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.

watched her

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

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

an

edge of the table, her back to me. Sighing, she bowed her head and opened her backpack. She pulled something out

edge of my cot. Without a word, she dropped the item into

asked, picking up the leather

my mother or my aunt Helen. I’m not sure which. But it is a

“Okay…”

you can. Can you take a look and see if there

my eyebrows and

she asked, creasing

this and run away or sell it to someone else?” I asked, sticking my tongue out

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

haven’t fallen out of my cot because you’ve been in it with me every night,” I reminded

reddened and

sweet and innocent, a pure expression of her emotions. I loved seeing it and it made me feel

life is more important than what you might want to do with the book,”

turned back and absently

that. It was subtle, but she’d let her guard down and shown me

was when I had her writhing beneath me

I shook those

own wounds than accept help from anyone else. I knew that was how she protected

Not this time…

about me more than the fate of the book… That

real feelings

I’d tried to let go of my past. No matter how many times I told myself, Payne, and Thomas that I was over it, I wasn’t sure I

I would ever be loved again or that I’d ever be worthy

her wolf for the first time, and how

that been the mate bond? I didn’t think I had a mate and I’d seen nothing to

Until recently…

or was it just false hope that the Moon Goddess cooked up for me as my punishment? Was this just to remind me of the mistakes

the leather-bound book in my lap. Thoughts of Mila and her trusting

wasn’t my mate and I pressured her too much or clung too much,

my eyes to her and saw the dark shadow of disappointment lingering. It was like she regretted what

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

squashed all the thoughts running through my

the edge of the cot, her eyes never leaving my face as

than I was used to but

book was split into sections. The first section was a plant directory that had drawn images of plants, their names, properties,

nettle plant that was similar to the one

But there were several others that were more sinister. Poisons and potions that could do

plants listed in those recipes were common household plants. But when

at the pages. This book was far

made up of handwritten spells that could only be used by blood

didn’t read it all but I flipped through enough

closed the book and pushed it toward

did you find