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

the teasing a little. I couldn’t always gauge how she was going to react and that

didn’t look at me but she brought a bottle of water to the collapsible camping table in my tent. She

an

me. Sighing, she bowed her head and

Mila turned around and came to the edge of my cot.

asked, picking up the leather

or my aunt Helen. I’m not sure which. But it is a spell book that

“Okay…”

can. Can you take a look and see if there is anything about that plant?”

my eyebrows and grinned. “Do you

she asked,

not worried I might snatch this and run away or sell it to someone else?”

you fall out of the cot and

know I haven’t fallen out of my cot because you’ve been in it with me every

and she turned

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

than what you might

back and absently started fluffing my

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

was when I had her writhing

shook

She’d rather lick her own wounds than accept help from anyone else. I knew that was how she protected herself. No matter

Not this time…

taking poison for her. But saying that she cared about me more than the fate of the book… That was genuine and real. It

she have real feelings

wasn’t sure 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

be loved again or that I’d ever be worthy

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

didn’t think I had a mate and I’d seen

Until recently…

hope that the Moon Goddess cooked up for me as my punishment? Was this just to remind me of the mistakes I’d made

lap. Thoughts of Mila and her

and I pressured her too

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

could be one of them. It

thoughts running through my head and I flipped the

the cot, her eyes never leaving my face as I read through the first

a different dialect than I was used to but I could make out

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

plant that was similar

salves, potions, teas, and the like. But there were several others that were more sinister. Poisons and potions that

listed in those recipes were common household plants. But when combined in the right way, they’d become

was far too powerful to

final section of the book was made up of handwritten spells that could only be used

I flipped through enough

I closed the book and

you find anything?”