The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 18

Chapter 18: HER LIFE WOULD END LIKE THIS

The sun had set when the monsters started wreaking havoc in the mining area. Vicious roars and growls could be heard in the distance, as countless beasts came forward to fight those creatures.

Howling Wolf pack and Blue Moon pack were neighboring packs, as they shared the mining area during those days before the horrifying attack, and behind the mining area was the Goffa mountain, where those monsters lived.

There would be a monster hunt event that would be held every three months, where they would kill the monsters around the mountain.

But, ever since Blue Moon pack enslaved Howling Wolf pack people, they used to send them away to do the job, where Cane would lead his own people to do it.

Though Cane could run away during that time, he couldn't do it, since alpha Gerald swore he would behead all of the members of his pack and put their heads on the spikes. He would lose his people forever.

Cane knew that the nefarious alpha would go through with that plan, more so, he didn't have anywhere to go. Going through Goffa mountain, which was practically a monsters' lair, was not an option when you didn't do thorough preparation, it would be suicide.

Therefore, the mining area was the most risky place to be attacked by monsters.

Iris felt like her lungs would explode as she ran. Her head was so dizzy and her limbs were numb.

There were only beasts that charged in different directions to where Iris headed and also the mining slaves, who were trying to escape that she could see around her.

But then, her eyes caught sight of a little girl around the age of five. She was crying, not knowing where to go and the loud noises around her were so scary to her. This was the first time for her to see monsters and they looked terrifying.

Iris rushed toward her and grabbed her small hand. "Come... here! Come here, come with me!" Iris breathed heavily when she spoke, her lungs were burning.

Not knowing where to go, the little girl followed her. Her stubby legs couldn't bring her fast enough and she stumbled a few times, crying and asking for her father.

"Ssh... ssh... we will look for your father later, okay? But, not now..." Iris panicked when she noticed became out of hands. There were loud of vicious growls, but this time it didn't come from the beasts, but the monsters.

The horde of monsters managed to hit back the beasts and they went deeper into the residential area.

This mining area was so vast and stretched across the territories of the two packs. Iris was at a loss as to where to go since this was the first time for her to be here and she had been ordered to move from one place to the other all this afternoon.

"It hurts..." the little girl whimpered. She didn't want to run anymore because she lost her slippers and now the hard ground hurt her legs.

Iris looked around her and saw a huge rock not too far from them, they could hide there, until the beasts managed to beat the monsters back to the mountain.

"I will carry you and hide, but you can't cry, okay?" Iris picked the girl in her arms. She was not heavy, but she was exhausted, there was no way she would be able to run, while carrying her for long.

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