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?

did, there should have been a manager’s office on the first floor. Why

this inn was more

in

They never called him Alpha but they showed him a lot of respect and obviously revered him. He

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

was definitely more going on

sat down with my back to the wall. I could see the entire room from there while also remaining out of the

guards by the bar entrance, guards in the

would I really be allowed to walk out the front door? Soren had been investigating me. It seemed more likely that he wanted to keep me around and get some answers, especially with all these

my hands. I hadn’t taken a sip yet, still pondering the

guards was that they worked in

I was just there to have a good time. I

curiously. I had become a

the guards at the hallway entrance

bar. Some of them were passed out on tables, the rest were pretty bubbly and

shifts. Now was

grabbed my backpack and slipped down the hallway. No one was watching me and the new shift

easier to stay hidden when the new

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

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

be a reason to guard it if there wasn’t a way outside. At

muttered when I came to the door. And once again, my knowledge of guards and escape routes had

tested the door handle. It

was almost too easy. If they were really concerned about someone getting in, they’d

in

turn the handle. There could be more guards waiting for me on the other side of the door. Either that, or there was a security system

and no one would want to stand around outside at

I was

I pushed

Screech! Screech! Screech!

blared and blinding lights flashed on in the

groaned,

lights, I tried to find a place to hide. The doors to the event room and card room were too far away and

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

but I still wasn’t

around me,

shifters. Two had guns,

a fight against these guys and their weapons as I did in running

point in risking myself by attacking or doing