The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 354

Chapter 354: HAPPINESS

Iris pouted reading Cane’s answer, but she was not done yet, as she pressed on and nudged his arm again when he was about to close his eyes. She became bolder since he started letting her get her way.

"What if there is another realm and there is a person just like you and all the people that you know, what do you think the ’you’ in a different realm is doing right now?"

Cane indeed didn’t lose his patience when he listened to her, but it didn’t mean he would always give her an elaborate answer.

"Sleep, Iris. It’s midnight. You need to wake up early in the morning."

Iris looked sullen. "You sound like Hanna," she muttered to herself, and of course, Cane could hear that, but he simply put his warm and big palm over her eyes, coaxing her to close them, so she could fall asleep.

"Say, if you can get everything you want, what do you want to have?"

"Happiness," Cane said simply. He said it very casually, as if he didn’t even have to think about it.

However, his answer was something Iris had never thought of before. She didn’t even think he would answer that way, but when she was about to pull down his hand that covered her sight, Cane’s hand stayed firm.

"Sleep," he said more sternly this time.

And the next morning, they followed the same routine with Cane helping Iris with her hair before they went straight to the Riverside pack. They arrived at noon and met with Jace, the Beta, in a small town within the Riverside pack.

This was the first time they met other people after two weeks of running through the forest, but Cane had emphasized for her to stay inside their room and cover herself whenever she went out, because they still needed to keep their whereabouts a secret.

Therefore, when Cane went out to meet with Jace, he went alone, leaving Iris inside the room with the little lizard.

"Is it done?" Cane asked, he was wearing a cloak and covered his face with a scarf that many merchants usually wore during long journeys.

"Yes, it’s done," Jace replied. The Beta was wearing a similar outfit to cover his identity.

Currently, they were talking in the restaurant, sitting near the window, where they could see the street outside. The inn was on the second floor of this building and it would be fine to leave Iris alone for half an hour.

"Arthur?"

"He has been here ever since we received the body."

Cane nodded. After that, they talked about a few important things and their next move.

Meanwhile, on the second floor, Iris was playing with her little pet and fed it meat. But then, she realized the lizard had shed skin.

"Hm? It’s beautiful..." Iris muttered to herself, as she put the dry skin in a handkerchief before she folded it and put it inside the pocket without thinking further, because she thought it had a beautiful color, like a rainbow under the sunlight. "What else can you do?"