Chapter 438

Chapter 438: THE NIGHT IS STILL LONG ’If I can, I want to be a normal woman, having no duty to fight the darkness and have a family of my own.’

’How many children do you want?’

She laughed and he swore, that was the most beautiful sound he had ever heard. He could hear it every second and would never get sick of it. Her blue eyes shone so brightly, as if she held the vast sky.

’As many as I can.’

He still remembered how her voice slightly cracked with sadness when she said that. That was the first time she showed him her fragile side.

Unfortunately, the memories came from so long ago and the images started fading away in his mind. He desperately held onto them, though the feeling he had at that time still lingered heavily in his chest.

"Lu, I am not your mate. I am not the woman from your past," Iris said softly, but the lycan simply lowered his head, seemingly refusing the obvious vehemently.

"You are my mate," Lu said stubbornly. He promised to find her in every lifetime. "You are mine. You are mine to protect."

Iris wanted to tell him that he had mistaken her for someone else, but seeing how despondent Cane’s face was, she couldn’t bring herself to say it.

But a second later, Lu raised his head and looked cheerful. "Come on! Drink the concoction! Let’s make babies, my sweet moon!"

Iris threw her sympathy to this lycan out of the window, because right now, she felt like she wanted to facepalm herself. Why didn’t he have nothing else in his mind, except that?

Somehow, Iris was not uncomfortable when Lu kept talking like this with her, but she was legit annoyed.

"Get away from me!" Iris facepalmed Lu when he was about to kiss her again, which made him pout his lips. Iris was sure, the sight of Cane pouting like this would forever be engraved in her mind. "Behave, Lu! And answer my questions."

Lu mumbled. "Okay..." he said in a small voice.

Iris took a deep breath, she stared at the sky out there that had turned so dark. The King would arrive early tomorrow morning, which meant they only had less than twelve hours to sort out the problem with the lycan.

At this point, Iris really wanted to shake Cane’s body and get him back. They were utterly clueless about what to do when the King finally arrived. One wrong move and all Cane’s plans would crumble.

For now, she tried to get as much information as she could about things that Lu would know, especially about the Serafim and...

"Lu... I have this dream about the five swords, what is that?" Iris asked him.

Lu scoffed when he heard that. "Those must be swords of the useless knights, who knew nothing and only became a burden to my Na." He then grumbled something, which Iris couldn’t read.

"What did you say? I couldn’t catch it."

"Those five knights were useless."

If Cane was a reserved person, then Lu could easily cuss you out without even thinking. He spoke his mind so freely.

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"Where have you been? Why did it take you so long to bury the girl?!" Jace snapped at Ethan out of frustration. He had been waiting for his return from the mountain after he buried Jemma’s body, but only late at night did he come back.

"Come here," Ethan said, his voice sounding so dark, as he dragged Jace away from Alpha Dristan and Sir Elijah.

Since they couldn’t meet with Cane for now, with the reason the Alpha had a lot on his plate to deal with, it was Jace, who handled the problem surrounding the five packs and the border warriors that Sir Elijah had brought with him, because tomorrow, they needed to report what had happened to the King.

Meanwhile, Alpha Dristan had started to be suspicious about the continuous absence of Cane. Fortunately, Koda was with Lou in the Riverside pack, so he didn’t have someone to move behind the scenes.

"What is it?" Jace frowned when he saw how serious the Gamma was. Seriously, they didn’t need more problems. They needed a solution, not another headache.

But, seeing the expression of Ethan, he knew whatever he was going to say wouldn’t be something nice.

Meanwhile, Alpha Dristan listened to the conversation between Sir Elijah and Oliver, but his eyes followed the Beta and the Gamma. He could sense it, there was something wrong and he really needed to know what it was...

On the other hand, Ethan stopped dragging Jace with him when it was only the two of them, as they stood on the balcony of the second floor, facing the annex of the warriors.

