Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 827

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 827

Chapter 38 : I Gave Him What He Wanted

I’d been so caught up in my relief that Jared was still alive that I’d completely forgotten the pale yellow wolf beside him was not Archer.

I felt a jolt of shock as Carmen shifted into her usual form, her long blonde hair nearly touching her waist as she stood naked, hesitating before accepting a robe from one of Jared’s men. She… smirked, from what I could tell, and very slowly pulled her arms through the robe while looking over at Jared.

Jared was dressing quickly, however, and didn’t wait for Carmen to get her bearings before he was charging toward the house, wearing only a pair of pants and a shirt crunched in his fist. He pointed at me.

Miriam squeaked in surprise as Jared shouted my name, and not kindly. I squared my shoulders and backed into the house. What the hell was his problem? I was the one who should be upset.

“Upstairs, now,” he said with cold firmness as he climbed the front steps, not even stopping to say hello to Miriam.

The broad muscles of his chest and shoulders were flexed and rigid with tension as he motioned for me to walk ahead of him. He didn’t look over his shoulder at Carmen, who was walking briskly toward the house, her sheet of blonde hair billowing out behind her.

I caught her eye before I turned to walk up the stairs. Her eyes narrowed, her mouth tilted upwards on one side.

It was a knowing look edged with silent challenge.

I didn’t like the jealousy roiling in my gut. I especially didn’t like the smug grin on this stranger’s face as her eyes left mine and settled on Jared’s back.

Jared wasn’t really mine. We’d never talked about what we actually were to each other.

But I sure as hell wasn’t okay with this woman trying to assert her dominance over me.

“Have Eliza’s things brought to my room,” Jared said to Miriam as I began to climb the stairs. Miriam, who was currently watching Carmen close in on the house, looked up at Jared with a look that conveyed exactly what she was feeling–utter shock, disbelief… maybe even a hint of annoyance.

I didn’t question him, not yet, not in the company of others. I half expected Carmen to follow us, but when we reached the third story and his wing of the house, we were alone.

He stepped in front of me and walked to his bedroom door, opening it wide. I followed him inside, my body tightening as he closed the door behind me.

It wasn’t a large room by any means, but it housed a four-poster bed and several other pieces of what looked to be antique furniture. A red quilt covered the bed, the edges slightly frayed. I found myself staring at it for whatever reason as his footsteps sounded behind me.

“Are you hurt?” he demanded. I closed my eyes for a moment, trying to compose the conflicted feelings rushing through my mind.

“No. I’m not,” I said, slowly turning to face him.

He was buttoning his shirt, his fingers working deftly at the buttons as he kept his eyes locked on mine. He looked like hell. He looked tired, and stressed. He looked me over, going as far as to reach out to turn me from side to side during his inspection, as if he didn’t believe me.

“I said I’m fine!”

did

went through

shaking his head as he adjusted the fit of his shirt. It was odd seeing him back in his usual sparring garb compared to the tailored pants and jackets he’d worn at Aeris’s court. He looked… like himself again, and with the same fire burning behind his eyes.

had to go through that a second

a day,” I said, knitting my fingers together behind my back. I was still in the loose-fitting cotton pajamas I’d changed into after my bath last

in here with me

“Why?”

you?” he said, crossing the room to

“Because we’re not–”

care that we didn’t

I bit down on my lip as he turned

“What about her?”

happened and why is she here?”

arms over his chest. “I didn’t want to add letting an innocent woman die

was she there in the first

as if he was about to smile, which infuriated me. He

hips. “I have no right to be upset that we finally got

mouth twitched into a smile, his night-dark eyes softening on me. “You are jealous,” he murmured to himself,

I saw red.

something seriously wrong with you!” I practically screamed,

I know.

you kidding

say, Eliza? I’m sorry, alright. I’m sorry you and Brandt had to take off like that. I’m sorry you are caught in my mess. I’m sorry

“Hey!”

and striding toward me, “that as long as you stay, we have to play house, especially now that Aeris believes

would that

as

he really wanted,” he said, taking another step toward me. “We’re playing

about?” A rush of dread prickled over my skin as I met his eyes, the

“Eliza–”

was only one other thing Aeris had wanted, something Jared had sworn he’d never

to–to help him overthrow

words shattered on the floor between. Jared furrowed his brow as he slowly straightened to his full

say their names… not like

“Xander and Lena? Why–”

swallowing back the sudden despair tying my throat in a knot. I wrung my hands, fidgeting so badly I had to

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