Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 316

 

Troy

The University of Mirage had sustained major damage during the invasion. Scaffolding snaked up the outer walls of the university’s event center, which was one of the oldest buildings in Valoria. The last timeli had been to the event center was the night I went to the social and eventually got attacked in a darkened alley and witnessed Maeve nearly kill a man.

Watching her knock the man’s teeth out was the moment really, truly, fell in love with her.

The center looked different in the light of day, however. No paper lanterns hung along the high ceilings as I followed Ethan and Rowan up the wide, stone staircase. Daylight flooded through the massive stained glass window as we reached the top of the stairwell, little shreds of multicolored light dancing around our feet.

Men were walking past us, funneling into the lecture hall.

“All you have to do is answer their questions. The less you say, the better.” Ethan directed this toward me, and I nodded, willing myself to have a filter although I knew it was unlikely.

We followed Ethan into the lecture hall. I had expected him to stop and chat with his fellow Alphas, but he walked down the stairs and motioned to us to sit in a row of seats close to the platform where a group of six people was seated in a semi

circle, dressed in black robes.

I looked around the room as we sat down, trying to make sense of the number of Alphas in the room. There must have been some Betas included in the meeting; that was the only explanation.

After roughly ten minutes, the conference began. It was early in the morning, and the smell of coffee was thick in the air as the High Elder Council began to speak. They called out the name of each Alpha and his pack. The Alpha of Breles. The Alpha of Emerald Lake, of Tragoria, of Moon Haven, and so on, and so forth. Packs I had never even heard of had been called into attendance.

The six High Elders represented the territories of the pack lands, three from Finadli, the western continent, and three from Valoria, the eastern. I hadn’t noticed the seventh elder until she spoke, her accent strange and unfamiliar as her words rang clear throughout the lecture hall.

“We are gathered to speak on many topics today, such as trade, infrastructure, and the exchange of titles,” she said calmly before taking a seat at the end of the semi-circle table.

“Who is she?” I asked Rowan. Rowan leaned towards me, whispering.

“She’s the High Priestess of the Church of the Moon Goddess. The Church has its own representative on the council. That way, there is never a split vote.”

“Ah, I see,” I said, my mouth feeling a little numb.

Rowan seemed out of sorts as well, and we were both sweating with nerves as we listened to matters of trade being discussed, trying to follow along!

“We now call the Alpha King of Valoria to the podium,” an elder said, looking bored.

I wondered just how much Ethan was going to tell the other Alphas about the situation with Tasia. But to my surprise, he said nothing about it all.

Instead, he did something more shocking.

“Much has changed in the last twenty-five years. The growth of Valoria is now rivaled by the population boom in Finaldi. There was a time in which I would have argued against Finaldi needing an Alpha King reinstated to the throne,” he bellowed, not bothering to use the microphone. “I seek the council’s guidance on the matter of crowning a King of the West.”

Shocked murmuring echoed through the lecture hall. Rowan shifted in his seat, glancing over at me.

“What is he doing?” Rowan whispered.

“Playing… chess,” I breathed, leaning back in my own chair and crossing my legs, my ankle balanced on my opposite knee.

“There is no need for an Alpha king in the Finaldi. Their territories are too rural outside of Breles for that to make much of a difference,” said one of the elders, rolling a pen over his fingers.

“I believe the Alphas of the new territories north of Breles

would disagree with that sentiment.” Ethan had his arms crossed over his chest as he spoke, his brow arched as he looked out into the crowd. He locked his gaze, and I followed it, finding myself looking right at Aaron of Red Lakes, who was sitting next to a small man who must have been his father.

whispered as I sunk into

right at me, his eyes

“What?” Rowan whispered.

tilted my head in

thought this meeting was

kidnapped that guy, Rowan,” hissed, trying to keep my voice as low as possible as Ethan

back to whisper in my ear again in a joking manner. “He’s not a threat. We could beat him up after the meeting, if you want, just to show

feeling Ethan’s steely glare on us. Rowan colored and slouched into his seat, the two

West should be chosen,” Ethan continued,

to a northern Alpha in the new western territories. I am in

gaze on Alpha Eugene, Aaron’s father. He was a small man, an elder, but the obvious fire behind his eyes betrayed his age. He was looking around, accepting claps on the

he gave me a tight smile, nodding his head in my direction before glancing at his son with

would have explained the current situation, I was sure. Alpha Eugene seemed to not even care that he was sitting in the same room with the man who had kidnapped

of Red Lakes?” someone in the crowd said

western territories are

northern territories have paved the way for new trade routes and infrastructure

Our lumber itself is the cause of many riches for your pack in particular-” Eugene pointed a finger at

pounding a gavel on the table. I watched in awe as the elders began to whisper to each other, nodding to each other in shared sentiment. “Do

“I accept.”

rang out, sending a rumble of vibration through the

packs of the west, only. Majority will rule. We

announced as new Alphas… all

name hadn’t been called with the

patting Rowan on the back as he sat down,

it? You’re an Alpha

 

into me. “No, there’s a formal ceremony tomorrow. It’ll be

to lean back in my

my name was

of Behar, please come to

crowd. I felt myself sink further into my seat

the son of King Kal?” someone

unable

with his elbow. “Get

and the shocked murmuring abruptly ceased. Everyone

between the seats, murmuring apologies as I squeezed past several other men sitting in our aisle. Ethan was seated in a row closest to the podium, and he was watching me with interest. He gave me a nod in support as I reached

what felt like an eternity. I felt sweat prickle on my brow but resisted the urge to reach up to wipe it away. It was hot under the lights of the platform, and I felt utterly exposed

birthright,” said one of the elders, looking down at a piece of paper as

grandson of Romero on your

through the lecture hall. The Priestess pounded the gavel on the table, demanding

Troy Black?”

“Yes.”

lay claim to your rightful title?” She was looking at me with

title. I believe it’s in the best interest of the Isles that they have a true

lands can have no claim to any throne!” someone shouted behind me, which was met with

of my lip. ‘Have a filter, for the love of the Goddess,’ I thought. ‘Don’t let them push you to speak out of

Ethan has explained your situation,” said an elder toward the center of the table. He was a lean man, the youngest of the elders by far it seemed. He had blue eyes and

the one

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