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.

a finger

there,” I whispered, nodding to what used

nodded and stepped closer to me, tucking

her body close to mine. It

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

I released Mila and

smiled and

of course,” she said,

Her clothes were clean, hair washed. She wasn’t cowering or terrified anymore.

be back?”

chuckled. “I am a

said, slapping her palm to

instructed. She nodded to Mila

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

watch on the crumbling building and anything that might cause problems or be a hazard. Whoever had burned this place down, and destroyed the graveyard,

foot on several floor tiles in a specific pattern. She moved

the floor and

“Wh–”

pulled back into a secret compartment under the floor, revealing a stone staircase into the

April said, stepping down on the steps. She waved

arm, even as she attempted to

is perfectly safe,” April assured when she noticed my

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

released her

sure. I could keep a

Mila followed April first.

glanced at Payne and he nodded. He followed me

floor, April turned and held the

“Scut.”

loose from the ceiling and rolled down the stairs as

and glanced at Payne

shrugged and kept

she was the only one that could open

the feeling of

and I noticed that the burned and charred debris had been moved away from the trap door before our arrival. April had anticipated bringing us

Mila and Payne on the stairs and joined April

down, didn’t you?” I

not even trying

arched an eyebrow

asked with a

lifted, they’ll come back. I know

this temple was a symbol

was. It was a sacred place where all our most beloved secrets and treasures

graveyard. You desecrated that, too?” Mila

of 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 voice,

here,” she told us.

had to destroy your pack’s secrets and history,” Mila

it is better this way,” April

you. I just… I don’t know where to begin,” Mila admitted, chewing her lower