Chapter 732: NOT ENOUGH TIME TO GRIEVE
People in the Howling Wolf pack greeted her and was actually happy to see her, but somehow, Iris didn’t feel anything, she felt numb.
She asked herself; wasn’t this what she wanted a year ago? To be recognized and to be welcomed? To have people, who would be happy to see her? Now, she got what she wanted she didn’t feel happy at all.
Those smiling faces didn’t give her comfort. Those words of welcome sounded like a buzzing sound in her ears. She couldn’t bring herself to smile at them or see them right in the eyes. She only wanted to go to her bedroom and curled herself with the baby, while Cane prepared for the funeral. She needed every ounce of strength to go through her own daughter’s funeral.
Iris didn’t want to see them happy, why they were happy when her heart was being shredded into pieces? Why they only welcomed her now when she returned with babies? Would they abandon her again when they learned one of the babies was dead? Would they be disappointed because she gave birth to a girl and her little one was not a shifter? Grace had confirmed this...
Would these people, who cheered for her would treat her and her baby coldly when they learned about all of those?
Iris didn’t know what to think and why she poisoned herself with a lot of negative thoughts and worries, but her mind only kept replying the worst case scenario in her mind. Going back to this pack only heightened her anxiety, where she was not in a stable mental to begin with.
Everything exhausted her and she only wanted to have some peace with her baby and mate.
Yet, the commotion around her upset baby Rora, as she was startled, woken up by the loud noise around her, she pursed her lips and started crying, her small face turned very red when she snuggled closer against Iris’s chest, looking for comfort from her mother.
Hearing the baby cried, finally they calmed down, talking in low voice in excitement, as they craned their neck to be able to get a glimpse of the baby in their luna and alpha’s arms.
"Luna Iris!" Kaz greeted Iris when he saw her entered the pack house, he rushed toward her with Maria beside him. "I am so pleased to see you!" Kaz was excited to see the baby in Iris’s arms.
However, Aliana blocked him and Maria from coming closer to Iris. "Luna needs to take some rest. Don’t bother her."