The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter-Chapter 971: THE FINAL BATTLE (37)

Dean and Pax monitored the situation in the harbor and they were stunned because this was the first time for them to see how the ocean drained, the vast land that suddenly appeared looked so weird.

It had been three hours since this happened and there were many shifters had made their way to the ships, abandoned this continent, while those who stayed behind still believed that alpha Cane and luna Iris could do something to fix the situation.

They learned that the alpha and the luna had returned and they survived the poisonous miasma, thus, they put their hope on them.

Currently, Iris was trying to figure out what to do with this whole situation. Abby visited her mother in the dungeon and tried to dig more information, any information that could help them.

"We need to leave, Abby," Elder Rose said, she stood behind the bar. Thankfully, Elder Dandolf and Elder Xarex occupied different cell in different part of the dungeon, so Abby and Elder Rose could have this private conversation. "Something big will happen. All of us will die." She looked genuinely scared.

"If you don’t tell me what will happen, all of us indeed will die." Abby felt a little bit pity for Elder Rose. For her to end up in this wretched place was something she had never imagine before. "Tell me, do you know anything about why the water in ocean drained?"

Elder Rose wrung her fingers. She clenched her jaw. She knew something, but didn’t want to tell her. Abby recognized her habit.

"Mother," Abby called her gently. "I love you, mother. But, why you never love me back? You always put everything else above me. Now I have a baby on my own, I can’t imagine to treat my daughter the way you treated me. Can’t you make one thing right? Can you put me first this time?"

Elder Rose broke down crying this time, it was hard to see a woman as prideful as her to cry her heart out in front of her.

Right now, she looked nothing, but an old and pitiful woman. She was struggling with so many things in her life, but it was a rare occasion she would let anyone to know how broken she was inside. Not even Abby had seen this side of her.

Outside, the sky had turned darker, as the sun slowly disappeared behind the horizon and when Abby looked for Iris, she was breastfeeding her babies.

Finally, her second baby was willing to open his eyes and they could see his beautiful golden eyes, but it didn’t for long before he fell back to sleep again after his little stomach was full.

Meanwhile, his twin was very active, he made baby noise and looked at his surroundings with curiosity.

Cane was with Ethan and Jace to discuss the situation and Zale literally stuck like glue with the babies if Zephyr didn’t drag him away to give him some tasks to do.

"I need to talk with you about something," Abby said, as she approached Iris. She was surrounded by people, who loved her and would do anything for her, while she only had Cedric, even so the knight didn’t belong to her. Cedric was one of Iris’s protectors too. "Alone."

Abby envied that. She grew up with no one, even now, she had no one, but her baby.

"Okay." Iris handed her first son to Hanna and then followed Abby outside, where she told her everything that elder Rose had disclosed. "A great waterfall? What is that?"

Abby shook her head. "She only said that the great waterfall will kill all of us, no matter how far we went, we will not be able to escape it, it’s too late to board the ship and leave this continent too." ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

They were in perilous situation.

"What else?" Iris narrowed her eyes. She didn’t know whether Elder Rose was telling Abby the truth or not, but she knew the peculiar thing that happened with the ocean was not a good sign.

Abby clenched her jaw. "Elder Rose said, she is willing to tell everything if you came to visit her. There is something she wanted to talk about only with you."

Iris knew Elder Rose would find a way to have this conversation with her. It was not that she was not curios about her origin, but at this point, she felt like it didn’t matter, whether her mother was Elder Rose’s second child or not, she was still stranger to her.

More so, she had a bad feeling. Investigating her origin would be like opening a can of worm, she didn’t have the emotional spare to deal with it now.

"I have tried to dig deeper, but she didn’t budge. She wanted to see you."

In the end, Elder Rose found a way to force Iris to meet with her.

"I will see her," Iris said. This was something she had to face sooner than later. "Where is Cane?" Iris asked Kian, who followed them. "Can you call him and tell him to meet me in the dungeon?"

Kian nodded and left her with Zephyr, as he looked for the alpha and when Iris arrived, Cane was already there. He looked as calm as ever. Under the soft light of the moon, he looked aloof and ethereal.

"Are you sure, you are going to meet with her?"

Iris nodded. "But, I want you to be there with me." She needed emotional support, just in case it would be too much for her.

Thankfully, Elder Rose was not a shifter, thus she wouldn’t know if Cane was nearby and listening their conversation.

"Okay," Cane said and together they entered the dungeon, while the alpha waited at the door and Iris walked toward the cell. It was like a corridor, where you would see empty cell on your left and right. Elder Rose was on the third cells.

"Cut the case, what do you want to talk to me?" Iris asked, she looked callous.

"Can you step closer? I want to look at you." Elder Rose pressed her face against the bar, though Iris didn’t do what she asked her. "I should know it’s you. I should know that’s you... how stupid I am to not recognize you. You are Nera’s daughter. No wonder you look like Abby..."

"Can you tell me about this great waterfall?" Iris didn’t want to be distracted. This matter was way more important right now.

Elder Rose sighed deeply and explained what Abby had told her, but she added a few more details. "You have the air magic stone with you. You can stop it."

"How?" Iris had never had a proper training with her power and despite her remarkable advance to grasp the knowledge by figuring it out on her own, she was still having a hard time without any guidance.

"I fought a fierce battle fifty years ago. I will teach you. I will show you. Get me out of here and I will show you how to get it done." Elder Rose looked at Iris. "Iris, you might not know about this, but your mother carried not only one birthright."

Nera was unique, she carried bloodline of the Serafim from Elder Rose, but that was not only her birthright.

Nera’s father was a strong magic user. He was one of Elder Rose’s protectors. The only man that she loved, but when their affair was known, he had to face the punishment.

However, Ari was not only a mere strong magic user, he was the second prince of in the Andelus continent.

The Andelus Kingdom was overshadowed by the Holy Kingdom, because most of the time, they looked upon the Holy Kingdom more and the latest held more great influence. Therefore, Andelus Kingdom’s existence was akin to an assistance for the Holy Kingdom.

Even though Ari was the second prince, he couldn’t escape the punishment after the affair was revealed. They didn’t make it known to the public and outsider thought, Ari died during one of the Serafim’s battles.

One thing about the royal family of Andelus Kingdom, the women descendent from them would inherit a strong spiritual power. It would always pass down to the women in the royal family.

This explained how Iris could see other’s spirit albeit they were not shifters.

Iris was mistaken to think this ability belonged to the Serafim, the power of the Serafim that she had not yet understood. As it turned out, this was her second birthright that she got from her mother. But, who was her father?

"Iris, you are powerful enough to stop Rei, but you need someone to guide you. Your strong power will be useless if you didn’t even know how to use it." Elder Rose looked genuine for the first time, she stared at Iris, imagining how Nera was when she was alive. She had never held her in her arms at all. "Let me help you."

"You don’t help me, Elder Rose. You are helping yourself." Iris corrected her. But then, she stretched out her hand and burned the steel, releasing her from the cell, just like how she freed the little white diamond tiger.

Elder Rose was thrilled to see this, but Iris’s cold voice stopped her from being too happy.

"You are still no one to me and I expect you to act accordingly." Iris walked toward the door, where Cane had been waiting for her and to her surprised, Abby had been there too, listening to the whole conversation.

There was this sadness in her eyes.