Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 6: My Prince Charming

*Theo*

My eyes were focused on the files in front of me, but my thoughts were elsewhere. The scent of blood lingered in my office even after the cleaners had spent hours scrubbing my office upside down, and after all the furniture was replaced.

There was a knock on the door and I looked up to see Jake standing there. I was expecting him. “Any luck tracking down the assassins?” | started with my question.

He shook his head as he crossed the room to stand in front of my desk. “Nothing yet. I’ve got a team working on it.”

I nodded. I had figured as much. “Their entrance and exit was quick… too quick.”

“I agree. I believe they knew the palace quite well. We haven’t found a single trace of them anywhere. This was defi nitely a professional job,” my Beta said.

I considered his words and found them to be in line with what I had experienced. This was a crafty enemy. Not just anyone could’ve pulled it off. “What did Father have to say about the whole thing?”

“I haven’t spoken to him about it yet. I doubt he knows.”

“Very well. Leave it to me.”

“Alpha, you want to-”

“Father doesn’t trust anyone,” I reminded him. “Even me.”

“Of course, Alpha.” He paused and then asked, “So… why did you spare the girl?”

The girl.

A streak of anger flared up inside of me thinking about her. How dare she speak to me like that?

After taking a deep breath, I replied, “If she’s smart, she won’t say a word to anyone, especially not now.” She was in the zoo, after all, and that should teach her a lesson.

“Uhm, about that.”

“Yes?” My eyes went back to Jake’s face, wondering what he wanted to say about her.

He inhaled deeply, held it for a second, and then in a timid voice not matching his girth, he replied, “I think you may have underestimated this girl.”

| raised a brow and studied him for a moment before seeking clarification. “Underestimated her how? Are you say ing she’s one of them?” That wasn’t possible, a tiny thing like her, covered in dirt….

“No, no. I’ve done a thorough background check on her. She’s definitely not one of them. That’s not what I meant, Al pha.”

“Well, then what is it, Jake?” | asked, growing more irritat ed by the second. “Unless…” | paused for a second, and frowned, “they have disobeyed my orders and actually harmed her?”

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“They” meaning my animals. But how could that be possi ble? They had never done anything against my orders.

seemed to be a magnet for trou ble. What if they

“No, not that either.”

out a breath that I’d just realized I’d been holding a bit longer than I

looked at me a bit surprised. “Alpha, are you okay?

my body. “You let her out already? She fainted that quickly?” | smirked. “Good! She needs to learn. When you see her again, tell her that next time she won’t

didn’t faint. You said that once the animals were all fed,

she figured out that I meant to have her

smarter than

them, and when I went to check on her, she was…

widened in shock.

1978. 1978. I knew my displeasure was clearly written on my face, so

concluded, “That’s right. She got along with all of the animals quite well. Since she completed the task you as signed her, I

being scared to death by my friends, she’d had

“Alpha…?”

seconds to digest this news. Eventually, I narrowed my eyes and scoffed, “Did she really think she could get out of this so easily? You said she likes animals? Good, she can take care of them

to be part of your father’s attempt at finding you a wife, right? I worry that if the king finds out that you treat her

what I

“Yes, Alpha. I will make

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* Ciana*

the last few days I’d spent bringing him his tasty meals might be enough for him to finally con cede that he liked me,

no doubt I’d win him over, though. The other ani mals and I were already good friends. I’d grown up acclimat ing myself to wild beasts, so this menagerie was perfect for me. Even

they’d had

anyone else, this new assignment might be terrifying. They probably would’ve assumed that the uncaged animals would eat them alive, but it

live in the palace for the next three years, I’d much rather spend my time with these wild creatures than the one that

I had to make multiple trips hauling it out to the courtyard where the animals lived. That was the only complaint I had about this task-the buckets were heavy, the smell of flesh always

than I’d been with the group of complacent girls, listening to their ambitions of how

to the zoo. My stomach turned even

other end of the

the queen and

they were standing, so I heard their nasty comments as I

seduce the prince, sneak into his room early in the morning and have her way with him, and now she’s here, picking up lion shit.” All of the girls laughed, but Sophia’s high-pitched giggle was the most

even bother to look over at her. She wasn’t worth my time. Instead, I continued to move my bucket of food to ward my

the wild beasts… not

stood up straight and turned to face her. While I didn’t want to cause trouble, I also wasn’t going to just take the verbal beating without doing anything about it. But before

“Pardon me?”

breath. The morning sun radiated off of his dark hair. His dark eyes deep with concern stared down at Sophia, and I couldn’t move. All could do was stand

all of the girls

don’t know why you think it’s becoming of a young lady of your standing to waste her time name calling out and

and

on about your business before I find some chores for you to do.” He gestured for them to leave the

unable to find

he really who I had been looking for? One way or an other, I

tone, even though there was nothing he should