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—”

stepping forward and kissing him hard enough for a blush to rise to my own cheeks. I looked

Cleo returned with the water and had to hold him back by the scruff of his neck to stop him from drinking it all in one go. She offered him some food, and he ate

head back against the sand and promptly falling

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

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

absolutely sick over the fact that Myla

abandoned his ship or his crew when the storm hit. He wasn’t

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

his plate down, wiping his mouth on his sleeve as

wrong with him?”

Maeve and Myla into the

then righted himself, straightening his shoulders as he nodded at

quickly. “We need to get at least one

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

walked away, their heads bent in

next to Duck, stroking him gently as he slept. I walked up the beach towards my tent, my stomach turning over and bile rising in my throat. I quickened my pace,

the

I was gripping Myla’s fur for dear life, ducking under the vines and branches lest

not more, but the sun was still high in the sky as we continued deeper into the jungle, my ears popping as

Duck was sniffing frantically, his nose leading him around a large rock face

either Myla or Pete. They knew to follow Duck, however, and I trusted their judgment in locating Robbie and

jungle to a wide, open valley of low brush

expecting this. We were past

and Pete looked at each other, then sniffed the air, whining to alert me to some smell they were picking up on that was

gasped, the wind knocked out of my lungs as I hit the

sat up, reaching to rub the tender bruise

and long knives. They charged, driving Myla

I got to my knees, then rose to

oddly dressed and wore masks that varied in shape and color. A murmur passed around the group, and then someone pushed through, a woman, her

straight up to me, reaching out and touching three of her fingers to my forehead,

low, bending at the knees until she touched the

Queen,” she said, her voice carrying a strange lilt to it as she

murmur passed through

watching the woman as she tilted from side to side as though sizing me up. “Are they

asked,

“Where are they?”

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will take you to

off her bared teeth. The

same symbol on the altar