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.
