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.

the front porch, her face washed with frustration as she tied her robe around

the love of Lycaon,

***

drowning out the

was about to get an earful from Jared only made it

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 lean on the vanity, his arms

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

so dangerous,” I said tersely, grabbing a bar of soap off the side of the tub, “then why

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 now. I could feel my heartbeat

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

up a rag. “Are you

“Eliza–”

throat. I’d only half

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

you were

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

to do

the f**k

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

of an Alpha but ended up working 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. I proved myself

this have to do

a while, but like I said… I 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 eventually took over the

my chin on

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 into accepting Aeris’s offer to help put me on the throne. I came home and

looked down at me, a brief

on her shoulder. She used that to for 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 up a prisoner of Aeris… I need to find that out, which is why I gave her freedom to

“And now?”

be able to get out until I’m ready

I’d seen the look in her eyes before I swung on her. She was solid, unbreakable.

my hands. “I’m not the same man I was three years ago. She hasn’t seen the full extent of my dark

that,” he said, his voice edged with silent,

handled it okay,” I replied, giving

he said, dipping the rag back in the water. “You’re tough. You took a fist to the nose and got right

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