Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 571

Chapter 71 : I Need Your Help

*Lena*

“What do you mean?” I sneered as Adrian slammed the door shut behind him. His blue eyes narrowed on mine for a split second before peering around the room. “He’s not here! I thought he went back to Egoren–”

“He didn’t. I haven’t heard from him in two weeks.”

My heart dropped into my stomach as I searched Adrian’s eyes for understanding. His gaze lingered on mine, furious and intense, but then he glanced at the dying embers in the hearth and bared his teeth.

“It’s f*****g freezing,” he sneered through chattering teeth as he shrugged off his sodden coat and let it drop to his ankles. He began striping down while I stood there, shellshocked. “Do you have a blanket, or a towel?”

He was standing in only a wet undershirt and his boxers now, the fabric clining wetly to his skin.

“Lena?”

“Yeah, I–I’m sorry.”

I walked around one of the couches and tossed him a thick wool blanket before kneeling by the hearth and stoking the embers until they began to glow. I heard him slump into the armchair closest to the fire, his teeth chattering violently as I added a handful of kindling and bark to the embers. My fingers felt numb as I worked to stoke the fire into a hot blaze. The heat of the fresh flames so close to my hands did nothing for the chill that ran through me, and it wasn’t from the cold.

“He hasn’t contacted you?”

“Not at all,” I replied, glancing over my shoulder at him before tossing a log on the fire and closing the grates.

His cheeks were pink with cold, and his wet hair was dripping onto the blanket, little puddles of moisture casting shadows over his shoulders.

“How did you find me?”

“Do you realize the chaos you caused in Avondale? Your family is in an absolute f*****g fit, Lena. Abigail told me where to find you,” he bit out, his eyes reflecting from the flames like a mirror as he looked at me. “And don’t worry. No one else knows where you are. That’s what you wanted, right? Leaving behind only a note telling your parents you were sorry…. Your father is threatening war against Egoren. He thinks Xander ran off with you.”

knees, my stomach clenching

head, his mouth tightening into a smirk. “Yeah. You heard me correctly. I almost got arrested by your uncle’s warriors just for showing up at the palace. The only reason they let me go is because I explained that I was there

Creek?” I interrupted, rising to

you mean, what about

blinked down at him. I prayed he could see the confusion and panic behind my

you

dramatically as he leaned his

that? I’ve never met two people so dead set

know where Xander is. He left, for all I know. We fought, and then he was just… gone. I had my back turned to him for a second and when I turned back around he was gone. I haven’t seen him or heard from since that day, and I left Avondale a few days later. I have a job now. I have a

Lena. That’s why I came here, to find

me anything about Crimson Creek, you’re right. He wouldn’t. He couldn’t even give me the peace of mind of knowing

inside of his lower lip, shaking his head slowly from side to side.

me here and tried to make things right, but he’s not that kind of

don’t realize what he’s done for you,

“I don’t need saving!”

his neck out for you time and time again!” Adrian rose, the wool blanket cocooned around him the only thing to soften the look of pure hatred lining his features. His stance and expression sent a shock through my system. He looked terrifying,

wife with White

“You’re a f*****g bastard!”

him any credit for what he’s done to protect you.

decency to reject our bond so I could move

that? Has he ever mentioned his time fighting the wars in our homeland, the bloodshed he tried to end? He saved my life more than once, and those acts bound me to him for life. I am his Beta, but I’m also his friend, and I know him. I know him, okay? And

do you want me to do,

day he ran into you and Slate on campus…. He said he’d found her. He found ‘the one.’ He was f*****g giddy, if you can believe it. I thought that meant we were packing up to go

of me. No matter how badly it hurt to admit,

was also the only person who had ever pushed me to be better, to learn… and most importantly, he’d done so without putting me into a box and forcing me to

a freight train as I looked up at Adrian, tears clouding

was going to propose to me. He’d asked for my parents’ blessing. He had a ring and everything. We were arguing about how this all could possibly work. And then he