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.

and I grabbed Mila’s arm, pulling

“What?” she gasped.

a finger to my

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

stepped closer to me,

senses on the scent and sounds of the person up ahead rather than the warm, softness of her body close to mine. It was hard

shone through the fog and April stepped out of the shadows,

I released

Mila asked. She smiled and ran up

of course,” she

seemed much happier and lighter than before. Her clothes were clean, hair washed. She

knew we’d be back?” Mila

am a seer,

said, slapping

me,” April instructed. She nodded to Mila and to

was only a few paces behind.

might cause problems or be a hazard. Whoever had burned this place

and tapped her foot on several floor tiles in a specific pattern. She moved so quickly, I couldn’t

the floor and I

“Wh–”

They pulled back into a secret compartment

stepping down on the steps. She waved

even as

safe,” April assured when she

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

I released

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

Mila followed April first.

Payne and he nodded. He followed me as

under the floor,

“Scut.”

groaned and trembled again, pebbles shook loose from the ceiling and rolled down the stairs

grimaced and glanced

and

since she was the only

didn’t like the feeling of being

debris had been moved away from the trap door before our

Mila and Payne on the stairs and joined April

burned the temple down, didn’t you?” I asked, a hint of

said, not even trying

an

with

has enemies. They haven’t gone 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 around

this temple was a symbol

secrets and treasures were buried with our most important

graveyard. You desecrated

enemies to get their hands on those things. Generations of secrets and knowledge… If anyone outside Miltern got

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

safe here,” she told

had to destroy your pack’s secrets and

is better

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