The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 619: THE CALM BEFORE STORM (2)

Chapter 619: THE CALM BEFORE STORM (2)

"Ah! You are here again!" the woman in the bookstore clapped her hand excitedly when she saw Iris walked inside with Zale and Celia, Eron and Dyne came with her, while the rest waited outside. "I see you don’t hide your hair again because he is not here?" she winked at Iris.

"Wow! Book! A lot of books!" Celia gasped. Because she had never learned how to read before this, thus there was no point for her to go to library when she was in the pack, but now she was interested, especially when she already managed to string a few words together.

The woman smiled at Celia. "Check that aisle, I am sure you can find a book that you like!"

Celia looked at Iris first, asking for her permission, only when the luna nodded, she bolted toward the aisle that the woman pointed, but Zale stayed close to Iris.

"Why don’t you go with your friend and check something out there?" the woman asked Zale gently.

"I am here to protect the luna, not to look for a book," Zale replied curtly, which made Eron and Dyne snickered and stopped when the young boy threw them a look. It was well proven that he had a bad temper.

"Go with Celia and find the book you like, I want to talk with her alone," Iris said softly, as she ruffled his hair, which made Zale lowered his head sheepishly.

"Okay," he said in small voice and then went to the same aisle like Celia.

Meanwhile, Eron and Dyne knew to keep their distance and give Iris privacy. They were not too far, but not close enough to listen to her conversation.

"Are you looking for that book again? You come right in time, the merchant from Karam are here and they brought new collection with them, you must check this one out. But..." the woman lowered her voice and gave her a suggestive look. "You have read the book, it’s time to learn it from the expert, I can ask my friend..."

Iris immediately cut her off before she could suggest her friend again to be her tutor in that matter. She didn’t need a tutor though...

"I am looking for another book," Iris said hastily. She was not such a maniac to start reading those books all the time and collect them. She would get into trouble if they started to move again. Three books could be hid, but more than that, the chance another people saw it would be more higher. She felt like she was going to die when Cane and Aliana learned about it.

The woman tilted her head, a little bit disappointed because Iris rejected her suggestion. "What book do you want?"

"Do you have..." Iris was a little bit uncomfortable when she said it. "Black magic and curse?"

"Of course, I have!" the woman chirped. After all, book about black magic and curse was not really forbidden, though you need extra effort to find them.

"No, what I meant is..." Iris fiddled with her fingers. "The forbidden one..."

The corner of that woman’s lips curled, as she understood what Iris wanted and chuckled, which made Iris felt even more uncomfortable.

"I know what do you want. I will not say anything about this, don’t worry." The woman beckoned her to come closer, as she went to her desk.

"Do you have book about the history of the Serafim and the Holy Kingdom?"

If Haco couldn’t help her with this, she would figure things out on her own, even though, Cane had shown her that you couldn’t believe one hundred percent of what you were reading from a book, because the information could be fabricated, but at the very least, Iris could get the gist of it.

"Sure! You will like these books!"

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"The baby is only being a baby, Redmond, what do you mean he can understand what you are saying?" Ethan stared at the baby on his crib, who stared back at him with his clear eyes. He felt like Redmond was staring at him instead, but this one was less annoying.

"Tell him a joke," Redmond urged. "He can understand a joke."

Ethan gave him a nasty look. "Someone hit your head on your way here and spilled your brain? I don’t think you are sane now."

"Damn it, mutt! Just do it!" Redmond growled. "You will understand."

Ethan felt like he was going crazy, even more when he took it seriously and actually started to recall a joke that he knew to this baby.

"What did the horse say after it tripped?" Ethan asked to no one in particular. "Help! I have fallen and I can’t giddy up!"

Silence.

"Is that supposed to be a joke?" Redmond gave Ethan a nasty look, while the gamma glared at him.

"I tried, okay!"

Maybe because the tension between them and how they talked viciously under their breath, or maybe because the joke was not funny at all, but the baby was crying now. Fat tears fell from his eyes, as his face turned so red.

"See? He can understand! He cries because your joke was not funny!" Redmond pointed his finger to his son, as he told Ethan proudly.

"Damn it, red hair! The baby is being a baby!" Ethan bickered with him.

"He cries because he doesn’t like your joke! He can understand you! Don’t you think this baby inherited my intelligence?"

"Base on your logic, he has none then," Ethan jeered.

"What did you say?! I dare you to say it again!"

"Do you think I am afraid?"

The two grown ass men were bickering, while the baby was crying and Sofia had enough with the two of them.

"Enough!" Sofia growled at the two of them and then picked up her son from the crib, as she cradled him in her arms, trying to calm him down. "Your son is crying, but you don’t make any attempt to comfort him."

"You know that I am not good with a baby," Redmond retorted and Ethan laughed.

Thankfully, this meaningless argumentation didn’t last long because Cane finished with whatever thing that he was writing, he gave it to Redmond and tell him to leave immediately to the Moon Dew pack.

After that, Cane left the inn, but he saw Kian. He supposed to be in the pack with Iris, but if he was here, it meant, his mate must be nearby.

"That’s Kian, right?" Ethan just noticed the warrior when Cane changed his direction.

It didn’t take long before Cane found Iris, she was walking around the town and tried various food from the stalls there, as she shared it with Celia and Zale. She looked happy and vibrant.

"Iris!" Ethan shouted when he saw Iris and waved his hand when she looked around to see who had called her and found the alpha and the gamma.

Without a second thought, Iris rushed toward them and hugged Cane. She missed him so much and was very happy to find him here.

"Wait... I was the one who called you..." Ethan muttered with a frown. He was the one, who called her, but he was the last person that she acknowledged.

"What are you doing here?" Iris asked Cane, completely forgot about the existence of the gamma.

"I want to ask the same thing to you." Cane tucked her hair behind her ear, as he wrapped his arm around her waist.

"I went to bookstore and buy books," Iris said. She had money now and it felt so good to be able to buy something she wanted.

"Books?" Cane raised his brows and Iris’s face immediately turned red, as she hastily told him all the book she had bought, trying to prove her innocent, though Cane didn’t say anything about it. "Okay."

"I don’t buy that book, okay."

"I never said you ever bought it. I was the one, who paid for that, remember?" So, technically, Iris had never bought that kind of book, if she didn’t buy any this time.

Ugh.

Iris was speechless, she knew that she couldn’t argue with him.

"What book?" Ethan was clueless as he listened to them. "Why am I being ignored?" he frowned when Cane took Iris hand and they walked away.

Eron and Dyne came to his side and patted his shoulder. "Stop being grumpy, let’s go."

In the end, they ended up walked around the town and Iris tried a few foods that she had never eaten before, especially when the merchant from Karam continent was here, there were various food from that continent too.

"Why are you staring at me?" Iris munched on her meat, as they walked.

"You eat a lot." Cane noticed that. He used to disagree with how little Iris was eating, but recently she ate a lot.

Hearing that, Iris stopped walking. "Do you want to say that I am fat?"

Cane smiled. "What is wrong with that?"

Iris was not satisfied with his answer.

"Fat or not, you are beautiful." Cane leaned over and kissed the tip of her nose, but Iris scrunched her face and rubbed her nose. "What’s wrong?"

"Let’s move from here, the smell is very strong. It makes my stomach uncomfortable." Iris covered her nose when the wind carried a strong smell of sweet cake.

She used to love something sweet, but recently she didn’t even drink her hot chocolate anymore.

"Are you, okay?" Cane asked, he felt something was off, because he knew this kind of smell wouldn’t bother her.

"I am fine, just feel a little nauseous, maybe I am eating too much."