Chapter 86GradelIris pulled her hand slightly from my body and for some unknown reason, my heart skipped a beat in fear. She stared at me with those soulful orbs. Brown to blue, and then she stood up."You're quite a confident young man, Elda. What makes you think I'm going to accept you so quickly? Who knows, you might kill me too?" She insinuated."I can't kill the woman I love and it doesn't matter if you are his mate. You're the only woman I want to be with and mind you, if you don't come with me, Gradel will still die, painfully, of course, and you'll still end up with me," He smirked, leering at me.He was playing a game and I wished that Iris would understand that, but seeing how her feet were already darting toward him, I could only hope that she wouldn't fall for his fake promises."He can't die, Elda. He's got the Alpha blood running through his veins," She defended me.Elda nodded, the stupid confident smirk still plastered on his face while I tried to suppress the wince
Chapter 87 Iris Fortunately, I had a room to myself so I had my privacy. Elda might have done that so that he would have the liberty of not being questioned, but he didn't know how much he helped me. A weak Hazel stumbled into my room the next morning and collapsed on the bed. My anger and frustration were temporarily forgotten as I rushed to her. "What is the matter? Were you drugged as well?" I asked, worriedly. "Yes," She nodded then tried to sit up. "Hegar... Where is Hegar?" Her voice was shrill, almost inaudible and it hurt me that my vibrant friend had turned to the shadow of herself in less than twenty-four hours. I pulled her into my arms and caressed her head tenderly. "Hegar will be fine. I'm sure he's trying to get Gradel out of that horrible place so don't worry about him too much, alright?" She lifted her face and stared at me with so much expectation. "Are you sure? He said that he would come but he isn't here..." She trailed off. Her eyelids were closing and he
Chapter 88IrisHis face turned blank and I almost regretted making the request, but it was too late because the words had left my lips and I could only leave his room unharmed by convincing him.He peered at me, his dark orbs boring into mine with glints of doubt. I was done for."What are you talking about?" His voice was deceptively calm.If I didn't know him before now, I'd have thought we were already seeing eye to eye on the subject but then did I really know him well? From being my bodyguard, he had overthrown my mate and even found a way to make me his Luna.If I survived this, I'd be sure to never undermine anyone again."Ummm, let me explain it to you..." I chuckled, nervously, tucking my hair behind my ear while I avoided his piercing gaze. "Don't you think it will break him further if I'm the one inflicting pain on him? I mean, I've already betrayed him but he'd be more contrite and depressed when I insistently prove to him that we are over and I don't care about his exist
Chapter 89IrisA sob burst out of my throat after I walked some meters away from the pack house and I crumbled onto the ground, my body trembling as I held back the urge to scream my lungs out in pain."Please help me, moon goddess. Help me to help him," I cried bitterly.Truly I needed her help because the ache that gnawed in my chest on seeing Gradel's weak and helpless state grew with more intensity, prompting me to act faster.I had to find Silas no matter what it would take me and it had to be now.Still covered with my veil, I sauntered across the garden and sneaked out through the small gate that was meant for an emergency exit. Strangely, no guard was posted there but I didn't care because it was to my advantage.I'd never been to his place before as there was no need to visit him and I doubted if he'd still be there. Elda had succeeded in turning everyone away from Gradel and if Silas had any sense, he wouldn't be in this pack.And that posed a problem because I didn't know
Chapter 90IrisI sat patiently in the secluded area of the downtown bar, slowly sipping a bottle of red wine. I'd have gone for something stronger but I wanted to be in the right frame of mind while interrogating the person that I'd invited. She showed up almost immediately, clutching onto her veil and sparing backward glances as if she had a stalker trailing her, but I'd ensured that no one would find me here or my guest. Her eyes widened when she noticed that I was the one and she almost bolted away but stopped herself, knowing what would be the consequences if she attempted to. "Good afternoon, Luna" She bowed, her voice shaky. "I didn't know it was you," She sounded horrified. I let out a chuckle and nudged her to take a seat. She lowered herself onto the chair reluctantly, biting her lips while throwing a cursory glance around. "If you had known that it was me you wouldn't be here right now," I took another sip, enjoying the look of uncertainty and fear on her face. She wa
Chapter 91Iris"I never thought I'd see you again," I said to Silas.We were seated in a hut close to the Illyra with Hegar leaning on the doorframe. He had offered to keep watch while Silas and I discussed and I couldn't thank him enough for it.Elda knew about the Illyra and if he found out that about my sneaky movements, I would never have the chance to rescue the pack from him."Had to hide," He responded with a husky voice and downed a bottle of water. "I should have stopped Elda from coming into this pack but I thought that he wouldn't stir up any trouble. I guess I was too short-sighted," He lamented."You knew that he was Gradel's cousin even before he pretended to act like a thief and you didn't say anything? Why?" I blasted him.He massaged his wrinkled forehead. "I regret it so much. Initially, I thought he had good intentions for the pack until he started killing people. Unfortunately, the day I made up my mind to tell the Prince about it, he had already struck and I've b
Chapter 92IrisHis voice sounded familiar but I couldn't tell where I heard it from so I continued the chase, intentionally pissing him off until he loses his temper and reveals himself."And you think I'll just hand over the bag to you because you asked for it? You must really be delusional," I cackled.He lurched at me, throwing a punch but I was quick to stop his hand midway from landing on me. With an unimaginable strength I didn't know I had, I tightened my grip on him and flung him over.A satisfying crack resonated in the air, coming from a dislocation that occurred in his arm. He groaned, gritting his teeth in pain but he managed to keep himself from wincing loudly."What? You thought I was that weak and powerless girl you used to know?" I teased him."Well, I made a mistake of undermining your strength, but you've forgotten that I'm a man and I can take you down here in less than a minute without anyone coming to save you so why don't you hand the bag over?" He snarled.I co
Chapter 93IrisI headed straight to the kitchen the moment I stepped into the pack house with the maids scurrying around to find out what they could help me with.At least, they weren't gossiping thoughtlessly when I met them, but I couldn't care less.I put up an unsmiling facade and stopped at the counter. "Maria, get me the passionflower herb and Kiwi fruit I need to make juice with it," I ordered.She stared at me like I'd developed two heads but when she saw that I wasn't going to repeat myself twice, she bowed and did as I ordered.As I was returning to the pack house while pondering on how to get the antidote across to Gradel without raising any suspicion, a strange idea dropped in my mind.My only wish was to execute my plan perfectly.Some minutes later, two bottles of the fruit drink were prepared and I took them to my room. Hazel was seated on the bed, her eyes trained on the book before her."Hi, friend," I greeted, excited to see her in a better position. "When did you w