Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 644

Chapter 144 : The Unknown

*Lena*

A full week had passed since Alexis was born, and as the days flew by, I began to feel a little more at ease.

But it was an odd time in Castle Drogomor. Maids were packing up my belongings into boxes and trunks while I stayed in my mom’s sitting room with Maeve day in and day out, readying for my upcoming wedding.

Abigail and Elaine were making up for lost time. Xander and Adrian had been spending time in Mirage, meeting with the High Elder council about relations with Egoren going forward.

I flipped through one of the wedding magazines Maeve had brought with her, looking at the different hairstyles and makeup options. Everything seemed excessive, and I was starting to regret my decision for a large wedding instead of eloping with Xander, which he’d promised was also an option.

“We have two hundred RSVPs so far, and another hundred or so outstanding,” Mom said as she paced around the room with Alexis pressed gently against her shoulder. Maeve nodded, scribbling something down on a notepad. “The photographer is booked, the kitchen has the menu finalized, the alterations have been made to Lena’s dress–”

I sighed deeply, sinking deeper into the couch as I flipped through the rest of the magazine without even looking at what it said.

“Have we talked about the seating arrangements? Rowan said the Alphas of Crescent Hall and Granite Springs are having issues–”

“Their wives are sisters,” Maeve corrected, twirling her pen over her fingers. “They are the ones fighting, not the Alphas.”

“Well, do we seat them together, or is that just asking for trouble?”

I turned away from the conversation as Clare sat down next to me on the couch. She picked up one of the magazines before glancing at my mom and my aunt, rolling her eyes and giving me a knowing look.

“Where’s Sasha today?” I whispered as I opened a fresh magazine.

Maeve’s trove of wedding literature was endless, and it was currently stacked so high on the coffee table that the magazines were starting to lean over.

“She made a friend with one of the maid’s daughters. They’re in the kitchen making cupcakes,” she said softly. “She told me today that she wants to stay here.”

“In Mirage?”

“No, in the castle. She tells everyone we see that she’s a princess. I think this finery is going to her head.”

“Well, isn’t she a princess?”

Clare didn’t answer right away. There had been talk about Clare going back to Cedar Hollow to rule as Alpha, but nothing had been decided yet. Those who survived the attack on the village were scattered all over the pack lands now, but the majority of them were settling down in Mirage with no plans to leave.

there was nothing left to return to. Cedar Hollow had burned to

Clare said simply, turning a page of her magazine and glancing at where Mom and Maeve were talking in the corner of the

your older

said

been walking on eggshells with Clare since the moment I met her. I didn’t have much to

a brutal way, and it was painfully obvious she had no desire to actually live a life instead of just surviving. The man who had assaulted her

my mother, so don’t bother asking,” she said calmly, flipping another page. “And Maeve offered me an apartment, and a job as a temple attendant in Winter Forest if I want it. So don’t ask about whether or not

my lower lip as I turned my gaze back to Mom, who was currently rocking Alexis

hush passed over the couch, but a question burned on

fingers smoothing a

I choked, turning to

mine. I knew Clare’s powers of sight were weak at best, but her ability to

he thought. I cared what my pack would think of me, though. I was… I thought I could hide

“What happened?”

infants safely, and saved the mother’s life. I knew she had to… turn one of them, by pressing on the woman’s stomach. I tried that on

“What about you?”

at me, her face draining slightly of

was on the edge of death. I would have welcomed it, honestly, had it

the emotion behind my words nearly choking me as I held her gaze. “You

our family’s reputation. And he was right; it did. First, my mother left, then his daughter gave birth to a bastard child at the age of sixteen, with no clue of who the father might be. Rumors ran wild up until my father’s and my eldest brother’s deaths. Hale became Alpha and used his power to protect

the words, but she

“I won’t go back–”

said, reaching over to her, my hand hovering above her own. I slowly clasped

Forest. Hardly anyone knows me there, and those who do aren’t the ones who had anything to say about me or my

I offered, but

into the unknown, not

the word. Unknown–Clare was right about that. Despite Xander’s descriptions and explanations about his home, his culture, and his people… I still wasn’t entirely sure what I was walking

she

conversation was over, just

you did for us,” I said after a few moments

sworn, even if just for a split second, I saw

***

at her. She was fast asleep as usual, her cheeks rosy and round as

she does,” he murmured, running the tip of his finger over her