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

“No, not that either.”

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

back away and looked at me a bit surprised. “Alpha, are you okay? You seemed

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 lucky, and that my animals would be happy to

his throat, not meeting my gaze, “she didn’t faint. You said that

she figured out that I meant to have her literally feed

was smarter than I’d

she did, very quickly. She fed them. Every single one of them, and when I went to

eyes widened in

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

quite well. Since she completed the task

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

“Alpha…?”

digest this news. Eventually, I narrowed my eyes and scoffed, “Did she really think she could get out

finding you a wife, right? I worry that if the king finds out that you treat her like

heard what

Alpha. I will make it

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* Ciana*

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

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

after they’d had their slabs of

new assignment might be terrifying. They probably would’ve assumed that the uncaged

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

the animals lived. That was the only complaint I had about this

was still much happier here than I’d been with the group of complacent girls, listening to

on the way back to the zoo.

end of the

rolled my eyes at those girls, who were from smaller packs, flocking around Sophia like she was already the queen and they wanted to ensure her favor. They might as well have

bucket past where they were standing, so I heard their nasty comments as

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

wasn’t worth my time. Instead, I continued to move my bucket of food

“someone so desperate de serves to be eaten by the wild beasts… not that they’d find much meat

cause trouble, I also wasn’t going to just take the verbal

“Pardon me?”

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

said, and all of the

becoming of a young lady of your standing to waste her time name calling out and poking fun at another young lady, but I do think it’s

Sophia and the

do.” He gestured for them to leave the area, and all of the girls gathered up their long skirts

but unable to find my voice. He moved closer and stopped right in front of me,

for? One way or an other, I had

apologetic tone, even though there was nothing he should have been apologizing