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.

emotion about it or reaction to it. Based on how

crept over me and I couldn’t help but think that the whole pack was under a curse or something. It was like

Just apathetic, emotionless.

were just really unhappy about their lives. Or the morning fog just made them seem gloomy. I wondered if they’d perk up as the day went on and the

up the street and bowed my head so I didn’t have to look at

like the slow, sad shuffle of the people of Miltern pack. These footsteps were deliberate

I ran down another corner, flew by a few blocks and turned again. I kept close to the buildings and did a loop around one

tried to outrun them, the closer their footsteps got.

different buildings. None of the pack members paid any

after me or try to stop me but I kept going. There was a woman in the kitchen making coffee and she

open window. An entire family was eating breakfast. I

“Oh, sorry,” I muttered.

at me, acknowledged my invasion of their home and went back to their

bulkhead. It put me in their backyard. The house had a crawl space underneath. Dropping

the front porch, I could see an alley across

lost my pursuer, but I

through the alley. Out the other side, I kept running until

Hele be in the forest

was going on

on the path to the forest, I stopped running. My heart hammered against my ribs and my

getting caught. I could

path led me right to the forest’s edge and I recognized the entrance point. Helen had given me very clear

breath and headed into the old, thick trees. The path got narrow but it was easy enough to see it winding through the trees

deeper into the woods, I noticed

just risen! This

the sun was still shining, but the canopies were

shivered and rubbed my arms as the darkness

ahead as it narrowed more and more and suddenly,

path just ends in

keep going in a straight line, I started walking around the trees, acting like I was still on a path. However, before long, when I stopped and turned around,

I was lost.

in on me through the darkness and started to

remember which direction I came from and wait until the sun was higher in the sky

waited around too long. Mind made up, I turned

Click. Clack.

Gibber. Gibber.

hell made that kind of

Click. Clack. Gibber. Gibber.

the path. I carefully followed

was light enough here that I could see what was

group of people moving through the woods. Based on their clothes, they looked like they’d

though. They were moving strangely. It was like their

arms, they tottered through the

so well through the trees despite how awful

was just so