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.

make it easy for them,” Murray

the mindlink but Beta Arnold blocked the mindlink. Some

Murray

supplies. He and Ashley started treating the worst of their

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

and Murray both snarled at the end of the

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

“Soren…”

what they were looking for,” Soren

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

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

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

insisted. “We need to

walk off but he

to travel,” I said. I went up to Murray and helped

you is in good enough shape,” Soren

don’t have time to rest,”

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

Murray exchanged a quick

for your accompaniment,” Murray said,

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

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

them water

I even got them some snacks to help build up their strength

the end of the road

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

sure we got home

you guys

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

you?” I asked, biting my lower

saviors involved if it is dangerous

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

there’s trouble in the pack, they aren’t strong enough to fight,” I

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

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

ideas on where to find the last piece of the Blade of Souls?” he asked, changing

knew it was also his way of deflecting so he didn’t

out of the necklace and held it in my

like before, the crystal warmed up when I

I pointed, motioning to

be going into another pack’s territory?”

the other territories

a conflict elsewhere, no one will notice us,” I