Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 753

Chapter 98 : He’s in Bad Shape

“If you’re here for food, why didn’t you ask?” I called down to the sad group.

“You think we’re stupid? It’s not like you would just give it to us. We know that you’re bloodthirsty leeches!” the crying boy’s mother shouted.

I closed the window and looked at Soren.

“Mila…”

“They’re hungry. We have the food.”

“You can’t go out there.”

“Watch me!”

I hurried out of the room and down to the kitchens. It wasn’t much, but I grabbed some loaves of bread.

Through the walls, I heard the women shouting at me.

“I knew it! I knew it!

“You selfish, greedy freak!”

“You’re hoarding it all to yourself!”

When I opened the front door, they all stopped talking. I went to the kids and tore off chunks of bread, passing them out. They stopped crying immediately when they took bread from me and quickly started chewing on it.

Soon, the air was filled with the sound of munching and crunching from the hard crust of the bread.

I made sure each child got some, ignoring the adults.

“Take it slow. If you’re too hungry, eating fast will make you sick,” I warned.

The boy that started all the crying blushed when I patted his head.

All the adults were dead silent, staring at me as I checked on the children. Even if they wanted to hurt me, I was in no danger. They were too shocked and awed to do anything to me.

Soren came out onto the lawn. I was a little surprised he hadn’t rushed out right after me.

The women closest to him trembled and cowered away from him.

“My apologies,” he said, nodding his head to the crowd. “Had we known that you’d run out of food, we would have acted sooner. I have my men preparing soup now. Come inside and eat. With everyone here, we can recalculate how much food is left and daily rations to make sure it lasts as long as possible.”

Soren held his arm out toward the pack house door.

Murmurs went through the crowd and I saw the way they looked at each other. They were suspicious, like we were inviting them into a trap of some kind.

None of them said anything. They stared at Soren and they stared at me. I understood their reluctance to accept our help but I hoped they would, for the sake of the kids.

out of the open front door and suddenly, they all perked up. Licking their

Soren and I followed.

the tables set and were dishing up

with the soup. If they hadn’t had anything to eat in days, something light like

came down and sat next to me. She plopped her soup down, staring at me like

thank you, Miss Mila.” a boy asked,

complaining about being hungry. He sat close to the woman and

just call me Mila. It

some more soup, Mila?”

not right now. You need to let that food settle first. Having too much all at

and

out a small hard candy. I pressed it into the palm of

something small

smiled, lifting the candy to his face. He opened his mouth like he was going to

ask you a

“Yeah, okay.”

woman sitting next to him. She was still closed off and

food so quickly? We thought the

the woman next

sniffed. “Because those

knew she was referring to the looters from the other

they could… They burned our storehouses, shredded our perishables, and dumped all our produce into the muddy river. They came into our houses and ransacked them for valuables, but whatever they couldn’t take with them, they did their best

my brow. “How did the pack house food

and sat beside me. From the look on his face, he’d been listening

already sent our men here as a temporary headquarters.

all of them! Of course, they would bully the weak. They knew we’d be afraid of them and they took advantage

be cruel? It’s not like it did them any good,

eyes flicked to the woman

so they could destroy that

was a horrible thing to do. It was a slow way

through

Soren was reading

“Because they were afraid.”

When I tried to say something back, it didn’t work. Sighing, I squeezed Soren’s hand. Ever since

were afraid of the

circumstances. If the raiders threatened to kill everyone in town, they’d have a battle on their hands. They

would be

survivors all banned together, the raiders could have lost or been

woman sitting with us, a somber look

They didn’t have to fight or kill you all in the moment

into her mouth before gritting through her teeth. “Damned raiders. They’ll pay for this. Even if I can’t make them, the Moon Goddess

so,”

us. You saved our lives,” she said, her lips twitching. “I’m Angelica. My sister Lilian is there.” she motioned to

She turned up her nose and refused to look at

a bit cranky. Sorry about

“I understand,” I said.

“Momma!”