555 THE AFTERMATH

Ever since what happened in the mountain and how Lu disclosed his ability to control the monster and it was actually him, who had created the monster attack in the palace, though the lycan was adamant it was not him, who had instigated it, Cane had been trying to practice with his ability.

But, every time he did it, black wisp managed to emerge from him, since this ability belonged to the lycan, thus it was only right for this creature to come along when he tried to use it, which didn't help if they were attacked by monsters and were surrounded by people, who was still not aware that Cane was the lycan.

However, Cane was willing to risk it when he watched in horror Iris was in dire situation and Lil Thing wouldn't last for long.

Yet, there was something that obstructed him, as if there was a shield around the monsters that didn't let him to control them. They were out of control, as though there was another power that had controlled them first and the lycan's ability couldn't intervene with that.

It shouldn't be a surprise if Cane took some time to analyze the situation and the monsters'strange behavior or how hard it was for the warriors to kill them off, as if they had grownvery strong.

But, Cane didn't have time and he didn't use his mind when he decided to reveal himself as the lycan, once he saw the carriage Iris was in almost fell off the cliff.

He couldn't reach for the monster and he was so close to let Lu took over his body, as it was the best chance to save Iris, once he caught the sight of another horde of monster that was about to join the fray. Black wisp started to exude from his body, but before Cane could surrender completely to the lycan, the carriage exploded and everything happened so fast.

As of now, Iris was sitting behind Lil Thing and headed toward the heart of the battle, which made Cane lost his cool.

However, Iris seemed to know what she was doing and what to do to save this chaotic situation...

Sliding down from behind the white bear's body, she used Lil Thing to support her body when she casted white light from her palms.

"STOP!" Iris roared on the top of her lungs andstrangely enough, the monsters stopped their attack and stood still, this was the same affect like when Lu controlled them. They listened to what she was ordering them to do. 2

It was not only Lu, who could control themonster, but Iris also? Only then, Cane could feel it, the obstruction that didn't allow him to control these monsters disappeared. He could feel them again.

But, it was not necessary now, because once Iris commanded those monsters to stop, the werewolves warriors immediately killed them off. Without the influence of the black magic, it was pretty easy to take them down, especially when they didn't fight back.

This phenomenon was simply too unbelievable for them to comprehend, but they didn't have time to think about that, as the needed to eliminate the danger first.

Once all the monsters had been killed and the putrid smell of blood filled the air, Iris couldn't hold it any longer. She was losing so much blood and was badly injured, not to mention she exhausted her power as well, thus once the last monster was killed, her body collapsed and Lil Thing was there to catch her fall.

The pain disappeared once she was no longer in tune with this world...

Iris felt her body was so cold when she was going in and out of her consciousness, she felt her ears were ringing painfully, there were a lot of people talking around her, but she couldn't string a sentence from them.The only comforting thing was the sound of Cane's dark voice, it filled with panic and helplessness.

Iris didn't like the sound of it, she wanted to open her eyes and hug him, telling him not to worry, but she could barely open her eyes before she fell unconscious once again.

It was not sure how long she had been in this state, but when she finally had enough strength to open her eyes, she was already in a warm and comfortable bedroom with fire lit up in the fireplace and the lizard curled its body next to her head.

Iris let out a whimper, because her body felt so uncomfortably weak and even though the pain almost didn't exist, but she was so drowsy and her whole body felt like jelly.

She heard a movement and someone talked quickly in low voice in the distance and knew immediately it was Cane. She recognized the way he walked and the sight of him eased her discomfort a little bit.

Cane immediately sat down on the edge of the bed and held her hand.

"How are you feeling?" Cane asked, he caressedher cheek and held her hand. His eyes left no room to hide.

"Exhausted and weak..." Iris replied in smallvoice. The lizard beside her head lifted its head and blinked at her.

Cane extended his hand and caressed her cheek. He had no words to say, but from the look of it, you could tell how distraught he was. He became even more callous now.

"How long?" Iris asked again when Cane didn'tsay anything and only stare at her.

"Four days." His voice was so grim. Those werethe worst four days. It had been a while since Iris lost her consciousness for that long. Her health was so great recently and now it happened.

"Oh..." No wonder she felt so tired and hungry."Are we in the Silver River pack already?"

"Yes."

Not long after, Grace entered the bedroom and sat down next to her. She checked her pulse and said something about how her vital was normal but she needed a lot of rest, while Cane held Iris's other hand, he said nothing.

He looked like a calm and cold river, but no one knew the stream beneath it.

"The situation in this continent is not right, weneed to leave, Abby." Liam rested his hand on the hilt of his sword. He had sneaked into the Serafim's room in the middle of the night to persuade her. "You don't need to meet with thealpha from the Red Cla w pack. I don't think he is trustworthy. The king is dead and from what I heard, the man on the throne is not a good person. Rumor said, he used black magic."

"He was framed. He was the one, who contactus."

"There is no proof he was not using black magicand tried to lure us here. There must be a hidden motive."

Abby sat down on her bed, she was contemplating her next words. She knew how much Liam was worried about her. "No, Liam. We need to stay. That's the more reason for us to stay here. We need the magic stone for our magic user. If something went wrong here, the supply for the magic stone for our people could be cut off. The magic users rely heavily on the magic stones."

And the Red Cla w pack was one of the packs that provided magic stone, aside from the Howling Wolf pack.

Currently, they were in the Winter Moon pack, alpha Dax, the alpha of the pack, was the first person, who greeted them once their ship anchored. From him, they learned about what was going on in this continent and how the power had divided because of the death of the king.

They couldn't receive any news, while they weresailing, more so because the Holly Kingdom had never intervened with the shifters, aside from their deal with the magic stone, thus they didn't have people in this continent to inform them about the shift of power during such period of time.

"The need is mutual, Abby. The magic stone tradebetween two continents will still continue," Liam emphasized this. He knew this was the excuse Abby used to intervene, though this was not her strong reason why she wanted to stay and finish her duty, especially with the black magic involved.

As a Serafim, Abby wanted to prove herself. She had been sick for so long and her health was not that great, thus bad rumor about her started to spread that she was the weakest Serafim in history. Liam knew how much it hurt her, since she had never accomplished anything.

But, this was different problem.

"The shift er has no use of magic stone and thistrade is their biggest source of income."

"It will still affect the trade," Abby said adamantly.

Liam sighed and then approached her, she had this look, whenever she was being stubborn and no one could change her mind.

"Abby, you don't need to do this to prove yourself.You are enough. You are chosen to be theSerafim for a reason."

Abby pressed her lips into thin line when she heard that. She knew Liam would be able to see through her. "I chose to stay and we will stay. We will meet with alpha Colter tomorrow."

Because of the location between the Winter Moon pack and Red Cla w pack, it took so long for alpha Colter to be able to cross the border and meet with the Serafim. He would come with his beta, Koda, who was also the great grandfather of the crown prince.

Unfortunately, Red Claw pack lost the battle.