Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 718

Chapter 63 : The Best Thing I’ve Ever Had

My eyes flicked to Soren and he subtly shook his head.

My heart sank. If Eros had run off, it was a lot more likely that he was just fishing for information to figure out where we were going or what we were after.

I shook my head. So, he was after the Blade of Souls all along. We really couldn’t trust anyone.

“I know what you’re thinking and it’s not true,” Ashley said before I could open my mouth. “Eros is a good guy, a nice guy. He was just… upset.”

“Upset about what?” I asked suspiciously, arching an eyebrow.

“Well, you know, he’s a doctor in training and he didn’t do it right… he was feeling so guilty about it that he started thinking he wasn’t good at medicine,” she continued.

“That’s not a good excuse. He stopped my bleeding and saved my life,” Soren pointed out, crossing his arms.

“It was still a mistake. And he was pretty hard on himself, saying that he should have known how to heal you completely, not just stop the bleeding. He thought that because he made a mistake it put you in more danger,” Ashley said.

I sighed and shook my head. It sounded like Ashley was making a lot of excuses and I didn’t understand it because she had only just met him. She didn’t know anything about him.

“Soren, I hope you won’t hold this against Eros… you know, for not healing you completely,” she said, giving Soren a sheepish look.

I wanted to tell Ashley that Eros might not be as innocent as he appeared or as she wanted. It wasn’t like I had any proof, just a feeling.

Biting my tongue, I held back my comment. Without proof, I didn’t want to upset Ashley or give her a reason to be mad at us. She had a good heart and was a good ally. There was no reason not to trust her, even if I didn’t trust Eros.

Ashley sighed and bowed her head. She looked so crestfallen and I knew it was because of Eros’s departure. I’d never seen her so happy than when she was laughing with him and now she looked so… sad.

I felt sorry for her.

My spine tingled and I glanced sideways at Soren. He was watching me carefully. I bit my lip and looked away quickly. My cheeks warmed.

I’d asked him some serious questions. When I asked them, I had felt confident and secure. Now, I didn’t think I wanted to hear the answers and I was grateful for Payne and Ashley’s interruption.

As much as I would love for Soren to be my mate, I was afraid to find out. It meant he’d be in a lot of danger and we’d have this connection that I didn’t know if I could commit to.

I pushed those thoughts aside and looped my arm through Ashley’s.

“Come with me. We’ve got to pack up the camp and get moving. Seeing as Soren can walk again,” I said, flashing him a teasing look.

I half dragged her back to camp and we started packing things up.

***

As soon as the sun rose, we were off on the next leg of our journey. Soren and I led the way while Payne and Ashley followed behind us.

“Where did Doctor Lee go?” I asked timidly. I wasn’t sure I wanted to start a conversation with him because I didn’t want Soren to bring up the things from last night.

Still, the silence was awkward, especially since we were walking together in a quiet forest.

“He gave me the medication I needed to heal and took off this morning. You know him… he doesn’t like to stray far from the rogue zone unless it is absolutely necessary,” Soren explained, smirking.

“What about the personal time he took?” I asked, arching an eyebrow.

“Well, he does like personal time sometimes, too,” Soren chuckled.

got the feeling Soren wasn’t telling me everything about Lee and his personal time but it wasn’t really my business. I wasn’t part of their group and from

you

called in a favor. Some of our men are tracking him and will report back on his movements and see

a good idea,” I said,

catch up to him or track him down without being discovered. Eros is not as easy to handle as he appears,” he replied, confirming what I

Mila!” Ashley called to me before I could respond to

what is it?” I asked as she ran up

right way?” she asked, pointing

Soren interjected. “Mila

that south of where we camped? Why are we heading east?” Ashley pointed

must have heard wrong,

confirmed with a

I wasn’t laughing at Ashley’s confusion. Soren and I had come up with the plan to feed Eros Carno pack when we were going to Marno. They sounded so similar, it could be an

far enough apart and in different directions that if he was after the artifact, we’d have the piece and be back in the rogue zone before Eros

course, Ashley accidentally heard

was standing right there. I’m positive I

Payne shrugged. “Marno.”

Soren up. He’d probably picked up on our subtle looks in the tent when I told

all three of us and then shook her

worst. Had Ashley been expecting to see Eros at Carno pack? Had he told her that he would follow us? If so, did that mean she betrayed us because she hadn’t told the rest of us? Would she be able to contact Eros and tell

anxious to keep moving. On the other hand, Soren was relaxed and didn’t seem too worried about us stopping to

we’re going

no. Of course, it isn’t! I just love the snacks in Carno pack. They have this delicious snack, a deep-fried cookie drizzled with chocolate and melted marshmallow. Doesn’t

gone. She seemed to bounce back from her disappointment pretty quickly. Then she

just remembered. Marno pack has something else even more fun to do!” she

out a sigh of relief. It was clear to me that Ashley hadn’t betrayed us. She

thing and…” she trailed off, laughing and bouncing excitedly on the balls of her feet. “Let’s go,

front of us. We all had to

what is this thing that you’re so excited about?”

me. “That’s a

trip. This isn’t a fun vacation or a time to joke

at Payne, looking a little hurt. “I know that… but it’s not like you guys told me anything. I don’t know the specifics of this trip, like what we are doing or where we

of a

isn’t a big deal. But that’s why it’s hard for me to treat this seriously. Which means I’m going to treat it

glance between Soren and Payne

could we be in, right Mila?” Ashley asked, glancing at me

that is true. We have a lot of protection,” I said,

don’t lose our objective while the two of you are having fun,” Payne grumbled. I could

at all. He’d be the first to question Ashley if he thought she was a threat. He didn’t seem at all

bury his emotions

last night, I could have sworn that I sensed his emotions or could

we reached the border of Marno pack, where the forest met desert, the sun had

and it didn’t seem like a

now?” Payne

than I expected,” I

alright, we know what the sheath looks like. We

and shrugged. “I’m not so optimistic. You saw the map. My mom didn’t mark where she hid

traps,”

also have no way of knowing where to start looking. It’ll be like looking for a needle in a pine forest,” I said, throwing my arms

mean we are camping