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 her

little. I couldn’t always gauge how she was going to react and that was part of

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

an eyebrow.

me over her 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

of my cot. Without a word, she dropped

picking up the leather bound

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

“Okay…”

I can’t read but I know you can. Can you take a look and

bounced my eyebrows and grinned.

do you mean?” she asked, creasing her

it to someone else?” I asked, sticking my tongue out between my

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

of my cot because you’ve been in

and she

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

about that. Your life is more important than what you might want to do with

absently started

that. It was

was when I

shook those

trusted anyone in 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

Not this time…

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

she have real feelings

past. No matter how

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

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

the mate bond? I didn’t think I had a mate and I’d seen

Until recently…

for me as

in my lap. Thoughts of Mila and her trusting gesture raced through my

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

the dark shadow of disappointment lingering. It was like she regretted what she said because I’d taken too long

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

through my head and I flipped the book

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

was a different dialect than I was used to but

was a plant directory that had drawn images of plants, their names, properties, uses, and adverse effects. It was

plant that was similar to the one that stung me but the poisonous effects didn’t

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

recipes were common

pages. This book was far too powerful to fall into the wrong

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

but I flipped through enough to get a good understanding

I closed the book and

did you find anything?”