Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 664

Chapter 11: I Needed Them Dead

With Mila gone, there was no need for me to keep sleeping in the guest room. I grabbed my clothes and headed to my own room again.

As soon as I walked in, I ran into a thick wall of her sweet, delicious scent. My mouth watered and I licked my lips.

What was I doing? There was no need to get all slobbery over a girl I’d never see again.

Huffing, I tossed my clothes into a drawer. I could fold them later. When I sat on the bed something clinked and I looked at the pillow.

I raised an eyebrow when I saw a small pile of jewelry and valuable knick-knacks.

There was one piece I recognized. A ring. It was the ring Ashley had told me would be appropriate compensation for us caring for Mila.

Slowly, I reached out and touched the ring. Had she left all these as payment? What was way more generous than Ashley anticipated. I wonder what she would say when she learnt about this.

I picked through the items on my pillow and examined that ring. It was too small to slide past my top knuckle on my pinky. The ring was so dainty, despite being antique and intricate.

After a close look, I felt like the design etched on the ring was familiar somehow. A distant memory nagged at the back of my head but I couldn’t place it.

I tucked the ring in my pocket and went downstairs.

Payne was in the bar with the late-night security shift. None of them were drinking, because they were on duty, but they sat around chatting casually.

“Soren, I thought you went to bed,” Payne greeted me as others slightly bowed their heads. I wasn’t their alpha, but they didn’t pay me less respect.

“I was on my way,” I admitted.

“Looking for me for something specific?”

“Mila left her valuables behind,” I said. “I think it was for payment.”

“Did she?” Payne asked, but that wasn’t really a question that I needed to answer. “Well, good for her. Now Ashley could shut up. We certainly didn’t expect that.”

“Neither did I…” I sighed and pulled the ring from my pocket. “Especially something like this.”

I put the ring down on the bar between the two of us and waited for Payne’s reaction.

His eyes narrowed and then he sucked in a sharp breath. His eyes widened and he creased his brow.

It looked like he was familiar with the ring.

After a moment, Payne’s eyelids dropped halfway and I could practically see the gears turning in his head.

“You’ve seen something like this before?” I asked, flicking the ring lightly.

“I… maybe?” he said, scrunching up his face.

you mean,

looks familiar. If I have seen it, it was a long, long time ago. Like, before my pack was eliminated. So, I was maybe

“Okay.”

and squinted his eyes, thinking real hard. He started nodding like

office and look for something interesting. Once, I found a wanted poster that he placed in his drawer,”

had th poster, would he want to display it on a public wall so that the whole pack was aware of and could keep an

She was wearing that ring. I’m sure of it,” he

Payne creased

old, you had a great memory to remember this kind of details.” I glanced at him, watching

asked my dad about her but he brushed me off and said it wasn’t my concern. He wouldn’t even tell me why she was wanted. He did tell me that if I ever saw this ring, I needed to tell him right away…

everything?” I

nodded. “It was a long time ago. I can’t be sure

a pat on

didn’t press further, knowing it was hard for him to talk about his

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!

perimeter alarm!” Payne jumped

the ring and stuffed

halfway across the bar when a dozen intruders swarmed

guards immediately jumped into action, but I shook my head. I didn’t want a bloodbath and the intruders outnumbered us at the moment. Besides, I needed to learn what they

down but they waited for me to

man pushed to the front of

is the

fists at my sides, but I

and asked calmly, “Excuse me, who are you looking

them the answer they wanted right away, the

through the bar. One of them knocked a table over and kicked

bar and smashed several expensive bottles of

guys growled, but I held up a hand to hold

clothing and stances. They weren’t rogues or outcasts like us. They seemed organized and were all wearing the same uniform. Someone rich and powerful

colors were too common to be related to a specific pack or alpha. Obviously, they intentionally hid where they

leader put his hands on

little pup,” he

He wasn’t going to disobey me, no matter how much these men

to me. “Don’t play dumb. You know who I’m talking about.

asked,

business, not yours!”

it isn’t,” I said,

men ruining the bar all stopped. After a

leader clutched his chest

like I was an insect to be crushed.

“You’re

he laughed sarcastically, “You’re nothing but a desert rat that calls himself an innkeeper. Well, if that’s what gets you off. Anyway, we know that Mila is staying with you in this dump. Just tell us where she

you get out of here right now and I’m generous enough to not charge

think so. Give her to us and we’ll be on our way. If not, we’ll go door to door in this dump hole and redecorate every room the same way we already