Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 658

Chapter 5: I Have to Get Out of Here

*Mila*

My head pounded. It felt swollen and huge. It was so heavy, I couldn’t lift it. That’s when I realized I was lying down.

“If not, I’ll send someone after him,” a sudden voice echoed around me.

It was him again. It was the voice I’d been dreaming about, the voice that had kept me grounded… Soren.

He pulled me from the darkness. I started coming back to myself and my body. My mind hovered between unconsciousness and wakefulness. Back and forth I drifted from being aware and being unaware.

It was as if I was part of two worlds, the world of the living and the world of the dead.

Would I ever be able to wake up? Would I see daylight again and be free of this endless dream?

I was trapped in a prison. A prison made by my own mind and body. I didn’t even know if it was real or part of the dream. Regardless, I clung to that voice hoping it would pull me back to reality completely.

“Are you sure you should be putting so much effort into this girl?” a female voice asked. I vaguely remembered hearing her name… Ashley.

I tried to open my eyes but my eyelids were too heavy. They stuck together, refusing to let any light in. I couldn’t see who was talking or where they were. Whatever they were talking about was important and I had enough sense to listen.

“I know you’ve been keeping an ear out. Have you heard anything in the town or from outsiders?” Soren asked, clearly ignoring the original question.

“Not much,” she replied, her answer was a bit curt.

“Ashley, tell me.” Soren obviously didn’t fully believe her.

Ashley complained, “You know I don’t like to listen to gossip and I don’t believe rumors. It hasn’t been easy to figure out what is true.”

“There has to be some truth in them,” Soren chuckled, like a spoiling big brother trying to persuade his naughty baby sister to do her homework.

“So says you. I know otherwise. You can’t trust the rumors spread by drunk shifters. They tend not to see reality.”

If I could have smiled, I would have. She sounded like someone I would get along with. I tried to smile but my mouth wouldn’t move. I didn’t even know where my mouth was.

“Alright, that is all true. So what you’ve heard? Mind sharing so I can determine what is worth investigating?” Soren suggested patiently.

“If that’s how you want it. Well, one rumor that seems to be common is that she is a fugitive from the crown. You know the Alpha King’s preferences… a pretty girl like that. She could be on the run from him.”

had nothing to do with the Alpha King… if anything, I was the

that seems unlikely. She was on foot. It would be hard to get far from the palace on foot with all the guards. And if she was one of the Alpha King’s, then

are a bit sketchy. I’m not sure how much

“Go ahead,” Soren encouraged.

a pack looking for someone but they wouldn’t reveal who they were looking for, only saying that it’s their Alpha’s order. Do you have any guesses on what they might be

Soren would speak before I lost

and scoffed. “What else could they be after? Power and wealth of course.

she has power and wealth?” Ashley

After a little silence, he finally said, “Let me know if

“I’ll keep you informed.”

like everyone else! He was nothing more than an ambitious jerk that wanted to use me for his own benefit.

keeping me around until he could figure out exactly how I could be used

just wanted my

true… If there was a pack searching for “someone,” it could have been the

knew the “someone” they were

Me.

to do with this girl?”

communicated that to her

out, sooner rather than later,”

through the desert. The sand was so hot it blistered my bare feet. My throat was dry and raw, making it impossible to swallow or talk. Wind tossed the sand around and grains pelted my skin like

was, I

I had to wake up

to move. It wouldn’t but I could feel my arms and legs. They

in my mind. “Help me find a way back to my body and my life. Please, guide me back

the darkness, a pinprick of light appeared above my forehead. It grew

felt light and as if I was floating. My movements were still slow

in cleared in my mind and everything inside of me got lighter and brighter. I thought I was in a dark cave, that

and I got up and ran toward

ran through the door of light, my eyes opened, but my eyelids were extremely heavy.

my skin burned, and my hands

breath was agony so

leaking out the corners. They were searing hot on my skin like someone was pouring scalding hot water

pain!? I hadn’t felt it at all while I’d

on fire, burning me

fuzzy again and the fogginess started tugging at my ankles. It was tempting for me to give in to it, because in the fog, I’d been

myself awake and I needed to stay