Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 723

CHAPTER 68 : ARE YOU BUILDING A PACK?

I shook my head and looked around at the hole. “Helen wouldn’t do this…”

“Mila, listen to me,” Soren said. He took my hands and pulled them away from my face.

“This is… all wrong. We weren’t supposed to be late,” I muttered. My mind reeled.

This wasn’t how I saw this playing out. We’d finally gotten ahead and we were making progress. How had we fallen so far behind suddenly?

“Please, Mila, look at this from the positive side. This might not be as bad as you think,” he implored.

I creased my brow. “What do you mean?”

“Think about it. Whoever took it only has one part of the artifact. It won’t be that powerful and they won’t be able to use it anyway,” he said.

“The Moonlit Crystal has power on its own. The blade could, too,” I said.

“The Moonlit Crystal works for you because of your bloodline. Anyone that takes the blade won’t be able to use it because they don’t have the blood,” he reminded me.

“You think… Maybe Helen told someone?” I asked, biting my lower lip.

Soren sighed. “Perhaps. Although, I hate to say it, but it is more likely that it was tortured out of her…”

“That doesn’t exactly make me feel better,” I groaned.

“I know, I’m sorry. Either way, it means Helen doesn’t have the final piece, so whoever does, can’t use it,” he continued.

“You’re right… the power isn’t complete and that means the pieces are useless,” I concurred.

“It is true that you can’t use the artifact but the people that got this piece can’t use it either,” he said.

“That is a bright side,” I agreed, nodding. I frowned slightly and shrugged.

“You don’t sound like you think it is a bright side,” Soren said, arching an eyebrow. “Are you after the power of the artifact?

“No… not right now,” I said, shaking my head.

“Not right now? Does that mean you have a use for it sometime in the future?” he pressed.

I smiled lightly and shook my head again. “No, I don’t even know what it does…”

“Then we don’t have to rush, do we?” Soren asked.

“I guess not…”

“Then it doesn’t seem like a good use of our time chasing after the missing piece right now, does it? We can wait and see. An artifact like that won’t stay hidden for long, now that it has been dug up, I’m guessing it won’t be long before we hear something,” he added.

hand out to me. Slowly, I took it and he started

it is going to be more anxious than us. They won’t know what it does, how to use it, or how to find the other pieces. They might not

smiled and squeezed my

fine,” I said with

mind was still on the missing piece of the artifact. The reason I had wanted to find it so badly was because of the warning that Helen

is in

knew I’d need the artifact to

at him. He was going to be in danger soon and there was nothing I could do about it. No

to save him when I needed to. Despite Soren’s logic, there was the knowledge I had that he didn’t… which was that he was in danger and

a rush

looking back at me

least, with the piece missing, we’d be spending more time together. I hadn’t wanted our time to come to an end and now Soren and I

Soren. That was not a thought I needed to focus on right now. It was a

wanted to spend more time with him didn’t mean I should delay finding the Blade of Souls. Helen’s warning could still be true and if it was… the Blade of Souls was the only thing that could save him. I didn’t even know what it did but I knew I was the only one that could use it. I

that. He wouldn’t like the idea of me wanting

you still worried?”

parents left for me. Who knows when I’ll get it

are in control of this situation, not your parents and not the people that stole

in control?”

people is that they are the easy ones to control because they are always wanting

you want to give

Now tell me, when would you like the artifact back?” he said grinning. “When do

Soren asking? He couldn’t be serious about this. He really thought that we could get the artifact back by feeding

Mila. Just give me a timeline,”

month,” I answered,

***

Marno pack, just a small village on the outside of the big city. We

load up

restocking, we grabbed some lunch at one of

up when I heard

“… Blade of Souls…”

I nodded in the

and nodded subtly. By silent consent, we agreed to listen to the

heard, the Blade of Souls

“What is that?”

artifact. The most powerful

the most powerful, you

a new artifact. Something that is

“Universal?”

It can control all other artifacts and doesn’t even

too! Both the Blade of Souls

of them would show up in one

smirking. So, he was the one spreading the rumors. He had orchestrated all of this and that smug look was satisfaction at seeing his