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.

have any emotion about it or reaction to it. Based on how silent

couldn’t help but think that the whole pack was under a curse or something. It was like they all had a dark, gloomy cloud over themselves. But they didn’t seem to be upset or sad. They weren’t

Just apathetic, emotionless.

just made them seem gloomy. I wondered if they’d perk up as the

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

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

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

closer their footsteps

of the pack members paid any attention

I darted up the steps and rushed inside. He didn’t call after me or try to stop me but I kept going. There was a woman in the kitchen making

and hopped through an open window. An entire family was eating breakfast. I landed right next to the table and they

“Oh, sorry,” I muttered.

invasion of their home and went back to

put me in their backyard. The house had a crawl space underneath. Dropping down on my hands and knees, I got into the crawl space

got under the front porch, I could see an alley

I lost my pursuer, but I wasn’t taking any

from under the house and bolted across the street and straight through the alley. Out the other side, I kept

Hele be in the forest waiting for

could even tell me what was going

I stopped running. My heart hammered against my ribs and my calves ached. My elbows were smudged with

price of not getting caught. I could

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

The path got narrow but it was easy enough to see it winding through the trees and underbrush. It didn’t look like anyone had walked on that

I headed deeper into the woods, I noticed that it was getting darker

had just risen!

check if the sun was still shining, but the canopies were so thick

as

path was also getting thinner. I looked ahead as it narrowed more and more and suddenly, I couldn’t

of path just ends in

started walking around the trees, acting like I was still on a

I was lost.

the darkness and started to get

came from and wait

able to get back if I waited around too long. Mind made up, I turned around

Click. Clack.

Gibber. Gibber.

What the hell made that

Click. Clack. Gibber. Gibber.

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

was light enough here that I could see what was going

a group of people moving through the woods. Based on their clothes, they looked like they’d come from the Miltern pack

off about them, though. They were moving strangely. It was like their

stiff legs and arms,

how they moved so well through the trees despite

just so