Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 662

Chapter 9 : Free At Last

My heart sank as I passed the office. Soren had seemed like a nice guy. I let myself believe that he was different and that he was good and decent.

But he wasn’t. I had been very, very wrong. He was like everyone else I encountered.

Groaning under my breath, I headed down the stairs, taking one at a time to make sure nothing would creak.

As soon as I hit the bottom of the stairs, I heard muffled laughter and saw lights flooding most of the first floor of the inn.

“Crap,” I whispered.

It was late and I assumed everyone would have retired. Especially with Soren’s clandestine meeting by candlelight in his office.

The main floor of the inn, where there was a bar and food, was busy as ever. Well, that would make slipping out quietly and unnoticed more complicated.

I walked into the main lobby and everyone got quiet, staring at me. I glanced toward the front door as they watched me. It wasn’t the right time to try and make a run for it. I already knew I wouldn’t get far.

Instead of going to the door, I smiled awkwardly and turned toward the bar. The shifters in the lobby followed me with their eyes. It was unnerving how they never looked away from me.

As I passed by, I nodded to them.

“Good evening. I was just feeling thirsty and thought I’d grab a drink,” I said cheerily. I smiled brightly.

One of the shifters grunted and they went back to talking quietly to each other.

“The bar is open all night,” another said, smiling back and nodding toward the bar entrance.

Sighing in relief, I headed on my way. At least, they didn’t try to stop me.

Walking through the inn, I noticed something I hadn’t noticed before. The shifters in the lobby seemed more like guards on duty. There were shifters in the bar, too, that looked like they were there to guard rather than drink and have a good time.

This wasn’t just some random inn I’d stumbled into. They were organized and this seemed more like a base than a place to socialize. I saw a lot of the same faces in the bar as I’d seen the last time I was there.

That seemed strange.

At most inns, people came and went. But these guys seemed like they lived here.

Why would they live in an inn and why would they need to guard it?

That didn’t make sense for a simple inn, and I had been in plenty of those.

Thinking back, Soren having an office and everything also seemed out of place. I hadn’t thought about it while I was eavesdropping, but what inn converted a room into an office for one guy? Did he own the inn?

manager’s office on the

inn was more like

that made even less sense! I knew that I was for sure, without a doubt in a rogue zone.

seen the way they were with Soren. They never called him Alpha but they showed him a lot of respect and obviously revered him.

and offering quick greetings. The news of my presence had spread to all of them, which wouldn’t have happened if this was

more going

a table in the corner and sat down with my back to the wall. I could see the entire room from there while

guards in the lobby, and more guards by

had been investigating me. It seemed more likely that he wanted to

I turned my glass in my hands. I hadn’t

guards was that they worked in

like I was just there to have a good

on, people stopped glancing at me curiously. I had become a fixture on the wall,

entrance

Some of them were passed out on tables,

were changing shifts. Now was my

the hallway. No one

the shadows. It would be much easier to stay hidden when

the guards be protecting the hallway? There wasn’t anything down this way but a big empty even room and a

dark and empty and didn’t look like they’d been used in a long

reason to guard it if there wasn’t a way outside. At least, that was my

door. And once again, my knowledge of guards and escape routes had paid

door handle.

If they were really concerned about someone getting in, they’d

in

or not I should turn the handle. There could be more guards waiting for

was an old inn, though, and no one would want to stand around outside at night in the frigid desert.

I was just being

pushed the

Screech! Screech! Screech!

alarm blared and blinding lights

I groaned,

to the event room and card room

down in the white, blinding lights. Even if I did run, the guards had already seen me. They’d be

door and try my luck in the village but I still wasn’t up to full strength. My

me, pointing

them. There were five shifters. Two had guns, one had a spear.

surviving a fight against these guys and

risking myself