Chapter 348: MY BROTHER IS ALREADY HERE
"Tired?" Iris asked, a breeze caressed her rosy cheeks. "Come here..." she patted her lap.
Who would be able to turn down such a tempting offer? Obviously not Cane, because the next second, he dropped his head onto her lap. He was bone weary and couldn’t care less about his surroundings, the only thing that he knew, he was surrounded by this blissful scent of his mate. Not to mention the way she caressed his head which eased him to sleep faster.
It wasn’t long before Cane fell into a deep slumber, while they were taking shelter under the shade of the trees, as the sun appeared from the horizon behind them.
Iris ran her fingers through his hair, as she occasionally kissed his forehead. Cane was too comfortable to even shift in his sleep. He slept like a baby and for once, Iris could see a young man, who had exhausted his energy to survive in this cruel world.
If she could, she wanted to shield him from all the bad things, yet they were surrounded by them and she held no power to do so. The only thing she was able to do for him was to offer a place to rest.
Iris hummed and looked at her surroundings, while she waited for Cane to wake up. She covered his face with her hand, so the light of the sun wouldn’t wake him up when it was close to noon. She didn’t move even when she felt her legs going numb.
She liked this silence inside this forest, while staring at the sleeping Cane. The scar on his face was proof of the cruelty of her father and what he had gone through to survive.
However, the serenity didn’t last long when Iris caught movement in the bushes not too far from her. Here, the grass and bushes had started to grow and the weather was slightly warm, though the sun was not as scorching as in the afternoon summer. It was warm enough for monsters to wake up from their deep slumber during winter.
"Cane..." Iris was afraid it was a monster or something and she could feel her little lizard moving out of her pocket, climbing to her shoulder in anticipation.