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 them,” Murray

we didn’t. We fought but we were outnumbered. We did try calling 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

Murray muttered

supplies. He and Ashley started treating the worst of their wounds. Murray

in and there was no proof to convince them otherwise. He sentenced us to be exiled from the pack for betrayal and we

snarled at the end of the

nodded slowly. There was worry in his eyes

“Soren…”

what they were

what they said was true, 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

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

two of you, 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

tried to walk off but he

I said. I went up to Murray and helped steady

is in good enough shape,” Soren insisted. “You

don’t have time to rest,” Murray

Lethe as

exchanged

would be honored for your

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

pack. It wasn’t a long walk but with

give them water several

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 for

made it to the end

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

to make sure we got home

guys leaving?”

we can do for our pack. You’ve given us our strength back,” Murray said,

I asked, biting my

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

both their hands and

on their own. If there’s trouble in the

Besides, it could be seen as an insult if we barge in and help a pack without being invited,”

pack life than you let on,” I teased him,

find the last piece of the Blade of Souls?” he

knew it was also his way of deflecting so

I said. I took the crystal out of the necklace and held it in my hand like I

warmed up when I

motioning to Soren,

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

all the other territories

conflict elsewhere, no one