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

was going to react and

She didn’t look at me but she brought a bottle of water to the collapsible camping table in my tent. She slammed the bottle down, water sloshing over the side

an

me. Sighing, she bowed her head and opened her backpack. She pulled something out that I couldn’t see and held it close to her

of my cot. Without a word,

asked, picking

behind by my mother or my aunt Helen. I’m not sure which. But it is a spell book that might have information about the plant

“Okay…”

can’t read but I know you can. Can you take a look and see if there is anything about

my eyebrows and

you mean?” she

I might snatch this and run away or sell it to someone

brain, or did you fall out of the cot and

cot because you’ve been in

reddened and she

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

Your life is more important than what you might want to do

back and absently started

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

only time I’d seen that before was when I had her writhing beneath me in

I shook

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

Not this time…

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

have real feelings 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 ever

that didn’t know whether I would ever be loved again or that I’d ever be worthy of love again.

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

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

Until recently…

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

in my lap. Thoughts of Mila and her trusting gesture

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

saw the dark shadow of disappointment lingering. It

could be one of them. It might give more information about the poison, or a better antidote to get

all the thoughts running through my head and I

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

I was used

directory that had

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

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

common household plants. But when combined in the right way,

eyes at the pages. This book was far too

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

it all but I flipped through enough

I closed the book and pushed

did you find anything?” she