But, the problem was; she couldn’t hold back her bitterness and anger. How dare they question Cane’s decision and even call her a bad luck bringer?
And more so, from what she learned from their conversation, they treated Zale poorly. It rubbed her in the wrong way, since they also saw her as an outsider. Even after all this time, even after all she had done.
Furious, Iris marched toward them.
"What now?" Eron looked at Aliana, so did Dyne, as if asking what she was going to do. Should they stop the luna? Seeing her seething like this didn’t sit well with them.
Iris was the type who would be very quiet when she was angry. She would avoid any confrontation and if she could, she wouldn’t want to engage with people, who had caused her to be angry.
But right now, it was different. She was doing the opposite and they became curious to know what those warriors said, until it flipped her off.
"Let’s watch!" Aliana said excitedly, as she followed behind Iris.
"Why do you look so happy?" Dyne frowned at Aliana. "Shouldn’t we stop the luna? I don’t know what drew her anger, but it will not look good on her if she lashes out on them."
"Why not?" This time, it was Aliana, who was frowning at Dyne. "From what I learned, she has been patient enough about all the bad rumors surrounding her and how people kept badmouthing her, whatever she is going to do, they will dislike her anyway." Aliana shrugged her shoulders. "So, what is the point of being nice?"
"Aliana!" Dyne was shocked by how nonchalant Aliana was with her answer, while Eron didn’t say anything. He was simply curious about what the luna was going to do and how she would deal with them.
At the same time, Iris walked ahead of them, which made her miss their conversation, but even if she was within an earshot, her mind was too busy to listen to their argumentation.
The two warriors finally stopped talking when they saw Iris approaching them, they gave her a solemn nod and were about to leave, thinking this was only a mere encounter, but when they walked past her, she spoke in an even tone.
"So, the alpha is a fickle person and I am a bad luck bringer?" Iris said coldly, which startled the two of them. They stopped walking and turned their heads to look at her. "Is that how you see your alpha and me?"
Iris was still averse from thinking this pack belonged to her, or they were her people too, thus even though she referred to Cane by his title, she didn’t use it for herself.
"That’s how you perceive the alpha’s decision? As a fickle person?"
The two warriors gasped and their expressions hardened. They didn’t think their conversation would be heard by her. How did she know about their conversation? She was a distance away earlier!
"Lu- luna, I don’t understand what you mean..." One of the warriors, who was taller than the other, spoke, stumbling on his words, because he felt very embarrassed.
"You know what I meant, warrior." Iris cast him a cold gaze and they could feel shivers run down their spines. They had never seen the luna look so fierce like this.
She didn’t raise her voice, she didn’t insult them either, but her calmness reminded them of their alpha and how they feared this side of their alpha the most. Whenever he suppressed his anger and appeared so calm, it was not a good sign and that was how they felt about their luna now.
"Questioning the alpha’s decision is an early step of betrayal, don’t you agree with your own rules?" Iris read a lot of things and she happened to read the Howling Wolf warrior’s oath when they stepped up to their role as a full-fledged warrior of the pack.
Usually, the oath would be taken once they finished with their training and Joel had taken it when Iris and Cane were away in the capital city, with the beta as the witness. Joel took the oath along with all of his friends that died during the attack.
"Luna, I don’t understand what you mean..." The other warrior looked like he was going to play dumb, but Iris was having none of it, as she recalled what they said earlier and the more she talked, the paler their expressions turned, especially when Aliana, Eron and Dyne listened to all of it.
So, that was what pissed the luna off.
"I can’t believe you two have such a vile way of thinking!" Dyne snarled at the two of them. He could understand why the luna was furious, because he did too.
"What? Am I wrong?!" The taller warrior snapped back. They had been exposed, so what else was there to be denied? They didn’t like the luna and that was true, there was nothing to be talked about. "We were only talking about what we felt, it is not something that you should eavesdrop on."
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