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 them,” Murray

but Beta Arnold blocked the mindlink. Some of our pack members heard our call before he shut it down. They came to

favors,” Murray muttered

treating the worst of their wounds. Murray seemed to

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

and Murray both snarled at the end of

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

“Soren…”

know what they were looking

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 chance to get the

They gave each other

Without the two of you, we’d be slaves right now,

back to our pack,” Murray insisted. “We need to

to walk off but he stumbled and Frederic caught

to travel,” I said. I went up to

is in good enough shape,” Soren insisted. “You need rest, and you need

have time to rest,”

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

and Murray exchanged

for your accompaniment,” Murray said,

Frederic didn’t have anything but the clothes

through Marno pack. It wasn’t a long walk but with

had to stop and give them water several

quick to come to their aid, always with a fresh bottle of water. I even got

it to the end of the road

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

to make sure we got home

are you guys leaving?”

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

we come with you?” I asked, biting

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

both their hands

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

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

life

the last piece of

was a legitimate question but I knew it was also his way of deflecting so he didn’t

crystal out of the

the crystal warmed up when I

motioning to Soren, Payne,

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

it through all the other territories easily enough,” Soren

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