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 it was, I didn’t think any of them were

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

Just apathetic, emotionless.

their lives. Or the morning fog just made them seem gloomy. I wondered if

bowed my head so I didn’t have to look at

didn’t sound like the slow, sad shuffle of the people of Miltern pack. These footsteps were deliberate and focused, and headed

and turned again. I kept

I tried to outrun them, the closer

members paid any attention to me but I still tried to avoid running into

guy opened the door to his house and I darted up the steps and rushed inside. He didn’t call after me or try to stop me but

family was eating breakfast. I landed right next to the table and

“Oh, sorry,” I muttered.

of

had a crawl space underneath. Dropping down on my hands and knees, I got into the crawl space and used my elbows to

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

pursuer, but I

house and bolted across the street and straight through the alley. Out the other side, I kept running until a forest could be seen in the distance, and that was where my dreams told me

in the forest

going

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

not getting caught. I could deal

edge and I recognized the entrance point.

to see it winding through the trees and underbrush. It didn’t look like anyone

headed deeper into the woods, I noticed that

sun had just risen!

sun was still shining, but the

arms as the darkness

narrowed more and more and suddenly, I

kind of path just ends in the middle

was still on a path. However, before long, when I stopped

I was lost.

the darkness and started to

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

be able to get back if I waited around too

Click. Clack.

Gibber. Gibber.

hell made that

Click. Clack. Gibber. Gibber.

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

that I could see what was going

Based on their clothes,

off about them, though. They were moving strangely. It was like their joints were locked and they couldn’t bend or twist

arms,

how they moved so well through the trees despite how

just