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.

I

“What?” she gasped.

put a finger to

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

closer to me, tucking

focused my 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 to keep focused and I kept

April stepped

released Mila

here?” Mila asked. She smiled and ran up to her like

of course,” she

much happier and lighter than before. Her clothes were clean, hair washed. She wasn’t cowering or terrified anymore. I

knew we’d be back?”

chuckled. “I am a

Mila said, slapping her palm to her

instructed. She nodded to Mila and to

a few paces behind. Now that we were in the

or be a hazard. Whoever

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

went through the floor and I grabbed

“Wh–”

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

stepping down on the steps. She waved the lantern into

held Mila’s arm, even

is perfectly safe,” April assured when she noticed

part of our deal is that you protect me, but Soren, really?” Mila

released

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

Mila followed April first.

Payne and he nodded. He followed me

floor, April turned and held

“Scut.”

groaned and trembled again, pebbles shook loose from the ceiling and rolled down the stairs as the trapdoor closed over

glanced at Payne

shrugged and

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

like the feeling of being

the most about the temple, and I noticed that the burned and charred debris had been moved away from the trap door before our arrival. April had

Payne on the stairs

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

not even trying to deny

an eyebrow at

asked with a

Once the curse is lifted, they’ll come back. I know they will.” April shuddered and pulled her cloak around her

symbol to your people,” Mila

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

graveyard. 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 it is destroyed than falling into

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

told us. She set the lantern

your

is

don’t know where to