Chapter 516: UNDER THE MOONLIGHT
"Where do you want to take me?" Iris asked, she was comfortable enough to stay clinging onto Cane’s back even though they had crossed the river long back.
Cane didn’t put her down, and she didn’t want to be put down either. It was great because she didn’t need to walk and even more so when she had a reasonable reason to hug him like this.
They didn’t go deeper into the mountains, it seemed, Cane took her to the other side of this Goffa mountain. Only now did she realize how big it was, as it stretched between the two packs; the Howling Wolf pack and the Blue Moon pack.
They walked across a clearing and the grass looked so soft and comfortable enough to walk barefoot, still, it wasn’t enough to tempt Iris to get down from Cane’s back.
"Somewhere nice. I hope you will love it."
Iris wanted to say that she would love to be anywhere with Cane, but she refrained herself from saying that out loud, because of how cheesy it would sound. In the end, she settled on enjoying the sight before her eyes.
Dense trees lined up this clearing, while the night sky looked so bright with pale moonlight illuminating their path. Unfortunately, there were not many stars above them. The wind was not cold and Iris really enjoyed this walk with Cane, or she could say it was Cane, who was walking with her on his back.
And they spent half an hour or so of walking in silence, silence that fulfilled them, where they didn’t need to submit to the obligation to speak, since being in the presence of each other was already enough to fill the void in their hearts and give comfort to their troubled minds and all the problems they had to face sooner or later.
The only important thing they had right now was each other. They only wanted to be in each other’s presence at this very moment.
"I found this place when I stayed in the mountains long enough years ago."
Iris understood what exact moment Cane meant, it must be the time when her father sent many people to the mountains, but gave those shifters Rottingbane beforehand, so they wouldn’t be able to shift into their beasts to protect themselves from the monsters. They needed to bring back one monster within three days, or else their loved ones would be killed.