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 it. Based on

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.

gloomy. I

and bowed my head so I didn’t

sound like the slow, sad shuffle

I ran down another corner, flew by a few blocks and turned again. I kept close to the

to outrun them, the closer their footsteps got. They were definitely chasing

the town and ducked behind different buildings. None of the pack members paid any attention

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 coffee and she didn’t make a sound

another house and hopped through an open window. An entire family was eating breakfast. I landed right next to

“Oh, sorry,” I muttered.

at me, acknowledged my invasion of

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

I could see an alley across

pursuer, but

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 seen in

in the forest

she could even tell me what was going on with all the freaks in

forest, I stopped running. My heart hammered against my ribs and my calves ached. My elbows

of not getting

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

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

deeper into the woods, I noticed that it was getting

had just risen! This wasn’t

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

rubbed my arms as the darkness closed in around

it narrowed more and more and suddenly,

ends in the middle

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 couldn’t see the road

I was lost.

me through the darkness and started to get

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

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

Click. Clack.

Gibber. Gibber.

hell made that kind of

Click. Clack. Gibber. Gibber.

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

fog was light enough here that I could see what was going

woods. Based on

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

stiff legs and arms, they tottered

they moved so well through the

was just so