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.

Slowly, I took it and he started

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

and squeezed

I said with a

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

in

Whatever it was, I knew

to be in danger soon and there was nothing I could do about it. No matter how strong and invincible he seemed, despite the fact that he always had everything under control, he’d be

about him because of Helen’s warning. Without the third artifact piece, I wouldn’t be able to save him when I needed to. Despite Soren’s logic, there was the

a rush to

Soren looking back at me and I

together. I hadn’t wanted our time to come to an end and now

I looked away from Soren. That was not a thought I needed to focus on right now. It was a selfish thought when we had real dangers and

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

bowed my head. I couldn’t tell Soren that. He wouldn’t like the idea of me wanting to protect him and I knew he would dismiss my

you still worried?”

of Souls is one of the few things my parents left for me. Who knows when I’ll get it back and… I don’t feel great about it being unaccounted for,”

at me and smirked. “Mila, you are in control of this situation, not your parents

in control?” I asked,

you should learn about greedy people is that they are the easy ones to control because they are always

give them

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

be serious about this. He really thought that we could get

Mila. Just give me a timeline,” Soren

I

***

outside of the big city. We didn’t want

for us to load up on supplies for the journey

lunch at

perked up when I heard some

“… Blade of Souls…”

whispered. I nodded in the direction I’d heard

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

you heard, the Blade of

“What is that?”

artifact. The

most

a new artifact.

“Universal?”

and doesn’t even need an Alpha bloodline to

heard that too! Both the Blade of Souls and the universal artifact

both of them would show up in one

smirking. So, he was the one spreading the rumors. He had