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.

door and suddenly, they all perked

Soren and I followed.

had the tables set and were dishing up

and passed them around with the soup. If they hadn’t had anything to eat in days, something light like this was the best option. They needed to take it slow, give their bodies time to

the tables and the first woman who called me out came down and sat next to me. She plopped her soup down, staring at me like I’d pounce on her and eat her if she took her eyes off me for

my name is Ben, thank you, Miss

first started crying and complaining about being hungry. He sat

It

I have some more soup, Mila?” he pushed his empty bowl toward

now. You need to let that food settle first. Having too much all at once isn’t good for you when you’re

sighed and

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

about something

his face. He opened his mouth like he was going to pop it right

I ask you

“Yeah, okay.”

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

all run out of food so quickly? We thought the intruders didn’t care

the woman

sniffed. “Because those bastards dumped our

the looters from the

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

creased my brow. “How did the pack house food

on his face, he’d been listening in. He took my hand and

temporary headquarters. They secured what was left and kept it safe,” he

Ben scoffed. “Brutal barbarians, all of them! Of course, they would bully the weak. They knew we’d be afraid of

Was it just to be cruel? It’s not like it did

flicked to the woman across

so they could destroy that

was a horrible thing to do. It was a slow

through the

reading my mind,

“Because they were afraid.”

I tried to say something back, it didn’t work. Sighing, I squeezed Soren’s hand. Ever since he rescued me, the mindlink had been

were afraid

threatening circumstances. If the raiders threatened to

would be scared of

outnumbered the raiders. If Norwind survivors all banned together, the raiders could have lost or been overpowered. It was too big of a risk for

woman sitting with

to fight or kill you all in the moment but they left

soup 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

hope so,”

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

up her

a bit cranky.

“I understand,” I said.

“Momma!”