[IRIS POV]
Martin looked just as shocked as I felt. He held his swollen cheek with one hand, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"Mom?! You're slapping me because of her?"
"I'm slapping you because you need to be slapped! It's one thing to say those things, but another thing to actually take action," she seethed at his son. "Did you not think about what would happen if Iris actually died because of you? You'll bring disaster upon our family!"
"No one cares about her―" Martin tried to argue, but Healer Felix interrupted with a cold, dismissive snort.
"I do, in case you forgot," Healer Felix said, his eyes glaring icily at Martin. "Not to mention Caius, our hot-tempered future Alpha. Did you think he brought Iris all the way to Moonveil Lake to treat her because he didn't care? What did you think would happen to you if he found out that you didn't bring Iris back on the behest of someone else's words?"
