Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 6: My Prince Charming

*Theo*

My eyes were focused on the files in front of me, but my thoughts were elsewhere. The scent of blood lingered in my office even after the cleaners had spent hours scrubbing my office upside down, and after all the furniture was replaced.

There was a knock on the door and I looked up to see Jake standing there. I was expecting him. “Any luck tracking down the assassins?” | started with my question.

He shook his head as he crossed the room to stand in front of my desk. “Nothing yet. I’ve got a team working on it.”

I nodded. I had figured as much. “Their entrance and exit was quick… too quick.”

“I agree. I believe they knew the palace quite well. We haven’t found a single trace of them anywhere. This was defi nitely a professional job,” my Beta said.

I considered his words and found them to be in line with what I had experienced. This was a crafty enemy. Not just anyone could’ve pulled it off. “What did Father have to say about the whole thing?”

“I haven’t spoken to him about it yet. I doubt he knows.”

“Very well. Leave it to me.”

“Alpha, you want to-”

“Father doesn’t trust anyone,” I reminded him. “Even me.”

“Of course, Alpha.” He paused and then asked, “So… why did you spare the girl?”

The girl.

A streak of anger flared up inside of me thinking about her. How dare she speak to me like that?

After taking a deep breath, I replied, “If she’s smart, she won’t say a word to anyone, especially not now.” She was in the zoo, after all, and that should teach her a lesson.

“Uhm, about that.”

“Yes?” My eyes went back to Jake’s face, wondering what he wanted to say about her.

He inhaled deeply, held it for a second, and then in a timid voice not matching his girth, he replied, “I think you may have underestimated this girl.”

| raised a brow and studied him for a moment before seeking clarification. “Underestimated her how? Are you say ing she’s one of them?” That wasn’t possible, a tiny thing like her, covered in dirt….

“No, no. I’ve done a thorough background check on her. She’s definitely not one of them. That’s not what I meant, Al pha.”

“Well, then what is it, Jake?” | asked, growing more irritat ed by the second. “Unless…” | paused for a second, and frowned, “they have disobeyed my orders and actually harmed her?”

“They” meaning my animals. But how could that be possi ble? They had never done anything against my orders.

Then again, that girl just seemed to be a magnet for trou ble. What if they really…

“No, not that either.”

breath that I’d just realized I’d been holding a bit

away and looked at me a

see her again, tell her that next time she won’t be so lucky, and

Jake cleared his throat, not meeting my gaze, “she didn’t faint. You said that once the animals were all fed, she

figured out that I meant to have her literally feed the

than I’d

one of them, and when I went to

My eyes widened in

my displeasure was clearly

“That’s right. She got along with all of the animals quite well. Since she completed the task you as

of being scared to death by my friends, she’d had a

“Alpha…?”

she really think she could get

here to be part of your father’s attempt at finding you a wife, right? I worry that

heard what I

Alpha. I will make

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* Ciana*

his treats. We were warming up to one another, and I thought the last few days I’d spent bringing him his tasty meals might be enough for him to finally con cede that he

acclimat ing myself to wild beasts, so

they’d had their

new assignment might be terrifying. They probably would’ve assumed that the uncaged animals would eat them alive, but it was a dream

spend my time with these wild creatures than the one that occupied the wing where I’d witnessed a slaugh ter

end of the palace, and every day, I had to make multiple trips hauling it out to the courtyard where the animals lived. That was the only complaint I had about this task-the buckets were heavy, the smell of flesh always made my

job I’d ever done, I was still much happier here than I’d

heard voices nearby as I was dragging a large pile of meat on the way back to the zoo. My

of the pathway,

around Sophia like she was already the queen and they wanted to ensure her favor. They might as well have

they were standing, so I heard their nasty comments as I

“She tried to seduce the prince, sneak into his room early in the morning and have her way with

at her. She wasn’t worth my time. Instead, I continued to move my bucket

continued, “someone so desperate de serves to be eaten by the wild beasts… not that they’d find much meat on her

up straight and turned to face her. While I didn’t want to cause trouble, I also wasn’t going to just take the verbal beating without doing anything about it. But before I was able

“Pardon me?”

off of his dark hair. His dark eyes deep with concern stared down at Sophia, and I couldn’t

of

acknowledge that effort. “Listen, I don’t know why you think it’s becoming of a young lady of your standing to waste her time name calling out and poking fun at another young lady, but I do think it’s quite disappointing to see Al phas’

Sophia and

chores for you to do.” He gestured for them to leave the area, and all of the

unable to find my voice. He moved closer and stopped right

looking for? One

tone, even though there