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.”

I’d just realized I’d been holding a bit longer than I should

at me a bit surprised. “Alpha, are you okay? You seemed

see her again, tell her that next time

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

“So… she figured out that I

smarter than

did, very quickly. She fed them. Every single one of them, and when I went to check on her, she was…

widened in shock. Linus

was clearly written on my

animals quite well. Since she completed the task you as

my friends, she’d had a

“Alpha…?”

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

you do remember that she’s here to be part of your father’s attempt at finding you a wife, right? I worry that if the king finds out that you treat her like

heard what I

Alpha. I will make

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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 liked me, but he

I’d grown up acclimat ing

after they’d had their slabs of

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

I was going to live in the palace for the next three years, I’d much rather spend my time with these wild creatures than the one that occupied

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

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

heard voices nearby as I was dragging a large pile of meat on the way back to the zoo. My stomach turned even more at the sight

other end of the pathway,

was already the queen

where they were standing,

room early in the morning and have her way with him, and now she’s here, picking up lion shit.” All of the girls laughed, but

to look over at her. She wasn’t worth my time. Instead, I

be eaten by the wild beasts… not that

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 to say anything, a cor dial voice rang out

“Pardon me?”

my breath. The 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 there and gaze at him in

 Warren?” Sophia said, and all of the

a young lady of your standing to waste her time name calling out and poking fun at another young lady, but I

Sophia and the other

find some chores for you to do.” He gestured for them to leave the area,

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

who I had been looking for? One way

for the trouble,” he said in an apologetic tone, even though there