, I get sick," Iris said in a small voice, she looked dejected and only then Will realized he had said something wrong.

"Oh, that's…" Will was speechless, but right after that, Cane beckoned her to come closer.

Iris quickened her pace and approached the two of them, while Will stayed behind with the beta and the gamma.

"We can find somewhere else to talk," Redmond said in a grim tone.

Cane glanced at Iris, who was shivering slightly when the cold wind blew over and without saying anything, he walked to the side, where they could take shelter from this rain, as the two of them followed.

They were taking shelter in a tunnel that connected the training ground to the exit.

Once they were there, Iris put down her umbrella and took off her shoes.

"What are you doing?" Redmond frowned.

"Yes?" Iris lifted her head and he repeated his question. "My shoes are wet, I will catch a cold if I keep wearing them."

"Now, tell me about the black market." Cane didn't beat around the bush. Since this idea came from Iris, she must be there to know this as well and the alpha could use her to press Redmond from talking nonsense.

The underside of pledging your loyalty was; you couldn't lie in front of the person that you gave your oath to.

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