Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 714

Chapter 59 : Cute and Cuddly

Ashley cleared her throat as soon as she saw Payne glaring at her.

“Yes, we got the healing herbs,” she said, holding up a foraging bag. “Eros just needs to whip up a… a…?” she giggled again and looked at Eros.

“A poultice,” Eros explained, taking the bag from her.

“Right, that thing,” Ashley said, still laughing.

“It won’t take long. I can have it ready shortly,” Eros told us. He grinned at Payne.

I wondered if he could sense Payne’s hostility and was ignoring it or if he was oblivious. Payne continued to glare at him and I could see the tense cords of the muscles in his neck.

“I should treat the wound right away,” Eros said. He walked back to the tent.

I raced on his heels, sticking close to him. Even if he was there to help, I wasn’t going to let him out of my sight or put anything on Soren that I didn’t see him prepare.

Humming under his breath, Eros immediately started dicing up the herbs.

As the tent flap closed, I caught a quick snippet of Ashley and Payne arguing.

“You’re being too friendly,” Payne whispered in a harsh, low voice. “You’re letting your guard down.”

“Why are you being so hostile toward Eros? It’s rude. You’re the one who said we needed his help,” Ashley hissed back.

“We need him, we don’t trust him,” Payne pointed out.

“You’re overly cautious and stuck up,” Ashley accused.

I heard the two growling at each other and then their voices trailed off. I wasn’t sure if they moved further away or just stopped arguing.

I’d never heard Ashley fight with her brother like that over a stranger. It surprised me that she was so quick to trust Eros. She was usually far more cautious, like she was with me when we first met.

I glanced at Eros to see if he’d heard the argument. He was still humming and cutting up the herbs. It didn’t look like he’d heard anything. Besides, why would he care? We were strangers to him too.

But he gave off this confident air, like he didn’t care what other people thought of him. Maybe he was used to not being trusted.

Eros put the herbs in a mortar and pestle and he ground them into a paste. He set that aside and pulled the bandages from Soren’s wound. After quickly cleaning the dried blood away, he applied the sticky herb poultice to Soren’s leg.

I watched closely, making sure he didn’t do anything or slip anything else into the wound. I noticed just how cool and professional he was being. He worked quickly and efficiently, applying the poultice and putting a new bandage on.

His hands were practiced in what he was doing.

Clearly, he was a healer in training and it looked like he had a lot of natural skill with it. Regardless of his motivations, he was doing what needed to be done for Soren.

“The bleeding should stop quickly. This poultice will draw the poison out, allowing the blood to clot,” he explained.

said, trying to hide my

grinned. “So, what are

and I stiffened. Was he trying to get information out of me? I had to be careful here. I didn’t want to give anything away but I also didn’t want to blow him off. That might make

was beautiful this time of year and had spectacular views. It seemed like a good time for a camping trip and to

a lovely place,”

are you here?” I asked back, a little less casually than he’d

you guys that I came here to gather herbs,” he said. He smirked mischievously. “Obviously, you don’t believe

surprised by his response. It was hard to tell if he was being sarcastic or

necessary to be cautious toward people we don’t know. There’s been a lot of talk of bounty hunters, rogues, and raiders,” I said, playing

said. “I’ve heard that there have been sightings of unusual people around. I too am cautious toward

grinned and bounced his eyebrows at

giggled and shook

at ease or lighten the atmosphere

at Soren and

up. I’ll

looked at Soren and saw his eyelids fluttering. My heart fluttered in time with his eyes

He smiled and nodded

poultice working?” I

the poison in your mate’s blood is neutralized. He’ll

my eyes to Soren while

I hurried to explain that Soren

around mine

nodded at me. He gave me a knowing smile

away and tried to pull away but Soren’s hand held mine tightly. I

Soren knew it wasn’t true. But why did

do you feel?” I asked, hoping to change the subject before Soren’ latched onto anything Eros

I’m feeling a little

you anything? Food? Water?” I

at me, his eyes traveling up and

pulled away from him quickly and turned around where Payne had stocked a few more water bottles. When I turned

said, handing him

days. He took my hand again and refused to

my chest and I let him hold my hand. Everything he’d been

so grateful that he was okay but it was strange

back to sleep. But he seemed so happy and comforted to have me there. Since he did get poisoned trying to help me, I couldn’t be mad at him anymore.

him lay back down again. He still held my hand, rubbing the

tossed the empty water bottle

anything

being so quiet, just focusing on my hand and touching

one foot to the other. I was starting

He got lost in the woods gathering herbs and Ashley

he didn’t seem

ran into him. He’s a healer and he really knows his stuff, seeing as

Soren