The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 505

Chapter 505: TAKING A BREAK

"Okay," Iris said in defeat, as she stared at Cane’s back. He returned shortly after he ordered someone to bring her food and medicine over, and sat down on the foot of the bed, away from her, this made Iris’ heart sink. "Cane, I am sorry..." She put away the blanket and approached him. "What should I do for you not to be mad at me again?"

Cane said nothing. His jaw clenched tightly, but his eyes were fixed on Iris. He looked like he wanted to go off on her again, but in the end, he sighed deeply and pulled Iris into a hug. He rested his head on her shoulder, as he cradled her again like he did last night.

"I am sorry, my emotions are all over the place," Cane said. He breathed against her skin, filling his lungs with her scent. He saw how many warriors had fallen because he didn’t expect Lady Cyan to pull such a scheme. He was blindsided and he felt he could do better. At the very least, he should have sensed it.

However, Cane was completely clueless. He didn’t expect this move from Lady Cyan at all. Not to mention for her to actually expose herself and openly kill a few crucial people like Alpha Dristan and Sir Elijah. She was so unpredictable.

He failed. His plans had been ruined and he had to start from scratch. Lady Cyan had not only blown away her own identity, but also all Cane had worked hard for. All his schemes, all his plans were useless now.

He needed to think of how to handle the situation quickly, or else, it would backfire on himself.

Watching all of his dead warriors, people who had been with him for decades, die made it even more real. That was the evidence of his failure, an undeniable proof of his incompetence.

He had done everything he could, but it was still not enough...

Consequently, when he found Iris passed out on the floor while no one noticed it until an hour later, where something gravely horrible could have happened, knowing how easy she was to fall sick, it pushed all the wrong buttons inside him.

"I promise I will take care of myself, so you will not worry again." Iris caressed his head and she could hear how he sighed deeply and then released his hug. He stared at her deeply. His anger seemingly had subsided.

"I will always be worried about you." Cane leaned over to kiss the tip of her nose. "But, I will appreciate it if you keep your promise."

Iris nodded vigorously. "I will." Her face lit up a little bit. Her curls looked so messy, but she was still as beautiful as ever in his eyes.

Not long after that, Amee came in with her meal and medicine.

"I am so happy you are awake now. I was worried it would take you days to wake up," Amee said in a worried tone. It was well known that Iris would take days to recover once she fell sick, but her body recovered rather quickly this time around thanks to Grace’s concoction.

But of course, she couldn’t rely on that, since the tonic was made of a dozen water magic stones and the only place they could think of to find the water magic stones was the black market.

Probably, that was why Cane wanted to get his hands on the Moon Dew pack and also started a collaboration with Lou, the merchant.

"Thank you, Amee, you can leave," Cane said.

Amee pursed her lips. "Seriously, Alpha, I barely spent three minutes here and you are already chasing me away." Amee clicked her tongue. She was clearly not happy, but she smiled warmly at Iris and told her to rest more. "Alpha, don’t think of doing anything with her, she needs to rest."

Iris blushed, it gave a little bit of color to her pale face. "No, we will not do anything." But then, she stopped herself because it sounded even weird when she defended Cane.