The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 560

Chapter 560: CAN WE TALK FOR A WHILE?

At first, Iris didn’t understand why Zephyr asked her to change her dress. She felt that nothing was wrong with the dress she was wearing. It was neat and clean, though the lower part was a little bit crumpled because she knelt to wipe Cane’s body clean. Save for it, everything else was fine.

But then, Kian pointed at his own neck.

"What? What happened?" Iris felt a little bit self conscious with the way they stared at her. She touched her own neck, unconsciously, but there was nothing there. "What is it?" She was flustered.

Iris stared at the three warriors who looked at each other with conflicted eyes, as if they were throwing the responsibility to one another about who would tell her what actually was going on.

"Speak, what is it?" Iris became a little bit impatient, as she felt uncomfortable.

"Luna..." Zephyr called her sheepishly. He moved in front of her until his tall body towered over hers. If Iris was not used to Cane, she would have felt very intimidated by the warrior, while the other two warriors paid close attention to everything, but her. "There is something on your neck."

Iris touched her neck again, but she was sure there was nothing there.

"No. I mean, I think the Alpha left a mark on your neck."

Only when Zephyr said that, did everything finally click in Iris’ mind and she screeched, as she turned around and entered the bedroom again, slamming the door behind her.

Cane!

She remembered Cane kissing her neck before and telling her to stay, but she didn’t think he would be so cunning to leave such a mark on her neck. This was mortifying! She would have most likely embarrassed herself had she walked out with such an obvious mark on her neck! Ethan and Aliana would have teased her to death if they had seen this!

On the other side of the door, Kian and Asher looked at each other, they had the same thought; this was unbelievable! Every time their alpha spent some time alone with his mate, he seemed like he had turned into someone else.

The contrasting thing that the warriors could feel was; whenever their luna was close by, their alpha would look less scary and domineering. He would even talk a little bit more and recently, he even started to explain the things related to his command, so they didn’t go on doing blind assignments like they used to do, but in the absence of their luna... well, one could say his presence alone demanded absolute respect from them. His presence was very strong!

"At this rate, I bet we will see our luna getting pregnant in the near future," Kian said.

While Asher and Zephyr didn’t say anything, they too could imagine that. This was their first experience to go on a long journey with their alpha and luna. If Ethan was there, the Gamma would have told them they had not yet seen much, with a smug face.

Meanwhile, inside the bedroom, Iris immediately looked at herself in the mirror and saw the glaring red mark on her neck. She couldn’t help but grimace. How could Cane leave such a mark? He didn’t kiss her that hard? She was sure he only nibbled for a bit...

"Do you like it?"

Iris jumped a little when she heard Cane’s voice and then turned around, she became very defensive, but the sight that greeted her eyes left her gobsmacked.

Cane just finished his quick bath and now he was completely naked with only a towel hanging low around his hips as water droplets ran down his jaw and chest from his wet hair.

"Cane!" Iris’ initial response was to get mad at him for leaving such a mark on her neck, but the sight of him simply left her speechless.

"Yes?" Cane walked across the room casually and went to the bed to put on the clothes that Iris had prepared for him.

"This!" Iris pointed at her neck. "Why did you do this?" She was about to cry out of embarrassment.

"I am sorry, I didn’t think it would leave a mark." He didn’t sound remorseful at all. "But, it’s fine. It’s only me who can see that."

"No..." Iris wailed, as she approached Cane. "Zephyr, Asher and Kian saw it when I was about to go out."

Cane raised his brows. "Didn’t I tell you to stay?"

He did.

"That’s..." Iris was lost for words. Cane never really forbade her from doing something, thus she didn’t think much when he told her to stay. "I- I wanted to see Ethan..."

"He is still alive, his injuries must have healed by now," Cane replied casually, as he put on his pants and a smirk appeared on the corners of his lips, but Iris missed it, because she averted her eyes. "Don’t go around carelessly. It’s not safe, even inside the pack house."