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=”

out through the tunnel, then the sound of falling rock. I turned my head toward the broken door that was leaned against the entrance to the room, then I heard voices

the tunnel, and I slowly turned my head to Hayden,

| asked, running my tongue

as an other scream ripped through

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 teeth as he looked at me, recog nition flashing behind

breathed, then winced as Hayden screamed and scrambled from his perch on the rock. Keaton lunged

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

make this slow,” Robbie huffed as he cut through my restraints. “I don’t wanna be around

it just you and Keaton?” | asked, rubbing

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 her. This is a big tunnel system, left over from the war from what Ethan said. He thought they had all been filled

and Hanna. They’re likely

as he led me away from the grisly scene taking place between

“They’re fine. Safe.”

took a strained

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

shift, it

if that’s true. It took Keaton a long time, and it

“What? How so?

my body stood on end as I recognized the scream as

ward into the lantern light. He was panting, sweat prickling on his brow as though he

I demanded, my hands

wolf form and finished with

him pinned to the ground, his teeth

toward us, covered in all kinds of things; blood and dirt and a few

Hanna… I’m not sure. And I haven’t

at Carl, who was grimacing under Keaton’s weight,

too late, your precious

tunnel. She was just as dirty as the rest of us,

on-” I tried to go to her

walls began to vibrate, their oil-lit flames trembling as the shaking

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

too late! It’s over!” Carl laughed, grinning like an

and pulled her

people watching the safe house. The boys,

Robbie. I need to help your

gave me

be the last time I’d have a chance to say

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

dust and dirt

tunnel’s depths as he ran

hesitated, an unreadable look flashing in his eyes. He looked down at

against the floor on impact, and he was knocked out cold. It

entire minute went by before Keaton was able to shift, and it was pure agony. He was red and panting by the end of it, shaking as he wobbled and using the wall to support him self. He pointed to the lantern, and for the first time, I noticed the red stones hanging from each of them, the same stone found beneath Dianny, and what their city had been

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