The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 51

Chapter 51: I WILL ESCORT YOU TO THE ALPHA

"Why do you have scars?" All of a sudden, Iris changed the topic, as she looked Cane in the eyes. She was still clutching onto his sleeves.

"Your father gave them to me," Cane replied bluntly.

"They must be so painful."

"They are."

"Will the scars heal?"

"I don’t think so."

The night indeed made you vulnerable and let you say things out loud that you would never admit when it was bright. The obscurity softened your heart.

"Too bad. You have a warm soul." Iris frowned slightly when she read what he said.

"I no longer have a soul." He had sold his soul in exchange for the freedom of his people. There was nothing left of it anymore.

"Yes, you do. You have the warmest soul, but you are in so much pain." Iris blinked her eyes, it seemed it wouldn’t take long before her sleepiness took over. "Your beast is in pain. You have so many scars."

Truthfully speaking, Iris had more scars than Cane, since the only scar that he had was on his face, while the other injuries had healed completely.

"The only scars that I have are on my face."

However, Iris shook her head meekly. "I am not talking about your face. I am talking about your soul. Too bad, you are in so much pain... what my father and brother had done to you must have been painful..."

And after that, Iris closed her eyes and fell asleep.

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The next morning came and Iris found Hanna beside her. She was trying to wake her up, but in the mildest way possible, which made it hard to tell whether she was trying to shake her body to wake her up, or she was simply caressing her back.

"You need to wake up, miss Iris," Hanna said softly, she looked almost apologetic when she spoke. "You need to get ready now."

Iris was still trying to gather her composure, as she looked at Hanna and didn’t know what she was talking about. Why did she need to get ready? Did she read it wrongly?

But then, as if Hanna understood her puzzlement, she started to explain it to her.

"Alpha Cane wants you to go with him to see the king and the alphas before they leave." Hanna then picked up a glass of herbs from the table and made her drink the bitter medicine.

"I know that it must be painful and uncomfortable for you, but you have to toughen up." Hanna wiped her eyes. What choice did they have?

She was in tears to see her missy being hurt again. She was still a little bit feverish right now, but she could go see them off if she exerted some effort.

And after that, Hanna explained a few things to Iris to keep her from falling back asleep. She told her that the alpha allowed her to enter her former bedroom and take one of her pretty dresses for her to wear later.

Thus, Hanna chose her favorite yellow dress, which she loved the most.

"You must miss your dress. You rarely wear the dress because you thought it was so pretty, now I will make you look even prettier, okay?" Hanna looked cheerful, since she wanted to brighten up her mood. "Do you feel better now?"

"Yes." Iris was exceptionally quiet, she didn’t look like herself at all.

"Great!"

The healer seemed to go extra miles under the order of the alpha, unlike when she treated Iris before, helping just enough to keep her alive, she didn’t even use her healing power at that time.

"Come, I will help you to get dressed and then comb your hair. You need to put on some makeup too and then you will look perfect!"

This was one thing that Hanna loved to do.

Iris got off the bed slowly, as Hanna led her to sit down in front of a mirror before she started working on her.

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The king called for alpha Cane as he was set out to leave this afternoon. He asked him to stroll with him around the lake that he saw two days ago.

Cane came and both of them walked alone, away from people, as their personal guards stood a little bit faraway, so there would be no way they could hear their conversation from such a distance.

This place was beautiful with a huge lake and packed with trees on the other side of it, while the velvety grass looked so green.

"I heard there was an attack of the monsters in Goffa mountain around a week ago?" King Aeon spoke to break the silence between them, since Cane was not much of a talker.

"Yes. But there is nothing to be worried about. That’s something common to happen in the mining area," Cane replied lightly.

However, his mind wandered to the past, to the things that happened near this lake a few years ago. The things that alpha Gerald had done to him.

One night, during his fourth year of slavery, alpha Gerald told him to shift into his beast and drugged him, which left him paralyzed. He stayed in his beast form, but couldn’t do anything.

He couldn’t attack him because he held Jace, Amee and Ethan hostage, as he told him that he would cut their throats if he did something that would threaten his life.

Alpha Gerald’s men had knives pressed to their throats. It only needed a simple mistake on his part and those people would die.