The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter novel Chapter 771

Chapter 771: I NEED TO BE PUNISHED

After around ten minutes, Cane finally reached the top and when he finally came out from it, he found himself was in the attic and Iris was sitting on the corner.

The only light inside this attic came from the pale light of the moon out there, which filtered through the room from the small window, yet still, this place was too dark for Iris.

"Iris," Cane called her. He approached her carefully. He called her name several times until she lifted her head.

Tears streamed down her cheeks, her eyes were red because of crying so hard, but there was no sound came out of her mouth.

"Why are you here?" Cane asked gently. He caressed her head, but she flinched before finally she felt familiar with his touch and let him. "Let’s go back."

Iris shook her head, more tears fell from her beautiful eyes.

"I can’t..." she whispered hoarsely.

"Of course, you can. I am here to take you back." Cane was extremely gentle with her, it was a contrast of how cold he was in the past few days.

"I am bad. I need to be punished..."

Iris was punishing herself.

This attic was the place that Gerald used to use to punish her, for whatever things she did wrong in his eyes. This place was the source of her trauma.

However, Iris came here.

Her subconscious mind told her she had committed a grave crime, where she needed to punish herself because no one blamed her. The way Iris was thinking was very twisted, but this was her way to cope up with grief.

Iris blamed herself for what she had done, for losing her baby, for not being there and helped in time, for not giving birth to much healthier babies, for being alive when her babies died, for receiving the kindness from people around her.

Their kindness felt foreign. She should be punished for her crimes, but all she got was concerning look, they were worried for her when she deserved to be stoned to death.

Iris found myriad way to beat herself up, while on the surface, she was only an empty shell of herself, but inside her mind it was very loud. Her whole body was in so much pain.

At this point, someone should have whipped her to ease her mind from this contrition.

Her grief tasted like poison in her mouth.

Her grief overcome her trauma of the darkness, because she would always see one no matter how bright the place, she was in.

Cane hugged her even tighter. He said nothing, because there was no word that could reach her. He could only offer warmth as consolation, letting her know that he would always be there.

They stayed like that for almost two hours, making the people worried about them and when it was almost four hours they had gone, Ethan and Will came to look for them, afraid something bad happened to the two of them.

But, all they could see was the alpha hugged his mate tightly, protectively, while Iris had fallen asleep again.

They looked around and realized this was an attic.

Will returned and told Hanna about this, because they couldn’t bring the sleeping Iris through the small tunnel of the secret passageway. There was a possibility Iris found that secret tunnel when she was being locked inside, after all, it happened very often.

Hanna then opened the door from outside and Cane carried Iris in his arms. During the whole process there was no words were said. It was silent.

"All of you can leave." Cane laid Iris down on the bed and tucked her inside the blanket, while the rest of people left the room, giving time alone for their alpha and luna.

Once it was only the two of them, Cane climbed on the bed and laid down next to his mate as well, he hugged her and buried his face against her bosom, breathing in her scent, while hearing her steady heartbeat.

At the very least, he still had her...

At the very least, she was still alive, thus he still had reason to fight...