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

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

Murray

medical supplies. He and Ashley started treating the worst of

them otherwise. He sentenced us to be exiled from the pack for betrayal and we were instantly knocked out. When we woke up again, we

both snarled at

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

“Soren…”

don’t know what they were looking for,” Soren

a whole group of people in Lethe territory already, looking for the last piece of the Blade of Souls.

up once they were patched up. They gave each other a quick hug. I realized just how close they

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

Murray insisted. “We need to help them if there

off but he stumbled and

said.

in good enough shape,” Soren

have time

are heading toward Lethe as well. Will you at least let us escort

exchanged a quick

honored for your accompaniment,”

everything we had up. Murray and Frederic didn’t have anything but the clothes on their back so it didn’t take long

end of the main street through Marno pack. It wasn’t a long

to stop and give them water

a fresh bottle of water. I even got them some snacks to

end of the road before

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

sure we got home safely,”

guys

for our pack. You’ve given us our

I asked, biting my lower

business. We don’t want to get our saviors involved if it is dangerous to them. Besides, the two of you have your own

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

let them go off on their own. If there’s trouble in the pack, they

seen as an insult if we barge in and help a pack without being

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

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

it was also his way of deflecting so he didn’t have to address what I said. I didn’t point it out at

before,” I said. I took the crystal out of

before, the crystal warmed up when I

motioning to

are you sure we should be going into another pack’s territory?” Payne

through all the other territories easily enough,” Soren said,

is a conflict elsewhere, no one will notice