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

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 our rescue

favors,” Murray muttered

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

lead the strangers in and there was no proof to convince them otherwise. He sentenced us to

both snarled at

he nodded slowly. There was worry in his eyes

“Soren…”

know what they were

whole group of people in Lethe territory already, looking for

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

Without the two of you, we’d be

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

off but he

I said.

enough shape,” Soren insisted. “You need rest,

have time to

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

and Murray exchanged a

for your accompaniment,” Murray

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

main street through Marno pack. It wasn’t

them water several times

come to their aid, always with a fresh bottle of water. I even got them some snacks to help build up

to the end of the road

intersection here,” Murray pointed to the

sure we got

are you guys leaving?” I

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

with you?” I asked, biting

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

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

off on their own. If there’s trouble in the pack, they aren’t strong enough to fight,” I said, pointing after

as an insult if we barge in and help a pack without being invited,” Soren told

life than you let on,” I teased him,

on where to find the last piece of the Blade

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

said. I took the crystal out of the

like before, the crystal warmed up when I pointed in certain

pointed, motioning to Soren,

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

all the other territories easily enough,” Soren

a conflict elsewhere,