Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 109: At the Cost of Her Own Life

Troy

Hayden was sitting on a rock, chewing loudly as he snacked on what looked like a piece of jerky. I grimaced at the sound, shifting my weight to sit more comfortably on the cold dirt floor of the tunnel.

“You’re welcome for the clothes,” Hayden quipped, “I fig ured I could offer you one last kindness by not having your balls dragging in the dirt while we wait for, uh, whatever hap pens.”

“And what exactly is going to happen?” I asked tersely. Hayden shrugged. “Why are you here, exactly?” | asked, gen uinely confused. Hayden was a dumbass, as thick as they come. I found it highly unlikely he had much, if anything, to offer Tasia.

“Carl took a liking to me, I think. I’m not so bad once you get to know me.”

“You’re a rapist and murderer-” | bit out. Hayden chuck led.

“Yeah, well. Whatever world Tasia and Carl are gonna make once they have the stones… it won’t matter. Everyone l’

ve wronged will be dead. A clean slate.”

“You’re the worst,” | mumbled, biting the inside of my cheek as I tried to come up with a plan.

0001 “I had been working with Damian, you know. I knew every

thing he was planning on doing with that map everyone was Tooking for. Damian sent me to Valoria to meet with Carl after you and the princess took off on that pirate ship. I figured Carl and Tasia had more to offer me than Damian did. They said I’d be an Alpha, that I could live in the castle. Stuff like that.”

“In exchange for what?”

“Betraying Damian. Killing him when he returned to Valo ria with whatever the God’s name is… Lyon, whatever-”

“Lycaon,” I corrected.

“Yeah, that’s what I said. Anyway, Damian never came back, and then we got word that the princess had returned to Winter Forest, so… I just hung out with them. Like I said be fore, I did have sex with Tasia-”

“Cool,” I replied dryly. “You realize these people are going to kill you, right? You’re not like them. You’ll be useless to them when this is all over.”

He ignored me, biting into another piece of jerky he had fished out of his jacket pocket.

“I bet they’ || spare Maeve, you know? They’ll need her blood, or whatever.”

| swallowed against the fury, willing myself to keep my mouth shut.

“I bet if I asked, they’d give her to me, you know, as a prize for helping them,”

I bucked against my restraints, the rope binding my hands

behind my back going taunt and biting into my skin.

19. Vouchert

“Oh, calm down, Troy. I’ll be gentle=”

I turned my head toward the broken door that was leaned against the entrance to

echoed through the tunnel, and I slowly turned my head to Hayden, who had gone

guys, or yours?” | asked, running

eyes as an other scream ripped through the tunnel,

flying. He was lean and a soft golden brown in the dim light of the handful of oil lanterns that hung on nails along the walls. Blood dripped from his

screamed and scrambled from his perch on the

room, panting as he frantically looked around. He looked absolutely wild, robbed of his “gentle but somewhat violent giant” look. He hadn’t shifted, but had definitely been fighting by the look

he cut through my restraints. “I don’t wanna

mercy. “Is it just you and Keaton?” | asked, rubbing my wrists where the skin had been rubbed raw from

Ever seen a Rogue before, Troy? Creepy looking creatures. The Drogomor warriors are takin’ care of ’em, though. Rosalie ran in here alone, before we could stop

They’re likely with Ta sia. Are… is everyone

nodded, clapping me on the shoulder as he led me away from the grisly scene taking place between Keaton and

“They’re fine. Safe.”

took a strained

before running into more of Tasia’s warriors. With no time to shift, we fought them off one by one. I took the brunt of the beating, my face black and blue with bruises by the time we took down the last man, but finally, we made it into the main part of the tunnel system, which was a large circular area lit by more lanterns and

shift, it

took Keaton a long

“What? How so?

on my body stood on end as I recognized the scream as Maeve’s, and I turned hurriedly

into the lantern light. He was panting, sweat prickling on his brow as though he had been chasing someone. I spun around to

demanded, my hands clenched

wolf form

him pinned to the ground, his teeth

things; blood and dirt and a few sticks stuck in his hair. He stopped short of us, look

somewhere, Hanna… I’m not sure. And I

was panicked. He looked down at Carl, who was grimacing under

late, your precious

depths of the tunnel. She was just as dirty as the rest of us, but her face was

on-” I tried to go to her but Ethan held out his hand,

lanterns on the walls began to vibrate,

looked down at Keaton, who bared his teeth, waiting for the green

late! It’s over!” Carl

grabbed Maeve and pulled her

watching the safe house.

You and Robbie. I need to

put something in my hand, a knife, and gave me the most loving, knowing look I’d ever

if it would be the last time I’d have a

but Robbie had already closed the short distance between us, gently

away as dust and dirt began to fall

by the tunnel’s depths

commanded, but Keaton hesitated, an unreadable look flashing in

entirely sure, but Keaton lunged and slammed his whole weight into Carl. Carl’s head bounced against the floor on impact, and he was knocked out cold. It was impressive, but I didn’t have

by the end of it, shaking as he wobbled and using the wall to support him self. He

shit. Are you