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

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

brought a bottle of water to the collapsible camping table in my tent. She slammed the bottle down,

an eyebrow.

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

around and came to the edge of my

I asked, picking up the leather

not sure which. But it is a spell

“Okay…”

is in a language I can’t read but I know you can. Can you take a look and see if there is anything about that plant?” she asked, giving

and grinned.

mean?” she asked, creasing

worried I might snatch this and run away or sell it to someone else?” I asked, sticking

out of the cot and hit your head?” she asked, crossing her

fallen out of my cot because you’ve been in

cheeks reddened and she turned away

was so sweet and innocent, a pure expression of her emotions. I loved seeing it and it

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

back and absently started fluffing my

her to open up like that. It was

was when I had her writhing beneath

shook those thoughts

her whole life. She’d rather lick her own wounds than accept help from anyone else. I knew that was how she protected herself. No matter how much I’d done for her, she was always trying to “repay” me or thinking she owed me

Not this time…

cared about me more than the fate of the

real

I wanted her to. For more than a decade, 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 would

or that I’d ever be worthy of love again.

the matter of what happened in the cave when I smelled her wolf for the first time, and how I’d sensed her when I was trying

I had a mate and I’d seen nothing to make me

Until recently…

Goddess cooked up for me as my punishment? Was this just to remind

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

her too much or clung too much, would that

dark shadow of disappointment lingering. It was like she regretted what she said

pointed to the book. “Look through it. There are all kinds of plants in there and the stinging nettle could be one of them. It might give more information about the poison, or a better

running through my

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

different dialect than I was used to but I

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

ran my thumb over an image of a nettle plant that was similar to the one that stung me but the poisonous

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

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

my eyes at the pages. This book was far too powerful to fall

spells that could only be used by

all but I flipped through enough

book and pushed it toward

did you find anything?” she