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

what are

pricked up and I stiffened. Was he trying to get information out of me? I had to be careful here. I didn’t want to

good time for a camping trip and to check out the rumors.

a lovely place,”

you? Why are you here?” I asked

guys that I came here to gather herbs,” he said. He

surprised by his response. It was

is necessary to be cautious toward people we don’t know. There’s been a lot of talk of bounty hunters,

heard that there have been sightings of unusual people around. I too am cautious toward strangers, so I understand. But what about toward someone

and bounced his eyebrows

giggled and shook my

could put everyone at ease or lighten the atmosphere around him. That was probably why Ashley had been giggling and having

at Soren and

up.

heart fluttered in

He smiled

the poultice

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

my eyes to Soren

explain

mine and his

he nodded at me. He gave me a knowing smile and quickly ducked out of

immediately flared with heat. I looked away and tried to pull away but Soren’s hand

wasn’t true.

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

a little better,” he

anything?

eyes traveling up and down my

turned around where Payne had stocked a few more

said, handing him the

been asleep for days. He took my hand again and refused to let it go. His lips were curved lightly in a

in my chest and I let him hold my hand. Everything he’d been through must have been hard on

for some reason, he seemed like he was in a really, really good mood. I was so grateful that

pull away and let him get back to sleep. But he seemed so happy and comforted to have me there. Since he did get poisoned

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

empty water bottle

you need anything else?”

sighed and shook his head. He was being so

foot to the

guy that made your poultice. He got lost in the woods gathering herbs and

he didn’t seem all

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

okay,” Soren said,