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,

“What?” she gasped.

finger

up there,” I whispered, nodding to what used to be the

stepped closer to me,

and sounds of 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 out

April stepped out of the shadows,

released Mila

what are you doing here?” Mila asked. She smiled

you, of course,” she

and lighter than before. Her clothes were clean, hair washed.

be

“I am a

said, slapping her palm

April instructed. She nodded to

temple and we followed. Payne was only a few paces behind. Now that we were in the temple, he didn’t need to

anything that might cause problems or be a hazard. Whoever had burned this place down, and destroyed the graveyard, really wanted

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

floor and I

“Wh–”

floor shook and the tiles April had tapped dropped down. They pulled back into a

on the steps. She

held Mila’s arm, even as

April assured when she noticed

our deal is that you protect me, but Soren, really?” Mila called me out, glancing at my hand on her

I released her

so sure. I could keep a close eye on things

Mila followed April first.

glanced at Payne and he nodded. He followed me as I

moment we were all under the floor, April turned

“Scut.”

shook loose from the ceiling and rolled down the stairs as the trapdoor closed

grimaced and glanced at

shrugged and kept

came from April’s lantern and since she was the only one that could

like the feeling of

the burned and charred debris had been moved

Payne on the

I

not even trying to deny

an eyebrow at

asked with a soft

is lifted, they’ll come back. I know they will.” April shuddered

symbol to

it was. It was a sacred place where all our most beloved secrets and treasures were buried with our most important people,” she explained

You desecrated that, too?” Mila

secrets and knowledge… If anyone outside Miltern got to that information, we’d be doomed. Better it is destroyed than falling into the hands of

the bottom of the stairs and the dungeon opened up into a large chamber. The light from her lantern didn’t reach the walls but from the echoes of her

she told us.

destroy your pack’s secrets and history,” Mila

it is better this

help you. I just… I don’t know where