Cane had tried to talk with Haco about the black rain, but unfortunately the sorcerer was not in the right headspace, thus he couldn’t get anything out of him.
However, aside from Haco there was another sorcerer that he knew was there as well.
"Alpha, alpha Nolan wanted to see you," Dean informed him when they left the bedroom, where Haco, Zale and Joel stayed. "Are we going to see him?"
Cane didn’t answer that, he walked to the other side of the pack house, where Lou was staying. He knew he was a sorcerer because Iris had told him that, but because he didn’t see any benefit of him confronting Lou about it, he didn’t bother at all.
Dean and Pax followed behind Cane, as they avoided the black rain. The ground looked very dark, as the black water seeped into the ground, as if it mirrored the scary black sky.
"Is he inside?" Cane asked one of the guards near Lou’s bedroom.
"Yes, alpha."
Cane strode toward Lou’s bedroom and Dean knocked on the door. There was rustling sound from inside and on the second knock, someone opened the door.
Nala was stunned when she saw Cane was there. She didn’t believe her eyes to see the alpha. "Al- alpha Cane..." she called his name sheepishly, as she tried to comb her hair with her fingers, so she would look a little bit presentable.
"Is Sir Lou inside?" Pax was the one, who asked.
"Y- yes," Nala replied. She blatantly stared at Cane, though the alpha didn’t even spare a glance for her.
In the beginning, she tried to approach Cane because of the mission the king gave to her, but the more she tried, the more this alpha disdained her existence, but because of that also, the more she wanted to know him.
Especially when she learned the baby was not his. There was a high chance alpha Cane had never touched that woman at all. It was so rare for someone like him to be loyal with only one woman.
Nala thought, her crushed on him had died down, but she still found herself was mesmerized by his strong presence. This was the man she really wanted in her life. Someone that could cherish their mate and only their mate alone. Someone, who knew how to be loyal.
Seeing him up close like this, brought back all the feelings she had for him upfront.
"Move."
Cane’s voice startled Nala out of her own imagination, as the alpha strode inside the bedroom and Lou freaked out to see him, since he was half naked on the bed right now.
It was so absurd for this merchant to be able to have an intimate moment with a woman when something extremely unusual happened out there.
"What the hell?!" Lou growled, he covered himself with blanket, but then realized how silly it was. He did that out of instinct, because he didn’t expect the alpha would barge in. "What are you doing here?!" Lou was annoyed.
"Get out," Cane said and Dean immediately escorted Nala out of the room, despite her protest and Pax closed the door behind him.
"Should I get out too? Do you want to use this room?" Slowly, Lou got off the bed and picked his clothes that scattered on the floor. "Seriously, if you want to use this room for your bunch of warriors, you can just talk to me nicely, I will find another inn for me to live."
From the look of it, the merchant didn’t seem aware of what was going on, as he kept rambling about unimportant thing.
Didn’t want to waste his time to make him stop talking, since he loved the sound of his own voice, Cane walked toward the window and drew the curtain and then opened it, letting the black rain spilled into the room and the sound of the howling wind became even more vivid.
"Damn! What the hell is that?!" Lou jumped back, afraid to touch that water like ink that stained the floor. "What is going on?!" Lou widened his eyes. He thought, it was only a normal storm and he was having his fun time with Nala, because the woman apparently afraid of storm, so he tried to distract her to stop whimpering in fear.
"Do you know anything about this?" Cane asked straight to the point.
"How do I know about this?!" Lou furrowed his brows, he felt this ominous feeling when he saw the black water.
"Come here and check on it," Cane ordered, which made Lou’s face became unsightly.
"I am a merchant, what do I know about it? You need to ask someone else." Lou then added. "Ask your sorcerer or other magic user," he grumbled.
"Haco is not well, that’s why I ask you."
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