Chapter 350: THEIR SOLACE
Iris was shocked, unable to believe it when Cane told her to ride on the back of his beast. She thought he was joking and playing with her, but then she realized it was out of character for him to do so.
"It will take forever to reach the Riverside pack by foot."
Cane simply said that when Iris looked mortified after he told her what to do. In a way, he was right because at normal pace by carriage and horse, it would take them more or less two whole weeks, let alone by foot.
And it was out of the question to leave Iris behind.
At first, it felt so awkward to clamber on top of the black beast, as Iris felt it was so intimate to straddle him, but after the second day, she finally got a hang of it and felt less clumsy. Actually, she started enjoying it in no time.
The silence between them, the cold breeze that caressed her cheeks and the closeness... the serenity Iris had never felt before. Iris felt so close to Cane, not because she literally hugged him through the morning and the afternoon, until evening came, with intermittent breaks in between, but because she felt connected to her mate, despite there was no word that was exchanged between them during the long hours of their journey.
This was the peace Iris couldn’t describe. Not even words could define what they had right now.
Iris wondered whether Cane felt the same as her. Sometimes, she could feel his sincerity and how he tried to make things work in their relationship, just like what he promised her, but oftentimes, she felt this doubt in her heart, because Cane had never expressed his feelings clearly to her.
He was very short with his words and you had a better chance turning into a mermaid than getting a full explanation from his mouth.