Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 847

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 847

Chapter 58 : Abel’s Games

*Jared*

I knew Abel was following me. I’d seen through his little ruse from the very beginning. It had been confirmed the second Eliza walked into the dining room with nothing but that shred of fabric clinging to her body, her face twisted in a fierce and confident glare.

Abel had always been a master of manipulation.

I hadn’t expected him to break Eliza, especially after only a matter of days. She didn’t even realize she was eating out of his hands like a wounded bird.

“Drop the act,” I said with forced calm as I poured myself a drink, draining it in seconds.

The door to the library closed behind him as Abel entered the room, his heavy footsteps coming to a halt.

“I know what you did to her.” I didn’t say I was impressed, even though I was. I poured myself a second drink, a stiff one, and downed it like it was water from a freshwater spring.

“She’s safe here,” Abel said, the bravado in his voice cracking as he removed that metaphorical mask of eternal sunshine. “You have to know who’s after her.”

“I didn’t know until recently,” I breathed, closing my eyes as the fine whiskey burned down my throat and numbed the furious roiling in my chest where my power was pleading to be let loose. “How did you find out?”

“Did you allow her to send mail to the capital? Or is she really as cunning as everyone is saying?”

I turned around to face him, noticing the great distance between us. His face was starting to bruise from where I’d swung at him earlier in the day.

“You tell me,” I said through gritted teeth before lifting my drink to my lips.

He pursed his lips, shrugging uncomfortably in his fine clothing. He’d really pulled out all the stops for this. I couldn’t help but wonder why.

“First of all,” he began, taking a cautious step toward me with his intention of taking a seat in a high-backed armchair near the hearth clear, “I did what I had to do to keep my village safe.”

“From two women?”

“From a woman who walked into my village smelling like you,” he said coldly, wrinkling his nose. “Reeking of you, Jared.”

“I don’t know what you want me to say–”

“I treated them both as guests, made sure they were cared for and comfortable. Eliza suffered a few injuries during her journey here and they were mended. I didn’t… start the game until I realized she brought your artifacts here. I did what I had to do.”

“By manipulating her into trusting you–”

“It’s not manipulation if it’s the truth,” he cut in, fire blazing behind his cobalt eyes. “I never took her to my bed. My bedroom, yes, but only to keep her separated from Scarlett long enough to allow Lock to work his… magic.”

I could have crushed the crystal glass I was holding in my fist.

“You have some nerve–”

“I have the mark of a Dark Witch seeking refuge in my village, Jared. Tell me, what would you have done? Let me guess–” he slumped into the armchair, crossing his legs. “If she hadn’t been your mate, you would have left her for dead long ago, right?”

“You know that isn’t true.”

“Then you’ve changed.”

village is full of women

united, so that children are born, so that those

head, running my tongue along my lip as I stalked toward him. I halted

lover. I would have paid a pretty penny to have witnessed you barreling through a boarded-up window at a f*****g breeder auction and finding your mate curled up against

about

man who’d seen some s**t

and I’d inadvertently walked

sent her that dress to wear to dinner because I knew she’d wear

course, he knew how she’d ended up here.

constantly feeding him information. He would have known her name, her address back in her own realm, her parents’

was nothing I could do about

was addressed to Lena.” He drew out the nickname of the Luna Queen that only her close family would know, his eyes narrowed into slits. “A massive oversight,

does Hestia want with

before

liquid in my glass, clenching my

sly smile, his eyes twinkling as

trail,

did you do

promise. But for now, it’s in Lock’s possession and somewhere far, far west of here. Hestia will

ripe with finality, but Abel shook

break the curse. She’s in

your decision to

yours either, is it? In reality, she doesn’t have a

hated this guy

break the curse. She feels it, doesn’t she–that power within the artifacts… the Cryptex, or whatever she

could die by my own

“So don’t lose control–”

dropping an octave as I took three long strides

the corner of his mouth twitching into

drawing that power out of me, toying

pouted sarcastically, forcing his mouth into an animated

to kill her,

his lips,

you considered whether she’s cursed

fell over the room, broken only by the crackling

“She’s not.”

surrender. “She ends up here, in our realm, and suddenly every

me things

you won’t accept, and that’s the truth. You’re closer than you’ve ever been to finding a way to break the curse. Your f*****g mate is leading the charge, dangers be damned. She’s not going to stop. I don’t think my games could persuade her from doing

him, sending that shadow of

eyes. “Your shadow and I are old friends. I

and not just deal with

been so long since I’ve had anything to

exactly did your little games win

my eyes, a smile touching his

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