Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 509

Chapter 11 : There’s Something Out There

Xander*

I found Henry in the warehouse. He’d laid the creature on a tarp and was sitting on an upside down bucket nearby, looking pale.

I walked toward the old man, not bothering to announce my presence. He knew I was there. He knew I’d be coming to him with questions.

“It’s a wolf, isn’t it?* I said, stopping short of the tarp. I looked down at the body of the wolf, noticing for the first time the lack of blood on the tarp, and on Henry’s clothes. I peered at him, narrowing my eyes as he rose from the bucket. “Who is it?”

Henry shook his head, looking exceedingly exhausted. He ran his hand over his face, looking down at the tarp through his fingers.

“Gretta was the only worker unaccounted for in Bethany’s count.”

I closed my eyes, picturing the soft-spoken young woman with glasses and softly curling blonde hair who I had seen at breakfast the morning before. She hadn’t been at the bonfire, of that I was certain.

“What did this to her?” I asked, but Henry shook his head, wiping his hands on his pants as he rose from the bucket.

“I don’t know.’

“Lena and I heard something in the woods during the bonfire, something large-”

“It didn’t come from the woods, which are inside of the perimeter,” Henry breathed, giving me a look of annoyance. “It came from over the wall.”

“Has this happened before?” Adrenaline was coursing through me. My fingertips prickled as I knelt down by the tarp, taking a closer look at the remains of Gretta’s wolf form. There wasn’t much left.

“No one is allowed to shift on the property, especially after dark. Some do… but near the village. Never here.”

“You didn’t answer my question,” I said sharply, watching the old man closely as he stood with his hands tucked in his pockets. “What happened to her blood?”

I’d noticed blood staining the ground where her body had been found, and a splatter of it on the wall, but not nearly enough to have bled her dry like she was now. I reached out to touch the wolf, running my fingers over her fur.

“I don’t know-‘

“Then who would know? Have the authorities been alerted?”

“Radcliffe is on his way.”

“What authority does he have to investigate this? I’m talking about the police or the warriors belonging to the Alpha!”

“Radcliffe will determine what needs to be done,” Henry scowled, crossing his arms over his chest.

“This girl has been murdered, and violently-”

“We don’t know that-‘

“Are you kidding me?” I rose to my feet, clenching my hands into fists in an attempt to stop myself from reaching out and throttling the man. “She was ripped to pieces not even a quarter mile from where the rest of US were sleeping!”

I glanced back down at the remains of the wolf, shaking my head as I closed my eyes. It was the most awful thing I’d ever seen. Henry was hiding something. His face betrayed his calm, somewhat uninterested tone. He looked just as terrified and uneasy as I was sure I did.

alerting Morhan College to what happened, first thing in the morning. Lena and

that girl, anyway?” Henry asked, staring directly

f*ck do you mean

she’s sharing a bed with

Two, don’t try to

don’t know, do

at him, taking a

voice from the door to the

reddened and

sir,” Henry said, bobbing his head

and Bethany. I watched in horror as Maxwell commanded Bethany to physically move the body to the center of the tarp with her bare

her shoulder and pulling her away from

at Maxwell, then Henry. “Why is

She looked terrified, which made me want to scream

What

up and

said slowly, dismissing her with his hand. Bethany bobbed her head, once, then walked out of the warehouse. Henry watched her go, his eyes glossed over with concern. “You

even glance in our direction as he stalked out of the

rounded on Maxwell, not bothering to hide my contempt. He seemed unphased by the

“What’s going on here?”

said, waving toward the tarp. *No need

to time? How often has someone been tom to shreds

cannot shift on the grounds. If they go into the village, that’s one thing, but here?” He tucked his hands behind his back, walking a

within the walls,’ I argued, but he waved his

notified. If it

it suits him?”

bed, but even that is short-lived. He has a

south,” I said, not going into

accepting this as all he likely cared

you cover the body. Keep everyone out of the warehouse for the day,

Henry do this?* I asked in a

blinked at me, shocked, then threw his head back and laughed heartily. “Oh Goddess, no. Henry looks and acts tough, but I’ve known him since my childhood. He’s reclusive now, but he didn’t used to be, no. Lost his mate

as he continued to look down at the

asked, hoping I

manner that has become the reason why I implement the rule of not shifting on the property. The hills… they call to you in your wolf form.

tightening my throat, watching him as he walked away. He disappeared through

***

blonde hair sticking out in all directions of the messy bun she

the cottage as she held the door open for me. She wordlessly grabbed the kettle off of the woodstove and poured US both mugs of strong, black tea. I watched her as

as I accepted the mug of tea from her, what would’ve happened between

desire I felt toward her. I needed

the chair by the door, gripping her tea between her hands as she

her as much as I thought was useful, not wanting to scare her to death by describing the violent injuries afflicted to

been a shifter who worked at the

understand how that’s possible. We were just-just at the firepit. We