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

I couldn’t always gauge how she was going to react

water to the collapsible camping table in my tent. She slammed the bottle down, water sloshing over the side and

an eyebrow.

of the table, her back to me. Sighing, she bowed her head and opened

Mila turned around and came to the edge of my cot. Without a word,

this?” I asked, picking up the leather bound

sure which. But it is a spell book that might have information about the plant

“Okay…”

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.

do you mean?” she

this and run away or sell it to someone else?” I asked,

brain, or did you fall out of the cot and hit your head?” she asked, crossing her

of my cot because you’ve been in it

and she turned away

expression of her emotions. I loved seeing

I don’t care about that. Your life is more important than what you might want to do with the book,” she

absently started fluffing my

her admission. I’d never expected her to open up like that. It was subtle, but she’d let her guard down and shown me a

seen that before was when I had her writhing

shook those

anyone else. I knew that was how she

Not this time…

more than the fate of the book… That was genuine and real. It was the first real thing I think she ever

have real feelings

tried to let go of my past. No matter how many times I told myself, Payne, and Thomas

that didn’t know whether I would ever be loved again or that

wolf for the first time, and how I’d

didn’t think I had a mate and I’d seen nothing to make

Until recently…

up for me as

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

and I pressured her too much or clung too much, would that

lingering. It was like she regretted what she said because I’d taken too long

nettle could be one of them. It might give more information about the poison, or a

my head and I

eyes never leaving my

used

that had drawn images of plants, their names, properties, uses, and

thumb over an image of a nettle plant that was similar to the one that stung me but the poisonous effects didn’t

them were healing salves, potions, teas, and the like. But there were several others that were more sinister. Poisons and potions that could do horrible things like blind people or

lot of the herbs and plants listed in those recipes were common household plants. But when combined in the right

This book was far too powerful to fall into the wrong

was made up of handwritten spells that could only

through enough to get a good understanding of

book

find anything?”