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

out,” Jake said. He leaned back away and looked at me a

smirked. “Good! She needs to learn. When you see her again, tell her that next time she won’t be so lucky, and that my animals would be happy

You said that once the animals were all fed, she could be

“So… she figured out that I meant to have her

than I’d

one of them, and when I went to check

in shock. Linus

displeasure was

animals quite well.

by my friends, she’d had

“Alpha…?”

my eyes and scoffed, “Did she really think she could get out of this so easily? You said she likes animals? Good, she can take care

attempt at finding you a

what

Alpha. I will make

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* Ciana*

one another, and I thought the last few days I’d spent bringing him his

ani mals and I were already good friends. I’d grown up acclimat ing myself to wild beasts, so this menagerie was perfect for me. Even the lions and tigers enjoyed a good

after they’d had their

terrifying. They probably would’ve assumed that the uncaged animals would eat them alive, but it

I was going 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

of the palace, and every day, I had to make multiple trips hauling it out to the courtyard where the animals lived. That was the only complaint I had about this task-the buckets were heavy, the smell of flesh always made my stomach turn, and there was

even if it wasn’t the 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

on the way back to the zoo. My stomach turned even more

other end of the pathway,

she was already the queen and they wanted to ensure her

bucket past where they were standing, so I heard their nasty comments as I

early in the morning and have her way with him, and now she’s here, picking up lion shit.” All of the

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

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

all laughing. I stood up straight and turned to face her. While I didn’t want to cause trouble, I also wasn’t going to just take the verbal beating without doing anything about it. But before

“Pardon me?”

dark eyes deep with

and all of the girls quickly

her time name calling out and poking fun at another young lady, but I do think it’s quite disappointing to see Al phas’ daughters

Highness…” Sophia and the other

I find some chores for you to do.” He gestured for them to leave the area, and all of the girls gathered up their long skirts

moment, wanting to thank him but unable to find my voice. He moved closer and stopped right in front of me, his smile

had been looking for? One way or

apologetic tone, even though there was nothing he