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 bit longer than I

away and looked at

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

didn’t faint. You said that once the animals were

“So… she figured out that I meant

smarter than I’d thought

of them, and when I went

eyes widened in shock. Linus

was clearly written on

the animals quite

being scared to death by my friends, she’d had a grand time playing with

“Alpha…?”

took me a few seconds to digest this news. Eventually, I narrowed my eyes and scoffed, “Did she really think she could get out of this so easily? You

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

heard what I

lowered his head. “Yes, Alpha. I

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* Ciana*

to one another, and I thought the last few days I’d spent bringing

grown up acclimat ing myself to wild beasts, so this menagerie was perfect for me. Even the lions and tigers enjoyed a good

they’d had

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

I’d much rather spend my time with these wild

shed on the other 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

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

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

of the

she was already the queen and they wanted to ensure her favor. They might as well have bent down and

standing, so I heard their nasty

way,” 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.” All of the girls

She wasn’t worth my time. Instead, I continued

so desperate de serves to be eaten by the wild

cause trouble, I also wasn’t going to just take the verbal beating without doing anything about it. But before I

“Pardon me?”

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

said, and all of the

of your standing to waste her time name calling out and poking fun at another

Sophia and the

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

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

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

very sorry for the trouble,” he said in an apologetic tone, even though there was nothing he should have been