Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 47: Through the Front Door

Rowan

“We’re not that far from the castle, Rowan,” Dad said sternly as he bent to tie his boots. He looked up at me, catching my annoyed expression.

“It would be faster if we shifted-”

“And show up naked to confront whoever’s in the castle right now? No, I think not.”

He did have a point.

I surrendered, leaning against a tree as the rest of the warriors caught up to us, their backs heavy with sacks full of supplies. Dad had said in passing that he meant to take over again, but I hadn’t believed it at the time. Seeing the warriors outfitted for battle made a hard lump form in my throat. We were actually going to do this…

It wasn’t long before we reached the outskirts of the castle grounds. I could see it rising out of the darkness, amber colored light spilling from several windows.

We crouched in the tall grass, Dad motioning for us to move forward a few feet at a time, the group of us spread wide across the field.

“Do you think Maeve is being held in the castle?” I whispered. Dad shook his head, his eyes shining in the moonlight.

“No, she wouldn’t be here. They are holding her somewhere less obvious.”

I opened my mouth to question his thinking, but he held his hand up to quiet me. We moved forward.

Suddenly, a shout came from somewhere near the castle, then laughter. I held my breath and winced as a woman began to scream, pleading with whoever was laughing. I winced, my fingers digging into the earth beneath me as I tried to maintain my composure.

Dad motioned to one of the warriors, who took off through the grass towards the noise. I heard a whooshing sound, then a cracking thump.

The woman was crying, gulping for air as she sobbed a desperate thanks.

“Come on, let’s move,” Dad said, crouching as he walked through the grass, leading up closer to the castle.

“What was that?” I asked.

“I don’t know. I don’t care. We just can’t risk anyone seeing us approach,” he answered.

“How are we going to get inside?”

“Through the front door, of course.”

I stopped, gaping at him. “What?”

“This is my castle, remember?” He gave me a knowing look, his eyes flaming with long subdued fury.

He wasn’t wrong. He was just going to waltz in like he owned the place, apparently

I had heard stories about my father, but those stories didn’t reflect the man I knew. It seemed I was going to meet the man from the stories tonight, however

pathway leading up to the castle. Dad led the way as we approached the door, and opened it wide, stepping in before the

front hall was dimly lit by lanterns placed

using power?” I

inadvertently drained the power banks while doing so,” Dad said loudly, his

light, their tread soft against the

thinly over her shoulders, her black eyes shining in the lantern light. She swiveled

you?”

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Alpha of Greenbriar,” she said hotly, tilting her chin towards dad and giving

not the Alpha

her lip sarcastically. Then she laughed again, a shrill sound that echoed off the walls around

his voice harboring an edge of disdain for the

one, or the new

Alpha,” Dad ground out, his teeth

heard of him?” She was being sarcastic, of course, her eyes shining with

her. She smiled at him, another sultry smile that made my stomach turn. “And where can I

of course you do,

the causal manner in

on his schedule?” She giggled, walking a circle around him, running her fingers over his

stock still, his face

is,” she said, leaning into his ear, “if first you come to

reached out and clutched her by the throat, catching her off guard. But her look of panic quickly changed to a look of

She hissed; her mouth stretched in a wide smile. He threw her to the ground, turning back to the warriors

the castle, find

ran into the castle, going in several different directions as they spread out. I stood

here,” she said weakly, blood dripping from the corner of her mouth,

Ernest and Maeve?” he asked sharply, not bothered by the fact that the

closing her eyes, “No one knows.

What do you

breeder. He needs-he needs Maeve to-to-* She inhaled deeply, choking

she dying?” | asked,

his tone totally casual. I knitted my brow, looking down at the woman as her head slumped to the side. She was still

the castle and Dad stilled, his eyes focusing on the stairs.

whispered, his

“What”

of our warriors, his clothes torn and tattered as he came

was a

my

strip out of the clothes before I shifted, bursting through the seams and flexing my scruff as the wolves came

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black coat standing on end as he lowered his head and bared his teeth, clacking them