Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 722

CHAPTER 67 : THE MISSING PIECE

“Is that how you two ended up being slaves?” I asked, creasing my brow.

“No. Actually, it might not look like it, but we’re the lucky ones,” Frederic said scoffing.

I handed him some tissues and he dabbed at the worst cuts on Murray’s face. Murray was still a little groggy. He must have taken a hit to the head.

Soren helped him sit down and he motioned to Payne.

“Can you find us some medical supplies? Just the basics so we can patch them up?” he asked.

“Yes, Boss,” Payne agreed with a nod. He grabbed Ashley and the two headed off.

“Can you tell us what happened?” I asked Frederic.

He growled and made a fist, punching the air. “The whole thing could have been avoided!”

“Calm down,” Soren snapped, moving in front of me to protect me in case Frederic lost control.

I didn’t think he would but I knew how protective Soren could get.

“Long story short, Murray and I were on a border patrol and we spotted a group of suspicious shifters crossing our border through one of the more remote forests in our pack territory,” Frederic explained, his voice riddled with growls as he told us the story.

“We had to investigate. It was our duty,” Murray muttered, scoffing.

“We tracked them down and were about to give our warning when we saw someone we recognized. Murray and I hid to confirm we were looking at… our beta,” Frederic said.

“Don’t call him that!” Murray snarled.

Frederic shook his head. “We weren’t sure what we should do. At first, we thought our beta was there to send them away but… after we watched them for a while, we could tell he was working with them and they were looking for something.”

Looking for something? I swallowed and glanced at Soren. There was only one thing of value I could think of in Lethe.

“We followed them to a spot where they started digging. We heard our beta demanding payment first, then he’d let them dig,” Frederic added.

“Stop calling him that, Frederic! He’s a traitorous bastard,” Murray insisted.

Frederic rolled his eyes. “The others in the party argued about paying him. They told him he was too greedy and taunted him, asking ‘What would your Alpha say if he heard about this?'”

“So, your Alpha didn’t know about it?” I asked, feeling a moment of relief.

From the sounds of it, the Lethe beta was acting alone, just for a payday. Their Alpha might not have even known what he had on his land.

“We realized pretty quickly that our beta was doing something shady. He was not acting with our Alpha’s blessing. Murray and I tried to retreat so we could report to our Alpha, but we were caught…” Frederic said. He shook his head and scoffed at his own blunder.

didn’t make it easy

the mindlink. Some of our pack members heard our call before he shut it down. They came

Murray muttered

He and Ashley started treating the worst of their wounds. Murray seemed to be recovering

no proof to convince them otherwise. He sentenced us to be

and Murray both snarled at the

glanced at Soren and he nodded slowly. There was worry in his eyes

“Soren…”

know what they were looking

then there could be a whole group of people in Lethe territory already, looking for the last piece of the Blade of Souls. We might lose our chance

They gave each other a quick

we’d be slaves right now, sold like common

get back to our pack,” Murray insisted. “We need to help them if there are any left

off but he stumbled

travel,” I said.

shape,” Soren insisted. “You need rest,

time

urgency you feel. However, we are heading toward Lethe as well. Will you at least let us escort you and mend you along

exchanged

honored for your

and Payne packed everything we had up. Murray and Frederic didn’t have anything but the clothes on their back

at the end of the main street through Marno pack. It wasn’t a long walk but with Frederic and Murray, it

and give them water several times and let them

to come to their aid, always with a fresh bottle of water. I even got them some snacks to help build up their strength again. They were very grateful

end of the road

the intersection here,” Murray pointed to the

coming to make sure we got home

guys

back and see what we can do for our pack. You’ve given us our

with you?” I asked, biting my lower

involved if it is dangerous to them. Besides, the two of you have your

shook both their hands and waved as Murray and

there’s trouble in the pack, they aren’t strong enough to fight,” I

mission to worry about. Besides, it could be seen as an insult if

right… I forget that you know more about pack life than you let on,” I teased him, sticking my

last piece of the Blade of Souls?” he

was a legitimate question but I knew it was also his way of deflecting so he didn’t have to address what I

out of the necklace and held it in my hand like I

like before, the crystal warmed up

motioning to Soren,

be going into another pack’s territory?” Payne asked. “Especially

the other territories

conflict elsewhere, no