Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 3: Unwanted Attention

Regardless of how shocked I was, I realized that I needed to say something, or do something before I was severely pun ished for falling into the prince.

Based on the royals’ reputation, it probably didn’t matter that it was Sophia’s fault. I’d messed up, and that was it.

“Miss Black, I had thought that you were better than that. Now, as punishment for your unruly behavior….” As expected, it certainly didn’t matter to the unforgiving Beta.

I could sense danger in Xavier’s tone, but it was even more frightening that he actually knew who I was.

I’d assumed that Xavier, being the Beta of the Alpha King, wasn’t someone who could easily be fooled. But I hadn’t ex pected him to have already learned everything about us.

I heard Sophia’s voice as she snickered behind me. “Serves her right.”

My heart sank even more. For the first time in a long time, I started to panic. All I could do was pray that I hadn’t brought disaster to my pack.

But before my sentence was announced, I heard a calm yet authoritative voice say, “All is well. No need to overreact, Beta Xavier.”

“Thank goodness you’re unharmed, Prince Warren!”

“Prince… Warren?” | shouldn’t have spoken aloud when I

was still standing right next to him, but he acknowledged my

question with a slight nod.

“I believe the ground is a bit uneven here.” He looked at me. “Are you all right?”

I finally got the chance to fully appreciate how handsome he was, and my heart stopped beating for just a moment.

My voice was trapped somewhere in the back of my throat, but I managed to nod and then forced myself to say, “Yes, Your Highness. Thank you, and I apologize.”

“No need.” The prince had a faint smile on his face. Then he turned to Beta Xavier. “Carry on.”

Beta Xavier bowed deeply. “Yes, Your Highness.”

The crowd of girls continued along the path, and I was swept up in it. I reminded myself to pay better attention and turned to face the front, while I was still pondering the entire incident.

Prince Warren! Thank the Goddess he wasn’t the cruel Prince Theo! I almost felt happy tears began to form in the corners of my eyes.

But then, how could the enchanting young man I’d met long ago be a prince? It was in a forest so far away from the capital… I couldn’t have possibly encountered a royal there, could I?

what if there was the slightest chance that it really was him? Then what should I do? Should I approach him and find a chance

Warren is such an incredibly handsome man. And he seems to be very kind!” Brook whispered. “You’re lucky. Imagine

I was lucky this time. But if | made another mistake, it could be the end of

and saw her give me a scornful sneer. “Just wait. Your luck will run out,” she uttered under her breath.

but I knew I couldn’t afford

pushed all of my anger toward Sophia and my unanswered questions about Prince Warren to the back of my mind, so I

years, collect our riches, and then return to our families… but had a feeling the real situation would be

lining the walls above the black marble floors. Despite its beauty, I

of rooms with thick mahogany doors. A man dressed in

younger, with broader shoulders and a mop of curly black hair atop his

his eyes were

arm. A shout arose from the crowd as giggles and clap ping filled my ears. I forced a smile onto my lips so I wouldn’t

lived? It felt different from the rest of the

door to be opened, but the other man stopped us. “Actually, Prince Theo

this now, Beta Jake?

prince is ready. He wanted me to tell you he’d

“But-” Xavier began.

with a harsh whisper. “You wouldn’t want to disobey

“Very well,” he said, “I shall report to the king that it is all in your hands now… Beta.” He said the last word like it was a curse. Then, he cut between us, heading back

Interesting.

served the king, and that should’ve

but it seemed that Beta Jake had easily

and that was why his Beta was able to overrule someone of

His tone was much less for mal, almost as if he wasn’t trying to fool us. “It’s a pleasure to see all of you. Prince Theo is quite busy with other tasks at the moment, but I

into the prince’s quarters we went, the stranger I felt. Finally, I figured

People.

be more precise,

eerily quiet in this wing of the palace, because oth er than Jake, I didn’t

and servants were

here just seemed

a large door that seemed to lead to an office. Then he di vided us into

time went by, the gentle morning sun started to burn even brighter, beating down on us as we stood in line. After a while, the back of my dress was soaking wet. Other girls were in no better

even Sophia.

trying their best to make a good first impression on the man they were competing

been? Two hours,

how Prince Theo treated his prospective Luna on the very

I just couldn’t understand why this was necessary. Why did he have to be mean to a group