The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 425

Chapter 425: DID I KILL HIM?

"Did I... kill him?" Iris felt her throat turn dry when the question came out of her lips, while the lycan was still fast asleep in her lap.

She couldn’t say what actually had happened because she was afraid they would judge her. After all, no matter how she put it, it was her who harmed Cane and brought the lycan to the surface. But Haco was different, he was not from this pack and he didn’t share the same bond with Cane like the members of the pack did.

Iris was not sure how Jace and Ethan would react if they learned about this. She had enough people judging her unfairly already, she didn’t want the Beta and the Gamma to join the mix.

"I don’t think so," Haco said, deep in thought, as he stared at Cane, who was sleeping peacefully while clutching Iris’ dress. "I don’t think you killed him, but you indeed weakened him." Haco moved closer to observe Cane more. He furrowed his brows and mumbled something to himself and Iris was unable to read it.

"How can we get Cane back?" Iris asked. This was the most crucial question that needed to be answered. Haco was the only person who knew the lycan really well, since this cursed creature had resided within him for over five decades. "Can we get him back?"

"There is one thing that you should know about the lycan, Iris," Haco said, lifting his head. He looked tired and his grey hair looked a little bit dull, which made him look very old. "The lycan doesn’t usually appear like this."

"But, did the lycan ever appear while he resided in you?" Iris tried to grasp all the information that she could to understand their current situation.

"Of course," Haco said affirmatively. "Just like how he appears every new moon, the same thing happened to me too."

"But, you are not a shifter." In Iris’ mind she imagined Haco turning into a lycan or something.

"Nah, it’s not necessary for him to appear as a lycan, but because I am not a shifter, usually he would take over my body, he would control my consciousness. Probably, the same as what happened now. The lycan took over Cane’s body because you injured his beast. Even though this is not the new moon yet, probably because the vessel is weak, the thing inside it has leaked out, that’s how things seem to work between Cane and the lycan."

It was also the moment the lycan took over his body that he messed up in the Holy Kingdom, which caused him to be banished from that place and he eventually left the continent and ended up here.

Iris grimaced when Haco mentioned she had injured Cane’s beast. How bad was it until the lycan took his consciousness over?

"How long until we can get Cane back?" Iris dreaded the answer, because she was not ready to be told ’there was nothing they could do’ or something along that line.

"I am not sure, Iris. I have never encountered a power like yours before, hell, I don’t even know a power like yours exists in the first place. How can you even see the wisp?" Haco was way more interested in Iris’ power than the predicament that the lycan pushed them into.

"I don’t know," Iris answered honestly. "But, I don’t think this is the same wisp that occasionally comes out of Cane, because I am sure he did not notice it. I think it’s only me who can see it."

Haco furrowed his brows, wrinkling his nose. "Weird."

And with that, silence fell over them, as there were a lot of unanswered questions that swirled in the air with this revelation.

"Haco, I think his mate’s name is something like ’Na’ and he called me his sweet Serafim." Iris wanted to leave out this unrelated information, because she thought it was only a slip of tongue, but then on second thought, it was too weird for the lycan to call her that. "What did he mean by that?"

"Serafim..." Haco fell deep in thought once again, his eyes shook, while he was thinking of thousands of possibilities. "... Iris, I think this is crazy... no, it’s completely crazy if it is true..."

"What is it?" Iris didn’t have patience to be put in suspense. This sorcerer should explain what he meant quickly, instead of mumbling to himself. "What is it, Haco?"

"No. This is crazy..." Haco shook his head, but then he stared at Iris and his sight fell on the sleeping Cane. He was completely unbothered about what was going on, being so docile in the presence of his mate. "This can’t be... right?"

"Haco!" Iris hissed impatiently. "I can read what you say, but I can’t read your mind! Talk now!" Iris was too frustrated to be her sweet self as a lot of things happened to her, especially today, which put her on edge. Forget about being sweet, she felt like she was about to claw this sorcerer if she could to pry the answer from him.

"Are you a Serafim?"

Iris felt like her head was going to burst. "No, you are right, you are indeed crazy."

"No. No!" Haco shook his head and grabbed Iris’ hand. "No! Look! All the signs are there, Iris. Look at it from a different perspective. You can purify the black magic stones and feel the black magic, you can tame the lycan and he literally called you the Serafim."