Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 62 What If She Said Yes?

*Theo*

“This is the ugliest lapel pin I’ve ever seen in my life,” Sophia said, picking up the trinket off of the ground and turning it around and around in her hands. “Really, why would she put all of these random things on it anyway? A berry? Red moon? She’s so stupid.”

“Shut up.” I ordered, watching her cheeks turn slightly pink from embarrassment. She just couldn’t help her filthy mouth.

She was walking toward the wastebasket. While I wasn’t certain what I wanted to do with it, I knew I wasn’t going to let her throw it away.

I held my hand out, knowing if I said anything at all, my emotion would show too much. Just because I didn’t want Ciana hanging around the castle anymore, that didn’t give Sophia or anyone else the right to insult her.

Sophia dropped the pin into my hand. “Haven’t you got work to do?” I asked her, pointing to her own room. She started moving her junk into the side chamber, she might as well get that completed. It seemed like a good excuse to get her out of my hair.

I turned my attention to the pin. I could tell even at first glance that Ciana had put a lot of effort into making this for me. It did have a symbol of berries on it, as well as other items that only we would know the meaning of. It made my heart feel warm.

I remembered seeing a bandage on her hand and a smear of blood. Had she injured herself going to all of this trouble just for me? I shook my head. She really wasn’t the crafty sort, but she’d been trying to make an impression.

She seemed to have never heard of the story Sophia told about the Luna who made a similar gift for her Alpha, but was there a likelihood that she had and still chose to make this for me?

I gently brushed my thumb against it and the time we spent together replayed in my mind.

“There you are!” My father’s voice bellowed through the other end of the hallway.

“Your Majesty,” I acknowledged him.

Sophia, who hadn’t been too far away, also bowed in respect. “Your Majesty.”

His Beta, Xavier, whom I couldn’t stand in the least, was standing behind my father. His nose was up in the air as he prepared to interject his thoughts into our conversation, I had no doubt.

“I have been looking for you,” my father said.

“What for?” I really wasn’t in a mood to deal with him at the moment. I shoveled my hand in my pocket and dropped the pin in. No one needed to see the gift from Ciana.

“You tell me,” Father said with a haughty air about him as he tilted his head to the side and observed me. “Tell me how the

new heir is coming along. Have you succeeded in impregnating one of these women yet? I certainly hope you have good news for me. I’ve gotten quite tired of waiting, after all.”

King Sebastian,” I said, being more formal than I had been

had chosen. Is she not capable of bearing a child?” He looked down his nose

to answer that question. It wasn’t as if Ciana and I had even tried creating a child–at least not in the real world. I wouldn’t let thoughts of what had happened between us in the dream realm linger. That was a dangerous path to go down, and so far, I’d avoided it every turn.

Almost every turn.

of letting him know all of the details that were honestly not his business, I said, “She isn’t

else!” he shouted. “But… you’ve already wasted so much time on this

happy? Shouldn’t he find a girl that

hell would I care

He shook his head, making his long mustache swoosh back and forth.

explore all of his options and not just settle for the first girl who catches his eye,” Beta Xavier explained, and for once, I thought perhaps he wasn’t that

stroked his chin with his fingers. “But we must not wait too

want Prince Theo to make a good choice, but let us not

“Are we going to have this conversation again, Xavier? I already told you, I want Theo

not my intellect,

have more than one

I should be happy or irritated that he was pushing

those words. “Let Warren know

to drop open, but I fought it. From the consort? From MY consort? No, that wouldn’t do, not

seemed pretty clear to me exactly who Warren would pick. I couldn’t think

to tell him?” Xavier blurted out. Thinking better of his wording, he rephrased his statement. “That is, don’t you think it would be better, coming from

it is my order, Xavier. And as for you, Prince Theo, find a woman. Make a powerful heir.

me in the least that he was willing to

and walked away. I

a few steps when I heard a high–pitched voice behind me.

turning back to look at Sophia,

keep choosing her as my personal attendant, but I

back to her pack right away, she wouldn’t be part of the consort anymore, and that should stop Warren from

and what to my wandering eyes did I see but Ciana speaking to

dog look in his eyes that he always got when she was around, and it made

sometimes could be a coldhearted jerk. I totally understand you might want to stay away from this place, from us right now…. But, I’m not like

to want to stop him from saying

rage that started to bubble up, and decided

hear my voice was full of sarcasm and didn’t need anyone to

opened her mouth to respond, but before she could, I turned to Warren. “Father’s puppet is