Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 715

Chapter 60 : A Moment of Relief

*Soren*

I lounged on the cot, propping my head up with my arm. Mila peeled my bandage off and I watched her movements as she unwrapped the bandage.

A small frown forced her lips down as she looked over the leg.

“Soren, it has been three days. Your wounds aren’t healing. Why is that?” Mila asked.

Eros had given me that putrid smelling poultice three days ago and the bleeding had stopped. The wounds hadn’t scabbed over or begun to heal. Mila was checking every day and whenever that little frown touched her lips, I knew what was on her mind.

Sighing, I shrugged and nudged her with my leg. “Maybe I’m just getting old.”

Mila rolled her eyes. “Stop making it sound like nothing. This isn’t nothing… aren’t you concerned at all?”

“Sure,” I said, shrugging again.

Mila narrowed her eyes at me. “Why do I not believe you?”

“Mila, my concern is about you running away again, especially while I’m sick,” I said, sighing.

I was surprised she’d stuck around as long as she had. Why hadn’t she run off yet? The question lingered in my mind. She’d always taken any moment when my guard was down to run off.

Instead, she stayed here with me and looked after me like a nursemaid.

“You… You’re not gonna take this seriously, are you?” she asked, shaking her head and glaring at me.

I chuckled and winked at her. She sounded almost concerned and I wanted to keep hearing that tone in her voice. The only way to do that was to keep teasing her.

“Would you prefer it if I cried about my wounds? There isn’t a whole lot else I can do,” I pointed out.

Mila stared at me blankly. She shook her head and scoffed.

I nudged her again with my leg, trying to get her to smile. It was fun teasing her and seeing how she would react. Sometimes, it seemed like she wasn’t prepared for my teasing, even though she should have been. I had done it enough by this point.

She seemed determined to stick with me until she was certain I was fully healed. I wouldn’t deny that I liked her playing nurse for me and I was happy to have a reason for her not to run off on her own again.

Whenever her eyes flickered with worry and a little frown touched her lips, my heart jumped.

I knew it wasn’t the most productive thought to have, but I hoped that it would take a while for my wounds to heal so that she’d keep looking after me. Perhaps, she might develop enough softness to stop running from me.

If nothing else, I could enjoy her “special treatment” a bit longer.

“You’re a piece of work,” she muttered, rolling her eyes. She put a fresh bandage on my leg, even though it wasn’t bleeding anymore.

Since the wounds were still open, it made sense to keep them covered so bacteria couldn’t get inside.

“You need more rest. Stop teasing and playing and focus on getting better,” she chastised.

Mila tossed her hair over her shoulder and left the tent.

I watched

I couldn’t always gauge how she was going to react and that was part of what inspired me to tease her. I

at me but she brought a bottle of water to the collapsible camping

arched an

glared at me over her shoulder, gripping the edge of the table, her back to me. Sighing, she bowed her head and opened her backpack. She pulled something out that I couldn’t see and held it close to

around and came to the edge of my cot. Without a word, she dropped

this?” I asked, picking up the

it is a

“Okay…”

but I know you can. Can you take a look and see if there is anything about

and grinned. “Do

mean?” she asked,

it to someone else?” I asked, sticking

poison get to your brain, or did you fall out of

fallen out of my cot because you’ve been

and she

was so sweet and innocent, a pure expression of

that. Your life is more important than what

turned back and absently started

her, frozen in place from her admission. I’d never expected her to open up like that. It was subtle, but she’d let

that before was when I

shook those

knew that was how she protected herself. No matter how much

Not this time…

she cared about me more than the fate

she have real

of my past. No matter how many times I told myself, Payne, and Thomas that I was over it,

I would ever be loved again or that I’d ever be worthy of love again. Was I worthy enough for Mila

for the first time, and how I’d sensed her when I was trying

think I had a mate

Until recently…

cooked up for me

in my lap. Thoughts of Mila and her trusting gesture

her too much or

dark shadow of disappointment lingering. It was like she

are all kinds of plants in there and the stinging nettle could be one of them. It might give more information about the poison,

all the thoughts running through my head and I flipped the

of the cot, her eyes never leaving my face as

than I was used

into sections. The first section was a plant directory that had drawn

was similar to

A lot of them were healing salves, potions, teas, and the like. But there were several others that were more sinister. Poisons and potions that could do

herbs and plants listed in those recipes were common household plants. But when combined in

narrowed my eyes at the pages. This book was far

book was made up of handwritten spells that could only be used by blood witches. Someone like

but I flipped through enough

I closed the book and pushed it

you find anything?”