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.”

realized I’d been holding a

out,” Jake said. He leaned back away and looked at me a bit surprised. “Alpha, are you okay? You seemed

her out already? She fainted that quickly?” | smirked. “Good! She needs to learn. When you see her again, tell her that next time she won’t be so lucky, and that my animals would be happy to

You said that once the animals were all

was surprised. “So… she figured out that I meant

than

fed them. Every single one of them, and when I

My eyes widened in shock. Linus was my

displeasure was clearly written

all of the animals quite well. Since she completed

by my friends,

“Alpha…?”

narrowed my eyes and scoffed, “Did she really think she could get out of this so easily? You said she likes animals? Good, she can take care of

you a wife, right? I

heard what

head. “Yes, Alpha. I

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* Ciana*

as I gave Prince Theo’ s pet python the last of 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

win him over, though. The other ani mals and I were already good friends. I’d grown up acclimat ing myself to

they’d had their

that the uncaged

the palace for the next three years, I’d much rather spend my time with these wild creatures than the one that occupied the wing where I’d witnessed a slaugh ter just a few

hauling it out to the courtyard where the animals lived. That was the only complaint I had about this task-the

I’d ever done, I was still much happier here than I’d been with the group of complacent girls, listening to their ambitions of how to

dragging a large pile of meat on the way back to the zoo. My stomach turned even more at the sight of Sophia and some of her friends

of the pathway, staring down at

already the queen and they

past where they were standing, so I heard their

Sophia was saying in her snooty voice. “She tried to seduce the prince, sneak into his room early in the morning and have her way with him, and now she’s here, picking up lion shit.”

at her. She wasn’t worth my time. Instead,

so desperate de serves to be eaten by the wild beasts… not

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

“Pardon me?”

morning sun radiated off of his dark hair. His dark eyes deep with concern stared down at Sophia, and I couldn’t move. All could do was stand

all of the girls quickly curtsied to the

her time name calling out and

and

on about your business before I find some chores for you to do.” He gestured for them to leave the

to stare at him for a moment, wanting to thank him but unable to find

he really who I had been looking for? One way or an other, I had to verify

he said in an apologetic tone, even though there was nothing he should have