Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 687

Chapter 34 : Send Me in Too

“Alright, we can track her down,” I said, nodding.

“Thank you,” she said back stiffly. Her teeth clenched behind her lips.

Her eyes darted to Thomas several times. As much as I wanted to keep Thomas at my side, Mila didn’t seem like she trusted him. Not the way that she had come to trust and accept Payne’s presence.

“Payne, come with us,” I said, indicating Mila and myself. “Thomas, stay here and make sure the rest of the group is safe until we get back, got it?”

“Sure, got it.” Thomas nodded.

“Where should we look?” I asked, heading into the hall.

“I figured we could start at the temple,” Mila suggested.

“Alright,” I agreed.

‘Who is this young beauty?’ Thomas mindlinked me as I shut the door.

‘Trouble,’ I growled mentally.

Thomas chuckled as the door slammed closed behind me. I shook my head and motioned down the hall.

Payne walked close behind us, alert to any dangers. Miltern was still crawling with bounty hunters that wanted Mila. We were stealthier in a small group but also more vulnerable. Especially since Mila wasn’t fully healed from the poison and I didn’t know her fighting capabilities.

“This pack has suffered a lot,” Mila said as we walked through the eerie, sense-numbing fog.

“More than either of us knows,” I agreed, nodding.

With what Thomas told me about Helen, I had a feeling there was a lot more this pack had suffered than just the curse and the fog.

“I want to help them, really, I do,” Mila told me with a firm nod.

I gave a half smile. She had a good heart and that was admirable.

“Then we will help them, whatever it takes,” I assured her.

She smiled and glanced at me, her eyes wide and bright.

I stopped dead, my heart thudding against my chest. Her look of gratitude stopped me in my tracks, literally. I flashed back to Thomas’s comments on finding a mate.

Growling under my breath, I shook my head and kept walking. Fortunately, Mila didn’t seem to notice my momentary lapse.

“I wish I knew how to help but I’m completely lost. Hopefully, April will give me more information or more guidance. She seems to know about magic,” she continued.

“Mila…” I sighed and stopped walking again.

Mila turned to face me, the hope in her eyes slowly fading.

I wanted to tell her what Thomas had told me about Helen and Norwind pack. I wanted to tell her about the artifact, even if it was all rumors. That was part of our deal, wasn’t it? We were supposed to share information.

I held my tongue and shook my head.

“Nevermind. You’re doing the right thing,” I said.

The hope flickered in her eyes like a light turning on. She nodded and continued toward the temple.

we arrived, my spine stiffened and I grabbed Mila’s arm, pulling her to

“What?” she gasped.

put a finger to my

whispered, nodding to what used

nodded and stepped closer to me, tucking herself

the person up ahead rather than the warm, softness of her body close to mine. It was hard to keep focused and I kept glancing at her

the fog and April stepped out of

released

are you doing here?” Mila asked. She smiled and ran

you, of course,”

were clean, hair washed. She wasn’t cowering or terrified anymore. I could

we’d be

“I am a

right,” Mila said, slapping

She nodded to Mila

only a few paces behind. Now that we were in the

a hazard. Whoever had burned this place down, and

several floor tiles in a specific pattern. She moved so quickly, I couldn’t follow the

through the floor and I grabbed Mila, pulling her

“Wh–”

the tiles April had tapped dropped down. They pulled back into a secret compartment under the floor, revealing a stone

said, stepping down on the steps. She waved the lantern

even as she attempted

assured when

part of our deal is that you protect me, but Soren, really?” Mila called me out, glancing at my

released her

have been convinced she could trust April but I still wasn’t so sure. I could keep a close eye on things while Mila followed her own

Mila followed April first.

Payne and he nodded. He followed me as I went

floor, April turned and held the lantern

“Scut.”

pebbles shook loose from the ceiling and rolled down the

glanced

and

and since she was the only one that could open the

like the feeling of

that the burned and charred debris had been moved

by Mila and Payne on the stairs and

didn’t you?” I

not even trying to deny

an

Mila asked with a soft

away just because we were cursed. Once the curse is lifted, they’ll come back. I know they will.” April shuddered and pulled her cloak

this temple was a symbol

secrets and treasures were

You desecrated that, too?”

our enemies to get their hands on those things. Generations of secrets and knowledge… If anyone outside Miltern got to that information, we’d be doomed. Better

The light from her lantern

here,” she told us.

you hadn’t had to destroy your pack’s secrets and history,”

I, but it is better this way,” April

to help you. I just… I don’t know where to begin,”