Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 831

Chapter 42 : Are You Trying to Kill Me?

“HEY!” Jared’s voice boomed through the area, ricocheting off the nearby buildings as I brought Carmen to her knees. She looked up at me, her eyes glowing with the first hints of transformation.

Jared yanked me backward by the collar of my shirt, dragging us apart while Brandt took Carmen roughly by the arm and led her in the opposite direction. She was screaming profanities that would have made even the most hardened pirate blush. I would have been impressed if I hadn’t been absolutely burning with rage.

“What the f**k is going on?” Jared snarled, turning me to face him.

I fought out of his grip, pushing him away. Adrenaline was pumping through my veins and I was panting, totally unable to control my breath. I swatted him away again as he reached out to me, but he didn’t flinch. He took my face in his hands, turning me from side to side as he inspected the damage I couldn’t yet feel.

“She called Scarlett a used-up breeder,” I said as I fought for air. “I didn’t like that.”

“I could tell,” he said in a low whisper, running his thumb over the bridge of my nose.

I hissed in a breath, meeting his eyes. “That hurts–”

“It’s not broken,” he said, a wry smile touching his lips. “You might have broken hers, though.”

I peer over his shoulder at the group of men lingering behind him, all of whom were chuckling and talking in low voices about what had just happened.

“I didn’t know you could fight like that,” Jared said, dropping his hands.

“I’ve never punched anyone before,” I admitted, flexing my hands. The knuckles on my right hand were raw, likely split open from the impact with her jaw. I was starting to feel it now, every bruise and scrape. I’d feel it for days.

The pain ignited some deep within, a buried fury that I’d been trying to stifle since the day we left Suncrest. I stepped away from him, glaring as I slowly turned to Scarlett, who was hovering nearby, hugging herself.

“Are you alright?” I asked.

She only nodded, looking more pale than usual.

I turned back to Jared, letting every raw, unfiltered emotion show on my face. “I’m going inside,” I said, and walked away before he could protest.

I put my arm around Scarlett’s shoulder as the group of men parted to let us pass.

“Thank you,” Scarlett whispered, her voice quivering.

“No one gets to talk to us like that, okay?” I replied, meeting her eyes.

giving me a soft smile as we neared the house. Miriam appeared on the front

love of Lycaon, what

***

hear Miriam ripping into Jared from behind the bathroom door. I sank lower into the bathtub, drowning out the sound of their lifted voices as the water swirled around me. Everything hurt.

I was about to get an earful from Jared only made

opened the bathroom door, staring down at me as he lingered in the doorway. I slumped into the water until I was consumed by it completely and held myself there for several seconds, opening my eyes beneath the surface and watching as his distorted figure moved across the room to

he said as I dramatically broke the surface, smoothing my hair away from my

grabbing a bar of soap off the side of the tub, “then why is she allowed to roam freely

over. I hadn’t bothered to look in the mirror. I could only imagine what I looked like right now. I could feel my heartbeat in

she was planted by Aeris, a spy. That’s part of

soaping up a rag. “Are

“Eliza–”

she said to me,” I cut in, struggling to swallow past the painful lump in my throat. I’d only half convinced myself that I’d gone berserk on Carmen because she was incredibly mean to Scarlett,

on that, though. She knew exactly what to say to

you were going

have told me I couldn’t go, right? Because you

nothing to

what the f**k

settling over the room. He bit down on the inside of his cheek, his eyes narrowing

house, for Miriam.” He dipped his fingers in the water, swirling the

does this have to

but like I said… I was young, stupid, starving for attention and glory. She… used me in a

chin on my

when it came to running the village. I knew Aeris from my childhood and thought we could form a professional alliance. He was more interested in using me to overthrow my brother. I refused, of course, but when Carmen found out who I really was she just… couldn’t let it go. That whole trip she was begging me, going as far as to try

me, a brief smile touching his

courts of nearby territories. She’s been married twice, from what I’ve heard. She’s secured herself quite a fortune. How she ended up a prisoner of Aeris… I need to find that out, which is why I gave her freedom to roam around today. I had people watching her, of course. I needed to find

“And now?”

she’s being kept in one of the cottages, locked in and guarded. She won’t be able to get out until I’m ready to talk to her. My guess is she’s working for Aeris in some

look in her eyes before I swung on

said with conviction, giving me a careful look before taking the soapy rag from my hands. “I’m not the same man I was three years ago. She hasn’t seen the full extent of my dark powers, not since

he said, his voice

okay,” I replied, giving him a

in the water. “You’re tough. You took a

smelled richly of pine and sandalwood soap. Miriam had dumped a bag of what looked like salt into the bath, which stung my split knuckles