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.

Miriam appeared on the front porch, her face washed

of Lycaon,

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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 going to

like hell now, and knowing I was about to get an earful

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

know that?” he said as I dramatically broke the surface, smoothing my hair away

soap off the side of the tub, “then why is

jaw, tapping his fingers on his arm as he looked me over. I hadn’t bothered to look in the mirror. I could only imagine what I looked like right

Aeris, a spy. That’s

a rag.

“Eliza–”

to swallow past the painful lump in my throat. I’d only half convinced myself that I’d gone berserk on

that, though. She knew exactly

had known you

couldn’t

nothing to

what the f**k is going on,

stared at each other for a moment, a blanket of tension settling over the room. He bit down on the inside of his cheek, his

here, in the house, for Miriam.” He dipped his fingers in the water, swirling the bubbled surface. “I was fifteen when I came here. I had nowhere else to go, no way to take care of myself. I was hungry, tired.

have to do

was young, stupid, starving for attention and glory. She… used me in a lot of different ways, took advantage of me when I started climbing the ranks and

chin on my

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 to manipulate me

down at me, a brief smile

own gain to access the courts of nearby territories. She’s been married twice, from what I’ve heard. She’s secured herself quite a fortune. How she ended

“And now?”

get out until I’m

swung on her. She was solid, unbreakable. Maybe in a way, I was the most jealous of

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 I’ve been losing

that,” he said, his voice edged with

I

think you should go to the sparring ring tomorrow,” he said, dipping the rag back in the water. “You’re tough. You took a fist to the nose and

tilted my head to allow him access to my neck. The water was perfect, and smelled richly of pine and sandalwood soap. Miriam had dumped a bag of what looked like salt into the bath,