This intrigued Iris. She leaned her body to listen more carefully of what he was going to say. "What is different about me?"
"Shifters have strong presence because they have their beast in their soul and magic users are warm, they are warm creature, because they have this magic within them, but you..." The blind man tilted his head. "You are bright. Even a blind man like me can see how bright you are."
Iris furrowed her brows, she asked sheepishly. "I am sorry, I don’t think I get it." She bit her lip and prodded further carefully. "What about... a Serafim."
The blind man chuckled. "Believe me, I served a Serafim before I was sold to the Black Market." Human trafficking was a common thing in this realm.
Iris was startled. "Do you mean... did you come from Holy Kingdom?" She knew he was from Andelus continent, since he spoke their language.
"Holy Kingdom..." the man contemplated. "Yes. I was born into that land and served Serafim Rose. I heard she was here, but I am sure she will not recognize me anymore. I didn’t have a high position to be recognized by her though, but I am a great magic user."
Iris felt something tugged in her heartstring when she heard that, Haco used to brag about it too. She missed him and felt so bad for not being able to see him in his last. She didn’t even know that he had gone until it was very late.
However, Cane always reassured her that he left happy and contented.
"So, what is the different?" Iris asked again, taking them back to the main topic.
"Strangely, Serafim’s presence is cold."
"Cold?" Iris frowned, she didn’t expect this. "What do you mean with cold?"
"The Serafim feels like a lake during the end of the winter. Like a shadow at night." The man was surprisingly liked to talk a lot. "But you... you are like a sunshine, where even a lost soul can find their way back home if they followed you."
Iris felt her blood rushed in her veins, as a lot of questions came into her mind. "What happened with your eyes?"
Iris had been very curious about this. If he was blind, there was no need for him to cover his eyes, right?
"Oh, I got punishment because I saw what I shouldn’t."
"What did you see?" Iris felt this urge to pull down the piece of clothe that covered his eyes.
"Something horrendous," the man said in small voice. "Something that would keep you up at night."
His voice became very small, as if he was trying to keep Iris on edge, which did work, but before he could speak more, Aliana had approached her.
"Miss, what are you doing here?" Hanna asked Iris, she glanced at the man beside her. "Let’s go, you need to come with me."
Iris didn’t want to leave yet, she still had a lot to ask. "No, I have a conversation with him." ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
Seeing Iris didn’t want to leave, Hanna leaned over and whispered to her ear. "The Serafim is waiting for you, she looks upset. I think she is going to cry."
With this news, Iris was torn. She wanted to continue her conversation with this blind man, but she needed to talk with Abby too. In the end, she chose to leave and meet with Abby first. This man could wait.
But, before she left, she went to Cane and informed him about this. The alpha still had a lot of things to do here, he couldn’t leave just yet, thus it was only Iris and her small entourage that left the tent.
Cane asked Dean and Pax to accompany Iris too, which was not necessary, because the distance between this tent to the pack house was not too far, but the alpha insisted and Iris wanted to give him a peace of mind.
Cane already had a lot, she didn’t want to add to his worried.
He even walked her back to her carriage and kissed her lips and her knuckles before she entered the carriage, which made Iris chuckled. They were going to meet again tonight, more so, they were in public and Cane didn’t even hold back when he showed his display of affection.
With that, Iris left and when she arrived at the pack house, she immediately went to her bedroom, but outside, she saw Abby was leaning her head against the pillar, sitting on the fence. She closed her eyes, but she opened them when she felt someone approached her and lifted her head to see Iris.
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