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?”

told you

is you’re doing in there. Come on. We want to see the scroll,” Archer said from behind

an annoyed growl, his

moment,” he said, but I turned away from him

myself. You’re being insane, Eliza. I sucked in my breath

his brows. I smacked him soundly on

eyes wide with

said, closing the door. “It’s a

men said

to myself, twirling the scroll over my fingers before tossing it in the air and catching it in my other hand. Jared winced, looking incredibly annoyed that I was handling his precious scroll so roughly.

Archer said, c*****g his

suspiciously as he raised it to his nose, then

“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 knew

as he handed the scroll to a very curious Archer. Archer sniffed, shrugging,

trying to lead you astray?” I asked, accepting the scroll

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

the scroll, noting how intently Archer and Brandt

I continued, looking back down at the scroll, “it’s written in Pritian, I believe. I’ll need some time to work

shift as the men turned to

blinked up at them, shrugging one

do you know any of this for certain?”

what the hell is

it in my back pocket. “Pritian was the name of the language spoken by the people who existed before 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

going to admit that,” Archer mused with a

broke from the intensity in Jared’s

of Light,”

Brandt asked, a boyish longing in his

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

different from here,” I said

can ask her whatever you want about her realm later, Brandt,” Jared said

met his eyes, noticing the same apprehension behind his gaze in regard to explaining my realm in front of Archer, who

likely copied from something written on stone. I’ll translate it to the best of my abilities and we

head toward the

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

“Wait,” he said.

the door behind themselves

about the

as I turned around. “This is probably one of his tricks. I know you think you played him

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

“You’re wrong.”

“How?”

You might slip through his fingers as a breeder, but he will find

asking you to

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