Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 788

Chapter 133: Bonus Story–Happy Birthday, Mila-Part 1

*Mila*

***14 Years Later***

“Wait a second!” Ciana’s eyes grew wide open as she gasped, “So the real artifact of our pack is not the Feather of Justice?!”

“Correct,” I confirmed.

Ciana jumped down from a low branch of a cherry tree, in her arms were some freshly picked, luscious, red fruit. She dropped the large heart-shaped cherries on the picnic blanket and sat down next to me.

“I need a moment to process this,” she frowned, digesting the new knowledge as she popped a cherry in her mouth. “…Um…um, Mom, you have to pack those. They are so sweet! Especially since they’re hand-picked by your lovely daughter. They will remind you to miss me on your trip!”

Tomorrow was the anniversary for Soren and I. Not our wedding anniversary, but the first time we met. We usually went on a trip just the two of us, but before we were on our way, we always made sure to spend some time with Ciana in our vacation home at the edge of our packland.

“Thanks, honey. I will,” I smiled as Ciana shoved one cherry against my lips.

“Mom, but…why?”

“Huh?”

“The artifact,” she reminded me. Oh, right. She pulled me back on our topic. “Does it mean that our Alvar pack has no artifact at all, and we’ve been lying to our people?!”

“While we will never intentionally hurt others, the reality is there are people who always want more strength, wealth, influence, you name it. Driven by greed, those people aren’t afraid to harm others for their own benefit.”

“So, you and Dad decided to lie to the entire pack?”

“Ciana, think about this. What use is the artifact other than being taken out and shown to the pack during routine ceremonies?”

are there to protect the pack. The more powerful the artifact is, the more protection it would provide. At least that’s

trouble it could bring to the pack. Therefore, it’s best for others to know that Alvar pack only has a low-threatening artifact—a feather that

nothing would happen,” Ciana caught on. “If the person is lying, the Goddess would punish them. Liars wouldn’t want to be punished by the Goddess, and therefore, of course, they would never try it out. As for honest people, if they try to use the feather, nothing would happen…Thus no one would really

feather to be precise,”

for a second then started coughing while bursting out into laughter. “Mom, that’s…that’s…so bizarre! But so funny. I bet it was Daddy’s idea.

couldn’t hold back my own laugh as well. “Your father and Thomas decided to do that because they know

artifact for our pack?”

hand. On my left ring finger were my wedding band and my

ring?” Ciana was

the gem on your mother’s ring.” A

into my husband’s arms and gave him

girl,” he laughed and peeled Ciana

Mom told me about the Feather of Justice. You

“It’s just

there’s anyone in the world who doesn’t need self-preservation,

try to butter me up!” Soren gently

and Ciana’s full attention was immediately drawn by it. “Wow, what a gorgeous

the baby deer, “Hey,

her, she wouldn’t return until she caught up with her wild

most times was a burden, and

people around her could easily tell. She didn’t hide her emotions because there was no need for her to do so. Luckily, with her naturally upbeat personality, it was rare to see her

it wasn’t just people, it was animals

“persuaded” the fawn to come to her, and it was eating the snacks she brought for it out of the palm of her hand.

I knew that as she grew up, she’d have to deal with people

the Alpha’s daughter, she was groomed to lead a pack, and thus she needed to understand there are lies and conspiracies, and she needed to be able to

about the dark side of people, but I was a bit worried that my

gave us a big smile and waved at us before she went

sighing?” Soren’s arm wrapped around