It was so rare for Cane to ask her to walk with him and after being so annoyed by the way Nala and Laluna tried to get her mate's attention while they kept staring at him secretly, Iris was more than willing to walk with him.
Laluna wouldn't have a chance with Cane, but Nala was a different story. Although she was not very familiar with the matters in the palace, Iris was well aware that Nala had the King behind her and that old man could do something to force Cane to take Nala as his mistress.
Cane wouldn't have a chance to stand against the pressure, since he didn't have any mistresses now and with the excuse Nala was given to him as a blessing from the King, it would force Cane into a perilous situation if he outrightly rejected her, if he did reject her…
