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 first floor. Why would he need to

this inn was more like

knew that I was for sure, without a doubt in a rogue zone. There weren’t

but they showed him a lot of respect and obviously revered him. He

greetings. The news

definitely more going

to the wall. I could see the

guards in the lobby, and more guards by

the front door? Soren had been investigating me. It seemed more likely that he wanted

turned my glass in my hands. I hadn’t taken a sip

guards was that they worked

was just there to

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

the hallway entrance straightened up and

the bar. Some of them were passed out on

changing shifts. Now was my

No one was watching me and the new

shadows. It would be much easier to stay hidden when the new guards arrived, and for

side door on the inn, otherwise, why would the guards be protecting the hallway? There wasn’t anything down this way but a big empty even

and didn’t look like they’d been used in

there wasn’t a way outside. At least, that was

once again, my knowledge

the door handle. It wasn’t

were really concerned about

in

handle. There could be more guards waiting for me on the other side of the

to stand around outside at night in the frigid desert. That was cruel

all likelihood, I was just being

I pushed the

Screech! Screech! Screech!

and blinding lights flashed on

I groaned, covering my

The doors to the event room and card room

Even if I did run, the guards had already seen me. They’d

try my luck in the village but I still wasn’t

around me, pointing

were five shifters. Two had guns, one

these guys and their weapons as I did in running away. Even at

no point in risking myself by attacking