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.

them go through daily motions and not have any emotion about it or reaction to it. Based on how silent

feeling crept over me and I 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 happy,

Just apathetic, emotionless.

just really unhappy about their lives. Or the morning fog just made them seem gloomy. I wondered

so I didn’t

like the slow, sad shuffle of the people of

a few blocks and turned again. I kept close

closer their footsteps got. They were

through the town and ducked behind different buildings. None of the pack members paid any attention to me but I

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

window. An entire family was eating breakfast. I landed right next to

“Oh, sorry,” I muttered.

of their home and went back

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

got under the front porch, I could see an alley across the street. I couldn’t hear the

pursuer, but I wasn’t taking any

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

Hele be in the forest waiting

even tell me what was going on with all the freaks

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

price of not getting caught. I could deal with

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

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

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

had just risen! This

to check if the sun was still shining, but the canopies were so thick I couldn’t

arms as the darkness closed

it narrowed more and

path just ends in

still on a path.

I was lost.

me through the

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

I wouldn’t be able to get back if I waited around too long. Mind

Click. Clack.

Gibber. Gibber.

the hell made that kind of

Click. Clack. Gibber. Gibber.

path. I carefully followed the sounds to a little clearing and

fog was light enough here that I could see what

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

strangely. It was like their joints were locked and they couldn’t bend or twist

arms, they

so well through the trees

was just so