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.

that girl just seemed to be a magnet for trou

“No, not that either.”

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

Jake said. He leaned back away and looked at me a bit surprised. “Alpha, are you okay? You seemed wor

fine.” I relaxed 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 be so

meeting my gaze, “she didn’t faint. You said that once the animals

surprised. “So… she figured out that I meant

than

quickly. She fed them. Every single one of them, and

widened in shock. Linus

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

animals quite well. Since she completed the task

friends, she’d had

“Alpha…?”

news. Eventually, I narrowed my eyes and scoffed, “Did she really think she could get out of this so easily? You

finding you a

what

head. “Yes, Alpha. I

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* Ciana*

gave Prince Theo’ s pet python the last of his treats. We were warming up to one another, and I thought the last few days I’d spent bringing him his tasty meals might be enough for him to finally con cede that

were already good friends. I’d grown up acclimat ing myself to wild beasts, so this menagerie was perfect for me.

had their

might be terrifying. They probably would’ve assumed that the uncaged animals would eat them alive, but it was a dream job

was going to live in the palace for the next three years, I’d much rather spend my time with these wild creatures than the one that occupied the wing where I’d witnessed a slaugh ter just

hauling it out to the courtyard where the animals lived.

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

as I was dragging a large pile of meat on the way back to the zoo. My stomach turned even more at the sight of Sophia and some of

the pathway, staring down at

Sophia like she was already the queen and they wanted to ensure her favor. They

move the bucket past where they were standing, so

saying in her snooty voice. “She tried to 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

time. Instead, I continued to move

the

didn’t want to cause trouble, I also wasn’t going to just take the verbal beating without doing anything about it. But before I was able to say anything,

“Pardon me?”

eyes deep with concern stared down at Sophia, and I couldn’t move. All could do was stand there and gaze at

Sophia said, and all of the girls quickly curtsied

that effort. “Listen, I don’t know why you think it’s becoming of a young lady of your standing to waste her time name calling

Sophia and the

do.” He gestured for them to

to thank him but unable to find my voice. He moved closer and stopped right

had been looking for? One way or an

said in an apologetic tone,