Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 665

Chapter 12: My Rescuer

*Mila*

All through the night, I stuck to the shadows and stayed close to buildings as much as I could. Every now and then, I glanced back to see if Soren had sent anyone to follow me. So far, I was alone.

When I got to the edge of the village, I headed in the direction of Miltern pack territory.

In my dreams, Helen had given me a road map. At least, that’s what I thought it was. She’d shown me the way over and over again, but I’d never understood. Now that I could remember them more clearly.

She’d shown me that I needed to follow the desert north star until the white sands became paved roads and the sun began to rise.

It was cryptic, but I felt like if I just went after the north star, the rest would make sense, eventually.

When the sun rose, though, it didn’t show me white sands and paved roads. Instead, a thick, dense fog hung over everything. I could barely see in front of my own face.

I stuck my arm out and swiped it side to side like I could push the fog away. It was hard to see far. There was no going back.

I took a deep breath and stepped into it, but the deeper I went into the fog, the more my stomach gurgled uncomfortably. Was this really the way I was supposed to be going?

I couldn’t see anything. How could I tell where I was going?

I stumbled along until the sand beneath my feet felt funny. I glanced down and saw white sand under my shoes, fine and soft like powder.

This was Miltern pack territory. I made it!

Almost as if the fog could feel my excitement, it started to thin and then lifted a little and the Miltern village came to my sight.

There were people on the streets. They walked around like the fog hadn’t even been an issue for them.

I waved to someone close by and he wandered past me like he didn’t even see me.

“Hey there,” I said cheerfully.

Still, he kept walking and didn’t even turn his head.

I glanced around and saw that no one else was looking at me either.

Could they even see me or hear me?

I stood still and watched as they moved around. They practically drifted through the streets like they didn’t see each other either. It was like they were zombies or ghosts. I wondered if they were even alive or if they were just shadows of themselves.

None of them smiled. They had no expressions at all. They weren’t happy or sad and they didn’t talk to each other.

I saw a woman in her front yard gardening with a blank look on her face.

A man walked down the street with a basket over his arm, completely deadpanned, shuffling his feet along.

Several of them were heading toward what looked like a market. I could see vendors selling food and clothes, but none of them smiled at each other or shared any kind of greeting.

watch them go through daily motions and not have any emotion about it or reaction to

or something. It was like they

Just apathetic, emotionless.

gloomy. I

my head so I didn’t

me. It didn’t sound like the slow, sad shuffle of the people of Miltern pack. These footsteps were deliberate

flew by a few blocks and turned again. I kept close to the buildings and did a loop

them, the closer their footsteps got. They were

pack members paid any attention to me

stop me but I kept going. There was a woman in the kitchen making coffee and she didn’t make a sound as

through an open window. An entire family was eating breakfast. I landed

“Oh, sorry,” I muttered.

my invasion of their home and went back to their

crawl space underneath.

porch, I could see an alley across the street. I couldn’t hear the quick

seemed like I lost my pursuer, but I

under the house and bolted across the street and straight through the alley. Out the other side, I kept running until a forest could be

be in the forest waiting

what was going on with all

ribs

getting caught. I could deal

the forest’s edge and I recognized the entrance point. Helen had given me

narrow but it was easy enough to see it winding through the trees and underbrush. It

the woods, I noticed that it

sun had just risen! This

tried looking through the treetops to check if the sun was still shining, but the canopies were so thick

rubbed my arms as the

it narrowed more and

path just ends

around the trees, acting like I was still on a path. However, before long, when I stopped and turned around, I couldn’t see the road behind me

I was lost.

through the darkness

which direction I came from and wait until the sun was higher in the sky and maybe the forest wouldn’t be so creepy,

waited around too long. Mind made up,

Click. Clack.

Gibber. Gibber.

the hell

Click. Clack. Gibber. Gibber.

search for the path. I carefully followed the sounds to a little clearing and stayed hidden behind a

fog was light enough here that I could see what was

of people moving through the woods. Based on their clothes, they looked

strangely. It was like their joints were locked and they

and arms, they tottered

well through the trees despite

just so