563 ETHAN'S RAGE

"Watch your mouth," Ethan warned Oliverwhen he heard what he mumbled. He took him away from Iris and Cane, so they would have some discussion too. 1

"Is there something wrong with that?"Oliver asked, his expression showed how much he disliked the fact that the gamma stood for Iris. He still couldn't find in his heart to accept Iris as the luna of the pack.

Every time he saw her, he would feel like Gerald and Mason laughed at him derisively all over again. He couldn't stand the sight of her. 1

"Are you serious right now?" Ethan's usualcheerful self vanished, as he glared down at the warrior before him. "You still have that hatred? You hate her that much even after knowing what she had done for us? How much she suffered in the hand of her father and brother?"

"What she had done for us couldn't offsetthe fact she is Gerald's flesh and blood. It isonly a matter of time before she showed her true color." Oliver gritted his teeth. He didn't intend to have this quarrel with the gamma, but the word slipped from his mouth and he couldn't take it back. 1

Fortunately, it was only Ethan, who heard him, since the gamma was standing next to him.

"What do you mean with true color? Hasn'tshe showed you already?" Ethan asked sternly. "She is beautiful inside and outside. I like her color." 2

"You can't force your liking to me," Oliverretorted.

They should have ended the conversation right now, before it escalated to a whole new argument, but unfortunately, they were too riled up.

What those royal warriors told him kept ringing in his ears. The way they taunted them for taking their torturer's daughter as someone they must respect.

'Do you think you have free now? Howdelusional! How can you be free when you have to respect Gerald's daughter? Youdon't have any dignity left to make her your luna. After all this time, you are still slave!'

Those royal warriors taunted and mocked them with something along those lines.

Many warriors were triggered, some of them, who had started to accept Iris became angry again and Oliver was among those people. His hatred ran so deep, he couldn't help it.

"No, Indeed I can't force you to like her, butyou need to keep your hatred in check. No matter what, she is our luna." Ethan's expression turned very serious.

For someone as laid back as Ethan, it was so rare and a little bit disturbing to see him very serious like right now. He looked like he was ready to fight Oliver off if he was saying something out of the line again.

But then, his hatred blinded him and he didn't know when to stop.

"She will never be my luna."

"Watch your mouth, warrior."

"Someone like her doesn't deserve to beside by side with the alpha." Oliver literallygrowled at Ethan, which made the warriors around them turned their head and watched this heated argumentation. "Do you really think she is that innocent and kind? Did you forget that she is the one, who gave an order to kill Jemma?" 1

Oliver knew the problem why Jemma was dead, but he couldn't care less with the other de tail as his focus was on the fact it was because of Iris that young maid met her demise.

"Will was the one, who had beaten her todeath," Ethan hissed viciously. "If you want to protest, you can go back to the pack and question him!"

"Yes, but whose order was that? Knowinghow much Will cared for Hanna, that woman that you so called luna must have known he would have killed her, even so, she was still going ahead with the execution!"

"Why do you care so much about thatyoung maid? Did you like her?" Ethan sneered and Oliver became so angry with the way he mocked him. "If I have someonewho had done everything Hanna did to Iris, I am not going to lash them to death. I am going to shred them into pieces so no one will dare to do the same thing again to my person!"

However, Ethan's answer only pissed Oliver more... 1

On the other hand, Iris and Cane had another heated argumentation, as she was so desperate to make Cane changed his decision to leave this pack behind. 1

"There is nothing we can do, Iris. I have toldyou before about this and explain it," Cane said sternly. He knew there would come a day, where Iris would let her feeling ruled her view on thing and affected her decision and it just started now...

Iris knew, she understood, but the look on Nolu's eyes and how he wished for them to stay broke her heart so bad. What she understood didn't sit well with her conscience.

"Cane, please, reconsidered this," Irispleaded with him, but the look on his eyes alone told her there was no room fordiscussion.

"No, Iris." Cane's voice was so firm and thisscared Iris, not because she feared him, but because she knew she couldn't change his decision.

"Cane, we can try another thing. We canfind another solution," Iris said in desperate tone, the look on Nolu's eyes and the way he asked her whether they would return or not, simply something that would hunt Iris for the rest of her life if she didn't try her best to help them now.

"Let's be clear." Cane let Iris to cl utch ontothe front of his cloak, but he didn't try to comfort her like he used to whenever she was upset, this alone was the stance that Cane took so his mate wouldn't have any hope to change his mind. "How will you feed them?"

"Black market..."

Cane shook his head. "You know that's no longer an option." He then continued. "What about the Silver Warrior?"

"We can fight them off...""You meant wipe them out?"

Cane used the harsh words so Iris understood the situation better. Those mutineers refused to back down, they were even willing to kill their pack member, what else they wouldn't do?

Iris was tongue tied. She couldn't agree with that, but at the same time understood that was the only option.

"What about the strange condition with themember of this pack?"

Iris bit her lip, she couldn't answer all the questions. She lowered her head, upset to herself because she was not able to think of a solution. If Cane couldn't think of a way to save this pack, what she could do? It was not that she was smart er than him...

"What benefit we got from this pack? Thereis nothing to be saved here. Aside from their treasury, there is nothing valuable here." Cane hated to see how Iris was so dejected, but he was firm with his decision. "I will have someone to give away thetreasury to the people in this pack, so they can figure out their own way to survive."Iris dropped her hands that clutched onto him. That was the final answer. Cane wouldn't change his mind no matter what she said.

This time, Cane lifted her chin, so she could see him in the eyes. "Iris, we can't save everyone."

Cane had said this before and now he said it again. Iris must have forgotten about it. Her tendency to save everyone would cause trouble for herself.

Iris pressed her lips into thin line, tears welled up in her eyes, knowing that was true.

However, their conversation was cut short when they heard the commotion behind them. There was a loud and vicious growled from two beasts that tried to kill each other off, while there were three more warriors jumped into the fight and shifted into their own beasts, in order to separate them.

"Get into the carriage," Cane said sternly,out of instinct, he put Iris behind his back and the seven warriors immediately came to surround her, so she wouldn't beimplicated by the fight that was happening.

Meanwhile, Cane stormed toward the two fighting beasts and roared angrily. "Shift!"

The alpha knew it was his gamma and Oliver, he was warrior under Jace, he was the beta's second command.

This was not the sight that you would expect from the gamma, since he wouldn't have gone off with his fellow pack member. There must be something completely wrong for Oliver to tick him off like this.

On the other hand, Iris didn't listen to what Cane said to get on the carriage, because she recognized Ethan's beast and was worried about the gamma. She wanted to make sure Ethan was alright.

"SHIFT NOW!" Cane's voice thundered andthis made the other beasts whimpered and the warriors around him lowered their head, they were scared to see the alpha was losing it.( 1

With that harsh command, Ethan and Oliver finally shifted back into their human form, as they threw a dagger look at each other. Blood dripped from their woundsand it seemed, Oliver got the most of it.

"Both of you come with me!" Cane was soangry to see how they were fighting each other off, as if they were trying to kill one another. He walked away with the two men tailed behind him.

"What is happening?" Iris asked, she lookedat Aliana, who was standing beside her, but her focus was on Ethan.

Aliana narrowed her eyes. "I am not sure, luna. They seemed to be in some sort of argumentation earlier," she replied.

Eth an still looked so mad.