Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 6: My Prince Charming

*Theo*

My eyes were focused on the files in front of me, but my thoughts were elsewhere. The scent of blood lingered in my office even after the cleaners had spent hours scrubbing my office upside down, and after all the furniture was replaced.

There was a knock on the door and I looked up to see Jake standing there. I was expecting him. “Any luck tracking down the assassins?” | started with my question.

He shook his head as he crossed the room to stand in front of my desk. “Nothing yet. I’ve got a team working on it.”

I nodded. I had figured as much. “Their entrance and exit was quick… too quick.”

“I agree. I believe they knew the palace quite well. We haven’t found a single trace of them anywhere. This was defi nitely a professional job,” my Beta said.

I considered his words and found them to be in line with what I had experienced. This was a crafty enemy. Not just anyone could’ve pulled it off. “What did Father have to say about the whole thing?”

“I haven’t spoken to him about it yet. I doubt he knows.”

“Very well. Leave it to me.”

“Alpha, you want to-”

“Father doesn’t trust anyone,” I reminded him. “Even me.”

“Of course, Alpha.” He paused and then asked, “So… why did you spare the girl?”

The girl.

A streak of anger flared up inside of me thinking about her. How dare she speak to me like that?

After taking a deep breath, I replied, “If she’s smart, she won’t say a word to anyone, especially not now.” She was in the zoo, after all, and that should teach her a lesson.

“Uhm, about that.”

“Yes?” My eyes went back to Jake’s face, wondering what he wanted to say about her.

He inhaled deeply, held it for a second, and then in a timid voice not matching his girth, he replied, “I think you may have underestimated this girl.”

| raised a brow and studied him for a moment before seeking clarification. “Underestimated her how? Are you say ing she’s one of them?” That wasn’t possible, a tiny thing like her, covered in dirt….

“No, no. I’ve done a thorough background check on her. She’s definitely not one of them. That’s not what I meant, Al pha.”

“Well, then what is it, Jake?” | asked, growing more irritat ed by the second. “Unless…” | paused for a second, and frowned, “they have disobeyed my orders and actually harmed her?”

“They” meaning my animals. But how could that be possi ble? They had never done anything against my orders.

Then again, that girl just seemed to be a magnet for trou ble. What if they really…

“No, not that either.”

realized I’d

leaned back away and looked at me a bit surprised. “Alpha, are you okay?

When you see her again, tell her that next time she won’t be so

cleared his throat, not meeting my gaze, “she didn’t faint. You said

“So… she figured out that I meant to

than I’d

single one of them, and when

widened in shock.

my displeasure was clearly written on

of the animals quite well. Since she completed the task you as signed her, I

to death by my friends, she’d had a

“Alpha…?”

to digest this news. Eventually, I narrowed my eyes and scoffed, “Did she really think she could get out of this so easily? You said she likes animals? Good, she can

part of your father’s attempt at finding you a wife, right? I worry that if the king finds out that you treat her like a

heard what

lowered his head. “Yes, Alpha. I will make it

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* Ciana*

the last few

doubt I’d win him over, though. The other ani mals and I were already good friends. I’d grown up acclimat ing myself to wild beasts, so this

after they’d had their slabs

assumed that the uncaged animals would eat them alive, but it

to live in the palace for the next three years, I’d much rather spend my time with these wild creatures than the one that occupied the wing where I’d witnessed a slaugh ter just a few days

the animals lived. That was the only complaint I

most glamorous job I’d ever done, I was still much happier here than I’d been with the group of complacent girls, listening to their ambitions of how to be come a

nearby as I was dragging a large pile of meat on the way back to the zoo. My stomach turned even more

other end of the pathway, staring down at

who were from smaller packs, flocking around Sophia like she was already the queen and they wanted to ensure

standing, so I heard their nasty comments as I came

sneak into his room early in the morning and have her way with him, and now she’s here, picking up lion shit.” All of the girls laughed, but Sophia’s high-pitched giggle was the most grating to my

to look over at her. She wasn’t worth my time. Instead, I continued to move my bucket of

be eaten by the wild beasts… not that they’d find much

While I didn’t want to cause trouble, I also wasn’t going to just take the verbal beating without

“Pardon me?”

His dark eyes deep with concern stared

 Warren?” Sophia said, and all of the girls quickly curtsied

didn’t acknowledge that effort. “Listen, I don’t know why you think it’s becoming of a young lady of your standing to waste her time name calling out and poking fun at another young

and the other

business before I find some chores for you to do.” He gestured for them to leave the area, and

wanting to thank him but unable to find my voice. He moved closer and

he really who I had been looking for? One

sorry for the trouble,” he said in an apologetic tone, even though there was