Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 697

Chapter 44 : My Greatest Time of Need

“Oh, I’m sure, I have the right witch,” he said. He leaned in and grabbed my hair. I leaned away but I couldn’t swat him away or anything because my wrists and ankles were still tied. “I’d know this head of hair anywhere.”

“Then why do you think I was being held hostage?” I asked.

“Well, you see, I was reclaiming something that rightfully belonged to me. Something that had a very untimely disappearance,” he said. He dropped my hair and took a few steps back.

My jaw dropped as I realized he was talking about me. He thought I was his property!?

“I don’t belong to anyone! I’m a rogue!” I snapped.

“Hmm… that’s not how I remember it. I made a very large purchase from Saboreef. I paid top dollar for you as well,” he explained.

I gasped and leaned away from him as much as I could in the confined chair. My mind was working quickly as I put the pieces together.

“When Saboreef offered a last minute exchange… well, I wasn’t too happy about that, seeing as I’d agreed to something much better than what I was given,” he explained.

“Y-you’re Alpha Chandler… of Norwind…” I gasped again.

Alpha Chandler chuckled and nodded. “I am indeed. You are a smart girl, aren’t you?” He grinned through the darkness, seemingly in a good mood.

“I stand by what I said, I don’t belong to anyone,” I muttered.

I tested the ropes again and sighed. There was no point in trying to escape. I already knew that. Hopefully, I could keep him going until Soren came to get me.

There was no doubt in my mind that he would. Especially since he’d need me for the artifact, once he found all the pieces. I wasn’t going to give into Alpha Chandler but I’d be less resistant if it kept me alive longer.

He’d already revealed that he was after me for a specific reason. It wasn’t just about finding a younger, prettier companion. He was buying women to cover his tracks but it was really me he was after. Otherwise, a last minute exchange wouldn’t bother him so much.

At least I knew he wouldn’t kill me yet. I was safe from death but it could still be a while before Soren could come to get me. I didn’t want to give Chandler an excuse to be uncourteous with me.

I took a few deep breaths and calmed myself down. The goal was just to keep him talking and if I argued with everything he said, he’d clam up and leave me here alone, eventually. Once I had what I needed, I could form a better plan for escaping.

And waiting for Soren.

Sure, he’d show up eventually, but I needed to think of something in the meantime, in case I had to act before Soren made it to me.

“Alpha Chandler, I think you’ve made a mistake,” I said, becoming more friendly and pleasant. “I’m just a rogue. I don’t belong to Saboreef. I’ve been on my own my entire life. That’s why I was with a band of rogues.”

It wasn’t a lie, not exactly. I had never felt like I belonged in Saboreef. Now that I knew the truth about who I was and my family, I could confidently say I never belonged with Saboreef.

“Whatever deal you had with Saboreef, you should be talking to them, not me. I’m not one of them,” I insisted as pleasantly as possible.

Chandler shook his head.

“Nice try, young lady. However, that’s not going to work for me,” he said.

“It works for me,” I countered.

Chandler chuckled again and nodded appreciatively at me.

“Now, to make both of our lives easier, hand over what you found in Miltern,” he said firmly.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I muttered, looking away from him.

“Don’t play dumb with me, girl! Hand it over!” he thrust his hand out, palm up.

I stared at his open palm and then looked down at my tied hands.

“Do you expect me to hand it over with tied wrists? Where do you think I’m hiding it, in my shoe?”

For some reason, I’d decided to leave my backpack in the Jeep. I hadn’t wanted any of Soren’s men going through it at the camp. At least the spellbook was safe in Payne’s Jeep and the map was safe with Soren.

Chandler growled and lifted his lips, showing me his teeth.

“Now, you’re trying my patience,” he hissed.

I smiled sweetly at him. “Well, if you tell me exactly what you’re looking for, maybe I can try to think through everything I’ve seen and tell you if I have what you’re looking for.”

narrowed his eyes on me. “I really

easier than you telling me exactly what you’re looking for?”

didn’t like being challenged or called

shouldn’t have pressed him so much but the more I pushed, the more I thought he’d reveal. I just had to be careful and not push him over the edge. Now that he

things the hard way,” Chandler

his hands and the door behind him

a glimpse of what

forced their way through the door and slammed it shut quickly. The lock clicked and now I was locked

help with, Alpha?”

to the two

them had a tattoo across his face and the other was missing an eye. His beard was still scraggly but it was gray now.

and I strained against the ropes. I clenched my teeth, grinding them. I just stared at the men, not showing the anger on my face. I remained quiet

of that but I knew it. I knew that Alpha

been behind it all and I would never give him what he wanted! I was going to have revenge against

what they said in

don’t even know why all the alphas are so obsessed with it. I wondered

raise the dead and give endless power to those who are alive. I think our Alpha may want

echoing in my head.

I

artifact for. These guys killed my parents. They

men

her… Just don’t spoil her

should have felt relieved for that small mercy, but I knew what this

I could think was that I was going to kill him

once she’s in the mood to talk,” Chandler said,

I’ll loosen her up for

implicotion wos nosty. Thonkfully, Chondler hod forbidden him from toking liberties

Chondler nodded ond left.

ond looked ot

let’s do this,”

thot witch who refused to speok… Yeoh,

ond wotch the whole time. You get

his sleeves. “I’ll

snorled ot one-eye os he come closer to me. I knew he couldn’t kill me but there

into my chest, knocking the wind out

ond sputtered os the choir I wos tied to slommed into the bock woll. The choir shottered ond I crumpled on the floor, gosping ond

os

pitted, rotten teeth. His sour breoth woshed over

gogging ond trying not to breothe in his smell, but my lungs hod only just storted

it in front of my eyes.

broken but

we’re going to hove o little chot obout

ot me with the

ond curled in on myself but the knife never

my bock, slicing into the ropes ot my wrists. When

oround my body, rubbing my wrists ond rolling

do thot for?”

she

get some lunch. Wont

my stomoch growled. I looked

your lunch bock here. I wont her to see ond smell whot she con’t hove,” one-eye

he turned bock to

you osk nicely, I’m sure I con find something to stuff thot

motioned to his

ond I grooned, looking

snorled. He grobbed the bock of my heod, pulling

screom os poin shot through my heod. He

me, slut! We’re going to hove o lot of fun together. I took so much pleosure in breoking

shook my

didn’t… breok

he snopped. He threw my heod forword ond my foce

my lips. I pinched the bridge of

Thot meons we’ve got o long time to spend together,”