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.

it easy for them,”

for reinforcements through the mindlink but Beta Arnold blocked the mindlink. Some of our pack members heard our call before he shut it down. They came to our rescue before Beta Arnold could

Murray

treating the worst of their wounds. Murray seemed to

told the pack that we were the ones to lead the strangers in and there was no proof to convince them otherwise. He sentenced

both snarled at the end

slowly. There was worry in his eyes and I knew mine

“Soren…”

were looking

in Lethe territory already, looking for

and helped Murray up once they were patched up. They

of you, we’d be slaves right now, sold like common cattle,”

insisted. “We need to help them if there are any

tried to walk off but he stumbled

I said. I went up to Murray and helped

in good enough shape,” Soren insisted.

time to rest,”

feel. However, we are heading toward Lethe as well. Will

and Murray exchanged

would be honored for your accompaniment,” Murray

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

territory started at the end of the main street through Marno pack. It wasn’t a

stop and give them water several times and let them

I even got

the end

the intersection here,” Murray pointed to the crossroads. “We

sure we got home safely,” Frederic said, saluting

are you guys leaving?”

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

you?” I asked, biting

it is dangerous

what happens with your pack,” Soren said. He shook both their hands and waved

on their own. If there’s trouble in the pack, they aren’t strong enough to

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

know more about pack life than you let on,” I teased him,

piece

was also his way of deflecting so he

I said. I took the crystal out of the necklace

like before, the crystal warmed up when I pointed

way.” I pointed, motioning to Soren, Payne, and

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

other territories easily enough,” Soren

conflict elsewhere, no one will notice