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 for

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

Murray muttered

treating the worst of their wounds. Murray seemed to be

convince them otherwise.

and Murray both snarled at the

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

“Soren…”

they were looking for,” Soren

of people in Lethe territory already, looking for the last piece

helped Murray up once they were patched up. They gave each other a quick hug.

two of you, we’d be slaves right now, sold

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

tried to walk off but he stumbled and Frederic

condition to travel,” I said. I went up

in good enough shape,” Soren insisted.

don’t have time to

what urgency you feel. However, we are heading toward Lethe as well. Will you at

and Murray exchanged a quick

would be honored for

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

of the main street through Marno pack. It wasn’t a long walk but with Frederic

stop and give them water several times and let

always with a fresh bottle of water. I even got them some snacks to help build

end of

intersection here,” Murray pointed to the crossroads. “We can’t promise anything but…

for coming to make sure we got home safely,” Frederic

guys leaving?”

for our pack. You’ve given us our strength

come with you?” I asked,

is pack business. We don’t want to get our saviors involved if it is dangerous to them. Besides,

your pack,” Soren said. He shook both their hands and waved as Murray and Frederic took

not sure we should let them go off on their own. If there’s trouble in the

own mission to worry about. Besides, it could be seen as an insult if we barge in and help a pack without being invited,” Soren told

more about pack life than you let on,” I teased him, sticking my tongue

the last piece of the Blade of Souls?” he asked, changing the

legitimate question but I knew it was also his way of deflecting so he

said. I took the crystal out of the

before, the crystal warmed up

way.” I pointed, motioning to

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

made it through all the other territories easily enough,”

a conflict elsewhere, no one