Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 775

Chapter 120 : Not Going to End Well

Dylan was still staring at Helen. His face was a mixture of excitement, awe, and fear. But he did seem relieved that Sebastian had been defeated.

Helen met Dylan’s gaze, her expression was peaceful. She nodded to him, and said something that only the few of us could understand, “Rest assured. What’s done is done. I don’t regret my decision.”

However, that was the only thing she said to the king, and it didn’t seem that she had any desire to converse with him more.

Payne stood by the king, keeping him from running off, shock in his eyes, too.

The puppets that were left stopped attacking. They started wandering around, bumping into each other and off the walls.

Soren came out of the shadows in human form. He’d found a t-shirt and sweats to throw on. Thomas must have brought spares in case they had to shift.

“Your Majesty, we don’t want to hurt you,” Soren said to the king. “However, based on your history, I think it would be best if you were to accompany us until we get to safety.”

That was Soren’s nice way of telling Dylan we were taking him hostage without making it sound like a threat.

“There are far too many hidden mechanisms in this place and I’m not going to risk getting trapped here with my men,” he continued.

Dylan, or at this point, King Sebastian as he would be known going forward, didn’t respond. He just looked at the guards around him, like he was saying he didn’t have much of a choice.

Soren turned to Eros. “Lead the way. Let’s get the hell out of this dungeon.”

“Yes, Sir,” Eros said cheerily. He headed off and motioned to us over his shoulder. “This way, follow me.”

I saw Ashley roll her eyes but she followed after Eros with everyone else.

“Aunt Helen…” I went over to her. She was still supported by all the roots. “Are you able to move freely?”

Helen nodded and came down the corridor with us.

Eros was leading us back to the maze that led to the exit he’d tried to take me to earlier.

Soren and I stayed close to Helen. A few times, the roots that supported her slipped and I held my arms up to steady her. I thought it must be hard for her to “walk” like that. The ground was uneven and the roots couldn’t feel the floor the same way feet could.

“Are you okay?” I asked, ready to catch her again.

“Don’t worry, Mila. I’m just tired. I haven’t used magic like this in a long time,” she said, still smiling. She still looked strong and beautiful but I could tell that she was getting weary. Her energy was fading.

When Eros opened the last gate of the secret passage, sunlight streamed in, along with claws and teeth snarling at us.

More royal guards had arrived to protect the king.

Soren cleared his throat. “Please ask your men to back off. We’re no threat to you.”

off!” the king barked. “These people are not your enemies. They

king’s order, his royal troops stepped back, allowing

left Helen and followed Payne and the guards that

Majesty,” I called to

How long had I been in the

smile on his face.

your promise.

the king replied. Then he told one of his guards, “Ask the Head of Finance to come

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

bowing his head over a large leather-bound logbook ran towards us. The king ordered, “Patton, I want you to prepare gold, food, and other supplies for the old Pomeni packland. Enough for a well-sized pack to thrive

it done, Your Majesty,” the head of finance said

now, Alpha Mila Hathaway?” the king

I shook my head.

arched a

and pointed to Payne, “No, I’m not the Alpha. He

bulged.

and continued to make my request to the king, “In the name of the Dark King, please name Payne Chambers as

his head at me. “Are you

I nodded firmly.

stroked his chin. It was clear he found it intriguing but he didn’t

will henceforth be the Alpha of the

me, shock clear on his face. I didn’t think he’d be able to

too, almost like he needed someone

role and I knew he cared about Pomeni and the pack land, perhaps way more than me. He’d take

to be with Soren and I knew his

all Soren’s. If he wanted to have a pack, then I would stand beside him. If he wanted to stay a

met his, and like Payne, he was surprised. However, in his gaze, I got a sense of appreciation and pride as

some shipping orders and

couple of months,” he explained, showing Payne where to

was up to Payne now to get the

be plenty of time

at his men. “Help Alpha Payne with the shipments. We’ll stay with the king,”

the rest of Soren’s men all quickly got to work on loading up the first shipment of supplies to transport away from

wasn’t sure what we were waiting for but Soren kept a sharp eye on the

each other, neither

up and nodded. He must have received a mindlink from Thomas. He was the only other person I knew Soren

They are well beyond the Royal Pack’s control,” he told

looks like you’re free to go,” I said to the king. “Thank you for

three of us, as long

that knew the king’s real identity. That gave us a powerful bargaining chip over him. Especially since

I understand,”

Sire,” I said, bowing a little, letting out a relieved sigh. Thank the Goddess that everything seemed to turn out

threat for Pomeni. It was almost too good to be true, but I