Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 3 Unwanted Attention

Chapter 3: Unwanted Attention

Regardless of how shocked I was, I realized that I needed to say something, or do something before I was severely pun ished for falling into the prince.

Based on the royals’ reputation, it probably didn’t matter that it was Sophia’s fault. I’d messed up, and that was it.

“Miss Black, I had thought that you were better than that. Now, as punishment for your unruly behavior….” As expected, it certainly didn’t matter to the unforgiving Beta.

I could sense danger in Xavier’s tone, but it was even more frightening that he actually knew who I was.

I’d assumed that Xavier, being the Beta of the Alpha King, wasn’t someone who could easily be fooled. But I hadn’t ex pected him to have already learned everything about us.

I heard Sophia’s voice as she snickered behind me. “Serves her right.”

My heart sank even more. For the first time in a long time, I started to panic. All I could do was pray that I hadn’t brought disaster to my pack.

But before my sentence was announced, I heard a calm yet authoritative voice say, “All is well. No need to overreact, Beta Xavier.”

“Thank goodness you’re unharmed, Prince Warren!”

“Prince… Warren?” | shouldn’t have spoken aloud when I

was still standing right next to him, but he acknowledged my

question with a slight nod.

“I believe the ground is a bit uneven here.” He looked at me. “Are you all right?”

I finally got the chance to fully appreciate how handsome he was, and my heart stopped beating for just a moment.

My voice was trapped somewhere in the back of my throat, but I managed to nod and then forced myself to say, “Yes, Your Highness. Thank you, and I apologize.”

“No need.” The prince had a faint smile on his face. Then he turned to Beta Xavier. “Carry on.”

Beta Xavier bowed deeply. “Yes, Your Highness.”

The crowd of girls continued along the path, and I was swept up in it. I reminded myself to pay better attention and turned to face the front, while I was still pondering the entire incident.

Prince Warren! Thank the Goddess he wasn’t the cruel Prince Theo! I almost felt happy tears began to form in the corners of my eyes.

met long ago be a prince? It was in a forest so far

what should I do? Should I approach him and find a chance to

kind!” Brook

was lucky this time. But if | made another mistake, it could

a scornful sneer. “Just wait.

couldn’t afford to take any action at that

toward Sophia and my unanswered questions about Prince Warren to the back of my mind, so I could concentrate on what

our riches, and then return to our families… but had a feeling the real situation would

walls above the black marble floors. Despite its beauty, I managed to keep my eyes straight ahead so I wouldn’t

with thick mahogany doors. A man dressed in a uniform similar to Xavier’s was

younger, with broader shoulders and a mop of

his eyes were scrutinizing but not

you have arrived!” Xavier said with a flourish of his arm. A shout arose from the crowd as giggles and clap ping filled my ears. I forced a smile onto

where Prince Theo lived? It felt different from the rest of the palace. I

door to be opened, but the other man stopped us. “Actually, Prince Theo isn’t

this now,

the prince is ready. He wanted me to tell you he’d get

“But-” Xavier began.

Jake cut him off with a harsh whisper. “You wouldn’t want to disobey

“Very well,” he said, “I shall report to the king that it is all in your hands now… Beta.” He said the last word

Interesting.

served the king, and that should’ve made

most powerful Beta in the entire country… but

must be true. Prince Theo was favored by the king, and

ladies,” Beta Jake said. His tone was much less for mal, almost as if he wasn’t trying to fool us. “It’s a pleasure to see all of you. Prince Theo is quite busy with other tasks at the moment, but

prince’s quarters we went, the stranger I

People.

be more precise, a lack of

this wing of the palace,

and servants were available every few steps, there

just seemed

area fac ing a large door that seemed to lead to an office. Then he di vided us into groups of eight, and we

down on us as we stood in line. After a while, the

even Sophia.

good first impression on the man they

been? Two hours, or maybe

Prince Theo treated his

was necessary. Why did he have to be mean