Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 660

Chapter 7 : What Choice Do I Have?

“I really appreciate all the help, I do, but…”

I couldn’t pull away from Soren’s intense look. His eyes swam with concern. My throat tightened and I tried to swallow, but it hurt.

All I wanted to do was get out of there! I wanted to get out of bed, be able to stand on my own two feet, put on some new clothes, and leave. There was too much on the line if I stayed put.

Besides, whenever I smelled Soren, felt his warm body, or looked into his eyes, I was like a giddy, lovesick puppy. That just wouldn’t do. Not to mention that lady friend of his. Ashley… She really didn’t want me around.

“Your friend is right… it is time for me to leave,” I insisted.

I tried to pull away from Soren and stand on my own. My legs shook and I plopped down on the bed. Tremors ran through my body and I felt weak and faint.

How could I get anywhere like this?

I had to try again. Gritting my teeth, I tried to stand. I strained every muscle in my body but I could only rise a few inches before I fell back on the bed.

A heavy, calming hand rested on my shoulder, keeping me still.

I sighed and looked up at Soren. His hand was more comforting than it should have been. It was like that one touch told me I could trust him and that everything would be okay.

“You know, you can take it easy when you need to. No one will think less of you for taking time to recover after what you’ve been through,” he said kindly.

I scoffed and shook my head. “I really need to move on.”

“If you’re concerned about your safety, no one here will hurt you. I will make sure of it. Stay and rest until you are strong enough to make it on your own. I’m not sending you out there to die before you get to the edge of the village.”

His sentiment was almost nice but there was a passive-aggressive undertone. After all the trouble he’d gone through to help patch me up, he wasn’t going to see me throw it all away.

If only he knew the danger he was inviting by allowing me to stay. If he did, he might not have helped me at all.

What choice did I have?

I could stay here among strangers and trust Soren’s words. A stranger, an ambitious male that could easily use me for his own gain.

Or, I could take my chances and run away. Too weak to walk on my own, I’d never get far. Soren was right about that. I’d be far too vulnerable out in the open, stumbling around. It would also draw too much attention.

“Thank you,” I said. At least, so far, Soren hadn’t acted like a villain…yet. I really didn’t have many choices. It was the better of two bad options.

After that, my strength completely sapped, I laid back on the bed and got comfortable on the pillows.

“You’re welcome,” he replied and left the room, locking it for me before sleep took me quickly.

***

passed on my road to recovery. Every day I could feel my strength returning and my

pleasant and he never made me feel like he was trying to interrogate me or rush

seemed to want me to slow down. But I wasn’t going to milk

main caregiver. She came by regularly with food, clothes,

“Did you sleep well? Are

in the answers to the first

days, the questions became

to me being there, or she was just tired of asking and

will you be leaving?” Ashley asked again as I finished my

I tried to convey that I didn’t want to be there any more than she

a clean outfit she’d brought for me. After several more days, I was

blisters from the desert heat had really done a number on them. For a while, I

said when she saw me wrapping fresh bandages on my own. The cooling,

out of here soon,” I tried to make it easy

She collected my empty plate and left the room without wanting to converse more. I

feet were still sore but I could finally stand

time since I got there,

were tricky but I made it downstairs. No one stopped me as I limped through the front door and out onto the porch, where I was pleasantly greeted by clean, fresh air

porch railing. As I looked around the village, I realized that it really was in the middle of the desert. No matter what direction I looked in, whether close by or at the

were in need of maintenance. Even the inn I was staying at could use a layer of

it survive

the sun started to feel hot—I didn’t want to aggravate my blisters anymore—however, I realized something

exterior. It was obvious that the owner of this inn

my attention was that although it looked beat-up from outside, the building structure from inside was

bearing walls were well-kept brick or stones which looked very steady and the other

which meant that the roof which looked beat up was actually doing a

were two layers of windows. The inside layer was new and clean, while the outside layer gave the

surprised to find that the rundown appearance outside

I plopped down on a stool and my feet were pleased not to have weight on them anymore. I relaxed my body, listening to the conversation and soft

and headed my way. “Would you like

said. I’d need my strength to

to enjoy a meal? It was ironic that out of all the places in the world, it was in the rogue zone where I

and…homey. Was it why those around me, regardless how rough and tough they look,

wasn’t chased by my enemy, would this be a good option for me to

heck was I

She’d be happy

he’d like to see my backside too, but for an entirely different reason. At least, he seemed to like

they were enough

among the rogues, but lived and behaved nothing like a rogue. If anything, he was like an elegant alpha, or

my head and stuffed a bite of food in my mouth

my energy. As soon as I got to the bed, my

the rest I was hoping to