Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 74: I'll Take That as a Yes.

Alright, Tallis and Theo might be two different people, but they both could be jerks!

Since the conversation with Tallis didn't go anywhere, I decided to call it a night.

But what I didn't expect was a group of thick, muscular thugs that appeared from nowhere, blocking my way back to my parents' house. They snickered and closed in around me.

"What do you want?" I asked harshly.

"They don't want anything. However, we have an unfinished score to settle," Hawke's angry, frustrated voice barked out from behind the thugs.

"I didn't do anything to you," I insisted, crossing my arms and trying to act more like a guy.

"Well, the last time we spoke, I ended up knocked out and face down in the dirt. You're telling me that you had nothing to do with that?" Hawke shouted viciously.

Apparently, he remembered more than I hoped. He wasn't drunk tonight, either.

"Grab this little twit!" Hawke ordered.

His thugs jumped at me. I jumped back, but they'd already closed in around me and one caught me from behind. All four of them grabbed my arms and legs and pinned me down to the ground.

I struggled against them, hissing and trying to bite whatever got close to my mouth. Hawke's thugs were too well trained and they were too strong!

"Hold that little swine down. I'm going to teach him a lesson for messing with me," Hawke chuckled, shoving the toe of his boot into the ground.

Now that I was eye level with his boots, I could see they were steel toed. If he kicked me with those, he'd break every bone in my body. I had to stall him.

"That's funny, seeing as the last time we met, you seemed to be interested in me, regardless of me being a boy," I hissed, still struggling against his cronies holding me down.

One of them nearly let me go as his head whipped around to Hawke.

Hawke sneered and shook his head. "Don't listen to this piece of crap. He's just trying to mess with you. Hold him steady."

Nothing I said now would turn their heads. Whether they were all loyal to Hawke or to Hawke's cunning dad, it wouldn't save me a good beating.

Hawke pulled his foot back, knee bent, ready to deliver a horrible kick to my side. I closed my eyes and held my breath, waiting for the heavy blow.

It never came.

"What the..."

I opened my eyes just as a pack of wild animals burst from the forest and attacked Hawke.

"Get them off, get them off!" Hawke screeched, flapping his partially broken arms around like he was fending off a swarm of bees.

cronies ran at him, trying to pull

jumped on them and bit

sat up and rubbed my sore arms. Hawke looked so pathetic, trying to fight off a gaggle of wild animals with his near useless arms. His guys hardly seemed

his group further

of organized attack had to have been summoned by someone. I glanced around the

enough, Tallis was standing in the trees. He could also organize an

didn't believe in

some sort of

feet, I ignored Hawke's continued cries for help and I went after Tallis. As soon as I started approaching the woods, he vanished between the trees.

up with him. He was acting like he was trying to evade me, which made me think he didn't want me to see him and made it

reaching out to grab his arm before he could slip

and pulled away from

Why are you following me? I told you, I' m not who you think I

to figure out some other way to

you just wait a

to face me

closer to him. "It

arched. "Is that supposed to be

holding my hands up to show I wasn't joking. "Hawke has come after me three times now and I don't think he will

asked

to stay with the traveling carnival. Can I stay with you? I can't go back to the pack right now."

time. I almost thought he was more intolerable than the Dark Prince. Yet, here I was, doing everything I

wrong with me?!

had a valid reason to stay with the man in front of me. It was for my

don't have a safe place to stay. So, can I stay with you?" | asked again, pleading with

through the woods again. He hadn't confirmed I could stay with him but he hadn't flat out denied me, either.

had gone to

Tallis just waved in return.

my eyes at him. He couldn't even spare his friendly, charismatic brother a friendly greeting. Who

with you, Tallis?" Nelson asked. "Ah, young sir, hello

me," Tallis grumbled in a slightly annoyed

him a look. "Would it kill you to try to sound

laughed heartily and wiped a tear from his eye. "Yes, m'boy, it would

I gave

friends?" Nelson asked, motioning for us to follow

went into Nelson's curtain office. He had a hot plate going with a big pot of soup

whipped this up," he said, dipping a ladle

delicious," I admitted, my

bowls," Nelson said,

sat down and he stood right behind me.

Tallis. He perched on