Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 46: Granddaughter of Willa

Chapter 46: Granddaughter of Willa

Maeve

“They should’ve been back hours ago.” i exclaimed, turning towards Myla, who was equally as concerned.

“They’re probably fine, Maeve,” Keaton said, but his eyes and posture betrayed him. He was getting nervous too, especially now that the sun was beginning to rise over the water.

“I’m going to go find them. They can’t have gone far,” I said with conviction, raising my hand to cut him off as he opened his mouth to argue.

“I’m going to-“Myla began, but Keaton rounded on her.

“No, neither of you are going anywhere,” he said firmly.

Cleo was watching the exchange nervously, wringing her hands.

“I’m going!” I said again, just as barking sounded from the jungle behind us.

I spun around as the dog, otherwise known as Duck, came sprinting onto the beach, his ears flat against his head and his body trembling with fatigue.

“Goddess!” Myla cried as Duck nearly slammed into us, laying down on his side.

“I’ll go get him some water,” Cleo said hurriedly as she turned and quickly walked away.

I knelt beside Duck, stroking his back.

“What’s wrong?’

“Danger,’ he said, closing his eyes as he panted, his tongue lolling in the sand.

“Where?

*Follow,

“Rest now,’ I said to him, continuing to stroke his fur. I looked over my shoulder in the direction he had come, a chill running up my spine as the jungle seemed to whisper menacingly in the breeze.

“Did he talk to you?” Myla asked, her eyes full of worry.

I nodded, looking up at Keaton. “He said ‘danger.’ He’s exhausted. Something happened out there.”

* Aye, I can see that.” Keaton crossed his arms over his chest, looking from Duck to the Persephone. And then, he looked at Myla.

“I can’t leave the ship with Robbie and Troy gone. I just can’t-”

“I know, I understand why.” Myla said softly, a knowing smile touching her lips.

“The crew, Myla—”

We will be fine. I promise you.” She rose to her feett, stepping forward and kissing him hard enough for a blush to rise to my own cheeks. I looked away, giving them a moment of privacy as I

of his neck to stop him from drinking it all in one go. She offered him some food, and he ate it,

his head back against the

prepared to go as soon as he wakes up.” I said to Myla, who nodded in

my back,” she said, bending down to pet Duck on the head, cooing as she

noticing the greenish tint to his skin. He was absolutely sick over the fact

or his crew when the storm hit. He wasn’t about to, now. He

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out, turning and looking down the beach towards the group of men seated around Olly’s cooking fire, plates of fish in

sleeve as he jogged over to us, looking

with him?” he

the jungle. Troy and Robbie didn’t come

wondering where they were,” he began, then righted himself, straightening his shoulders as

said quickly. “We need to get at least

back over to where the crew was congregating, crouching down as

their heads bent

my stomach turning over and bile rising in my throat. I quickened my pace, passing the tent and walking a few paces into the jungle,

pressing my forehead against the tree, “Please, I can’t

massive roots that lined the jungle floor as they raced after Duck. I was gripping Myla’s

an hour, if not more, but the sun was still high in the sky as we continued deeper into the jungle,

Duck was sniffing frantically, his nose leading him around

knew to follow Duck, however, and I trusted their

from dense jungle to a wide, open valley of low brush and

on. I was not expecting this. We were

around nervously, then began to whine. Myla and Pete looked at each other, then sniffed the air, whining to alert me to some smell they were picking up

suddenly reared, tossing me off her back. I gasped, the wind knocked out of my lungs as

me as I sat up, reaching to rub the tender bruise forming on my back

of people were standing around us, surrounding us, holding a variety of spears and long knives. They charged, driving Myla and Pete back into the brush. Duck trembled as he reached my side and nudged me to get

rose to my full height, squaring my shoulders as the group

and color. A murmur passed around the group, and then someone pushed through, a woman, her face hidden behind a mask made

reaching out and touching three of her fingers to

the knees until

a strange lilt to it as she spoke, “A youth, not yet

murmur passed through

as she tilted from side to side as though sizing me up.

wolves?” she asked, and I

“Where are they?”

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will take you to

The woman took a step back, reaching up to remove

I saw it, the same symbol that had been painted all over the map. The same symbol on the altar in the Temple of the