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.

you,” I said, trying

are you

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

time for

a lovely place,” Eros agreed with

here?” I asked back, a

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

by his response. It was hard

I hope you understand that it is necessary to be cautious toward people we don’t know. There’s been a

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

and bounced his eyebrows at

giggled and shook

everyone at ease or lighten the atmosphere around him. That was probably why Ashley had been giggling and having a good time on their way back to

at Soren and

waking up. I’ll

heart fluttered in time with his eyes and my breath

gently. He smiled and nodded at me before heading to the

poultice working?” I

in your mate’s blood is neutralized.

eyes to Soren while he

to explain that Soren wasn’t

hand closed around mine and his eyes

me. He gave me a knowing smile and quickly ducked out of the tent.

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

and Soren knew it wasn’t true. But why did

to change the subject before

feeling a little better,” he admitted,

anything?

and down my body. “Uhh…

few more water bottles. When I turned

said, handing him

He took my hand again and refused to let it go. His lips were curved lightly in

hold my hand. Everything he’d been through

grateful that he was okay but it was strange that he was in a really, really

and comforted to have me there. Since he did get poisoned trying to help me, I couldn’t be mad at

let him lay back down again.

the empty water

you need anything else?” I

so quiet, just focusing on my hand and touching

foot to the other.

got lost in the woods gathering herbs

he didn’t seem all that

a healer and he really knows his stuff, seeing as you’re getting better,”

okay,” Soren said,