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

He leaned back away and looked at

quickly?” | smirked. “Good! She needs to learn. When you see her again, tell her

gaze, “she didn’t faint. You said that once the animals

out that I meant

than I’d

single one of them, and when I went to check on her, she was… she was petting

widened in shock. Linus was

displeasure was clearly written on my

quickly concluded, “That’s right. She got along with all of the animals quite well. Since she completed the task you as signed her, I

my friends, she’d had a grand time playing with

“Alpha…?”

“Did she really think she

father’s attempt at finding you a wife, right? I worry that if the king finds out

what

Alpha. I will

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* Ciana*

I thought the last few days I’d spent bringing him his tasty meals might be

friends. I’d grown up acclimat ing myself to wild beasts, so this menagerie was perfect for me. Even the lions and

had their slabs of

this new assignment might be terrifying. They probably would’ve assumed that the uncaged

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

the animals lived. That was the only complaint I had about this task-the buckets were heavy,

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

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

end of the pathway, staring down

already the queen and

past where they were standing, so

sneak into his room early in the morning and have her way with him, and now she’s here,

my time. Instead, I continued to move my bucket of food

Sophia continued, “someone so desperate de serves to be eaten by the wild beasts… not that

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 to say anything,

“Pardon me?”

His dark eyes deep with concern stared down at Sophia, and I couldn’t move. All could do was

all of the girls quickly curtsied

name calling out and poking fun at another young lady, but I do think it’s quite disappointing

Highness…” Sophia and the other girls

business before I find some chores for you to do.” He gestured for them to leave the area, and all of the girls gathered up their long skirts and hastened

to stare at him for a moment, wanting to thank him but unable to find my voice. He moved closer and stopped right

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

tone, even though there was nothing he