The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 318

Chapter 318: EXCITEMENT IN HER INNOCENT EYES

"Why do you make poison that looks like candy? What if someone else ate it?" Iris frowned. She wouldn’t eat it, but someone like Ethan and Redmond, who tended to put anything into their mouths, would surely be tempted.

Yet, Haco only shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. "Just to pass the time. I am so bored here."

The frown on Iris’ forehead only deepened. Who would make poison in their free time? But then, this man had his own antics.

"What if I ate that?" Somehow, Iris was curious. For her, magic was fascinating, but poison was something she was not familiar with, thus it piqued her curiosity.

"What? Do you want to poison someone? Poison is a better suit for women," Haco teased, but his expression looked so eerie. "You will be sneezing nonstop if you ate it."

"Is that even poisonous?" From what little information Iris knew about poison, wouldn’t the end result be fatal?

"One will sneeze and cough up blood until they die."

Iris grimaced, this sorcerer indeed knew how to keep the best for the last. "Are these poisoned too?" Iris waved her hand on top of the table and watched Haco nod proudly.

"My latest hobby," he said, as if he was talking about his proud child.

Iris glanced at the few weird things on the table, there were, at least, fifty items there. In less than three months, he managed to create that many poisonous things.

She couldn’t fathom what other weird things he would do if he was left to his own devices.

"Hey, don’t you want to know more about magic?" Haco asked Iris excitedly.

Meanwhile, Cane listened to their conversation from the side. His bottomless black eyes seemed deep in thought, as he stared at his mate.

"I am not a magic user."

"Who knows?" Haco shrugged his shoulders.

For his question, Iris gave him an indefinite answer, as Cane let her decide on her own what she wanted to do with the offer.

They didn’t stay for long in the lodge and when Cane was done with his business there, he took Iris back to the orphanage, but before that, he made sure Prince Kellan was not around and Iris was fine with it.

It was not the orphanage itself that she feared. Actually, she quite enjoyed her time playing with small children there. They would ask her politely to touch her hair and she would happily oblige.

"Your hair is so soft!" A little girl around the age of eight squealed in delight when she touched Iris’ hair. She was fascinated, as she touched her own hair, which was very disappointing, because hers was so rough and was not at all fluffy. "The color looks like the sky before sunset!"

The other three children chimed in, complimenting Iris’ hair, while Hanna stood by her missy’s side, but from her expression, it was very clear that something was bothering her. She was smiling, but it didn’t reach her eyes and she was less enthusiastic.

On the other hand, Cane was talking to Avid, he was in charge of all the warriors he put here, as the warrior gave him a thorough report, but occasionally, his eyes would drift to his mate, as she looked so radiant, smiling at the children and talking to them with passion.