"What is it?" Jace frowned. His voice turned serious. He had prepared himself for the worst, but what Ethan was going to say was something he didn’t expect at all.

"Aria’s body is gone," Ethan cut straight to the point. His brown eyes turned a few shades darker as he gritted his teeth.

"What? Probably a monster dug the grave out..." Jace was shocked to hear that, but then he felt there was more to it. "Didn’t you dig so deep so the monster wouldn’t be able to find the body?"

Ethan shook his head. "Someone dug the grave out, Jace. Someone took Aria’s body."

"Ethan, seriously. I am not ready for this. I don’t know what happened to Aria’s body, we will figure it out later. It might sound cold, but we have another important problem to think about, okay?" Jace sympathized with what happened to Aria’s body.

However, as cruel as it might sound, she had already died and there was nothing they could do about it. It was not worth to spend their resources or men to figure out what happened in the mountains out there, while they were here waiting for their impending doom without a single hope of finding any solution.

"Probably the monsters dug the grave and found her body. Let’s think and focus our energy on something more important." Jace felt bad to be so cold toward Aria’s dead body, but with the situation right now, they couldn’t afford to do anything about it.

Ethan growled, because Jace didn’t get it. He grabbed his elbow and prevented him from leaving. "Someone dug the grave, Jace! Don’t you get it?"

Ethan said in frustration, but when he saw Jace really didn’t get it, he explained hastily, which sounded like a rumble. "There is no way monsters dug her grave, because after her death, winter came and the monsters were in hibernation. Don’t you get it? Someone wanted Aria’s body."

On the other hand, if someone knew about Aria and even went to extra lengths just to retrieve her dead body, it only meant that person had a hidden intention in their mind. What they were going to do with her body was beyond them, since they were clueless about black magic.

"Jace, this is not good." Ethan shook his head. "We don’t know who that person was and what their motive was, but if somehow the facts were twisted and the Howling Wolf pack was accused of engaging in black magic, Cane’s claim to the five packs will be nullified."

Anything could happen and proofs could be procured, Cane had proven it time and time again. Therefore, you couldn’t let your enemy catch your tail, because they would cut your head.

Just like Alpha Gallot. By sending Sofia here, he opened a path for Cane to reach out to him. If Alpha Gallot thought he had Cane wrapped around his finger, it was actually the other way around.

The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter "You are thinking too far." Jace shook his head.

"Anything could happen, Jace. That’s why Cane has been very meticulous with his schemes, but even so, there are still a few things that slipped from his grasp." Ethan had seen how Cane was deep in thought, as if something didn’t go according to his predictions.

"Okay, let’s talk about that later when Cane is here."

"When will it be?"

"I don’t know, Ethan! Damn it! My head is going to burst!" Jace was under so much pressure right now. He couldn’t imagine how Cane could handle everything, while figuring out his next steps, it was so much for his brain to handle.

"Can’t Iris do something about the lycan?"

Jace shook his head. "She is trying, but no one knows how to get Cane back."

"What actually happened to them? Why did the lycan suddenly appear?"

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Iris couldn’t sleep, her mind wandered in the bright room, as she stared at Cane by her side, but she knew it was not him.

The lycan didn’t answer many of her questions and he looked lethargic, as he curled himself on the rug near the fireplace to sleep, but Iris shook him awake to go sleep on the bed. She didn’t want Cane to get sick or something by sleeping on the rug for two nights straight.

And here she was, trapped between his arms, as Lu nuzzled her neck and slept like dead.

Iris couldn’t help it, she extended her hand and ran her fingers through his hair. She felt the comfort that she used to get from Cane, thinking it was him, who was cuddling her.

However, when her mind was wandering aimlessly, Cane suddenly opened his eyes. He looked sleepy and tired, as he pulled her even closer to him, he literally squeezed her.

"Sleep, it’s still night," Iris said softly, but Cane lifted his head and leaned over to kiss her lips gently, as his other hand held the side of her face.

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