Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 815

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 815

Chapter 26 : The Scroll

*Eliza*

I knew Jared was following me. I knew Archer and Brandt would be close behind as well. I had it in mind to turn into my bedroom but turned toward Jared’s room instead. If the evidence of our night was still scattered around the room, well, I wasn’t going to give Archer the satisfaction of seeing it. I threw open the door and stepped inside Jared’s room without hesitation.

“Hey!” Jared hissed, catching the door before it slammed shut. He locked it behind him.

“Brandt and Archer are going to want to see the scroll too–” I began, but he snatched the scroll from my hand and tossed it on the bed, taking a step toward me.

“Last night,” he said, then hesitated, his jaw rigid with tension.

I relaxed a bit, but my stomach was tying in a knot as I looked up at him and held his gaze.

“Was it not good for you?” I asked.

He looked shocked.

“Eliza that’s not–”

He ran his fingers through his hair, then down over his face as he exhaled deeply.

“That’s not it all. It was great. You were… great. I just–”

“It’s okay,” I said hurriedly, turning away from him to hide the pain on my face.

I didn’t want to know what he was going to say next. I went to his bed and slowly picked up the scroll, telling myself I was testing the weight of it in my hands and not trying to distract myself from the searing pain of rejection blossoming in my stomach.

“Eliza,” Jared breathed.

I didn’t turn around. I’d been wrong, of course. This was just a very intense case of lust, primal lust… primal lust for my captor. There had to be a name for that, some physiological term or condition….

“Eliza, the curse,” Jared said firmly.

I turned to face him, furrowing my brow. “What about it?”

“I’m losing my wolf. I don’t want to hurt you if you think–if you think that we could be–”

I blinked at him, clutching the scroll to my chest. I bit back the hurt, focusing on the word “curse” to distract myself from the pain and roaring feeling of stupidity rushing through my blood.

I’d heard of people losing their wolf powers, but it was usually because of some kind of severe psychological trauma, like the abrupt loss of a mate. It wasn’t always permanent, either. I’d never heard of someone losing their powers because of a curse.

“You said the Cryptex might be something that’s capable of keeping time,” he continued, taking a step toward me. “I think you’re right, and that when I have all the pieces, I’ll be able to break the curse and stop it from stealing what’s left of my powers.”

“What does that have to do with last night?”

you

had all night to do whatever it is you’re doing in there. Come on. We want to see the scroll,” Archer

breath out in an annoyed

he said, but I turned away from him and walked toward

You’re being insane, Eliza. I sucked in my breath and steeled my expression, locking everything

look, wiggling his brows.

eyes wide with

I said, closing the

men said in

catching it in my other hand. Jared winced, looking incredibly

said, c*****g

me suspiciously as he raised it

he carefully unfurled it. “That’s how you process parchment to look older than it is. It might just be a copy of the actual scroll he promised you, but still. I

he would,” Jared said under his breath as he handed the scroll to a very curious Archer. Archer sniffed, shrugging, before handing it to

would he be trying to lead you astray?” I asked,

text, which was obviously copied, and recently. If I had a lab with the appropriate equipment for the job, I could

scroll, noting how intently Archer and Brandt were looking at Jared, some silent conversation obviously taking place

down at the scroll, “it’s written in

in the room shift as the men turned to look at me,

at them, shrugging one

do you know any of this

the hell

the time of Morrighan and Lycaon,” I said, matter-of-factly. “Artifacts have been found throughout the northern territories in my realm–” I sucked in a breath, glancing from man to man and settling

to admit that,” Archer mused with

intensity in Jared’s gaze

of Light,” I said

asked, a boyish longing in

Archer, who had a distant look in his eyes. My chest tightened as I watched a shadow pass over Archer’s face, some distant memory of the

from here,”

her whatever you want about her realm later, Brandt,”

the same apprehension behind his gaze in regard to explaining my realm in front of Archer, who had witnessed a very different side

written on stone. I’ll translate it to

Archer and Brandt a look and tilted his head toward the door, his way of telling them

well, but Jared stopped me with a gentle touch to the back of my

“Wait,” he said.

face him until Archer and Brandt closed the door behind themselves

sorry about

I turned around. “This is probably one of his tricks. I know you think you played him today, but Aeris is cunning, and

on the edge of the bed and crossing my legs. “I don’t think he’s as cunning

“You’re wrong.”

“How?”

breeder, but he will find some new way to use you and make it impossible for you to leave without violence.

not asking you to

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