Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 675

Chapter 22 : Does That Seem Fair?

I stared at Soren for a long moment, frozen in place.

Scoffing, I threw my head back. Of course, last night was just a means to an end for him. He would use it to his advantage now and find out what was in the box.

I’d made the deal that he would protect me but now that we’d sealed it, he could use whatever leverage he wanted. He could tell me that if I didn’t show him what was in the box, he wouldn’t help me.

Just because I’d given him my body didn’t mean he had to respect that or honor it. With how casually he was treating last night, he clearly didn’t realize how big of a deal it was for me.

It was just his way of using me. He got his own physical satisfaction, like any man would want, and now he was going to satisfy his curiosity, and his own ambition if he wanted what was in the box.

Every time he tried to hide his intentions, I saw the truth come through.

He was no different than any other man.

Had last night been a joke?

Soren probably saw me as nothing more than one of “those women” he’d referenced who showed up at his door in the middle of the night.

And maybe I was no better…

I glared at the floor and looped my arms around my waist. I’d been the one to offer my body as payment. But I had truly wanted there to be an alliance between us, a real one.

Soren seemed to have other plans.

My jaw tensed and I kept glaring at a knot in the hardwood floor. If I had any sense at all, I’d run from Soren now and leave him with the bitter memory of the night we spent together without ever fulfilling his true desire, to look into the box!

Sighing, I relaxed my arms and opened my eyes fully. Perhaps, there was another way to salvage this situation.

Last night was full repayment for the times he’d saved my life. From now on, whatever happened between us could be purely business.

“Have you already looked in the box?” Soren asked, pulling me from my thoughts.

Thinking fast, I nodded. It was a lie, but I needed to keep the upper hand in this situation.

“I did look,” I said, offering no further detail.

Soren arched an eyebrow at me and I smiled coyly.

wolf hadn’t awoken yet, and wouldn’t for a few more years. There were bounty hunters closing in from all sides. I had no

manipulate and use Soren, I might

We could use each other until one of us came out on top. One of

could put him in harm’s way without feeling guilty. That made this entire deal

he pressed. He remained calm and composed. His eyes were still gentle as

trying to make me let my guard down, it didn’t matter. I wouldn’t fall into his

you don’t even know what my questions are, so seeing it won’t give you any more insight into me,” I insisted,

shook his head. “Don’t be so

faltered for a moment but I kept my expression

you think?” I challenged,

stupid. He was one of the smartest, most strategic shifters I’d encountered. Taking advantage of him

because he was smart but because he was powerful and had a whole band of rogues that followed him. I hadn’t seen his ruthless, cunning side, but

him and he found out what I was doing… Well, I had a feeling I’d rather turn

lower lip and

and set his book down. I could no longer read the

what’s in the box?” he

My dress tightened slightly

on my feet,

down, of course. Whoever gets their

up into his

my lips again and pranced across the room to him, swaying my

as I moved. It was hard to tell what he was thinking but I knew he wouldn’t be devouring me with his gaze if

practically brushed against his chest. Smiling coyly, I lifted my eyes to his, half-lidded under my

you know,” I said in a low tone that expressed both danger and temptation. “Only I can control what’s in the box. If I

eyes widened as I trailed my finger down the centerline of his torso, between his pecs and his abdominals. Just when I got to the waistline of his pants, I hooked the tip of my

eyebrow twitched and he let out a nearly inaudible grunt. I wasn’t sure if he was angry that

held his gaze, still

straight into my soul and knew what I was thinking, feeling, and planning. I felt like he could peel away my lies and

lower lip quivered and my breath hitched, but I leaned a little closer, trying to play it off like it was our proximity, not his

thought of me. He was older

and pranks under the watchful eye of an adult? Did he even

and lost my composure for a moment. Blinking, I quickly recovered and I smirked at Soren

matter what he thought of me. This was about my survival and getting my answers. I didn’t need him to think highly of me in

his lips curving

Do we have to chat about it all

Honestly, I thought he’d pressure me more into explaining or

his own eyes. The fact that he trusted what I said was baffling. I hadn’t even

wanted to see it,” I said, testing his response