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 the beasts

smaller ones, the squirrels and rabbits, jumped on them and bit them. All of them were screaming

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

wild animals pushed Hawke and his group further and

to have been summoned by someone. I glanced around the forest and saw a

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

I didn't believe

sort of connection

help and I went after Tallis. As soon as I started approaching the woods, he vanished between

was trying to evade me, which

wait a minute," I called, reaching out to grab his arm

growled and pulled away

who you think I am. How many times do I have to ask you

out some other way to

just wait a minute, please?" I

didn't turn to face me but at least, he wasn't running away.

my breath and moved closer to him. "It is different this time because I

me, one eyebrow arched. "Is that supposed to be

and I

asked sharply.

Can I stay with you? I can't go back to the

he was more intolerable than the Dark Prince. Yet, here

was wrong

answer myself, but at this moment, I could tell myself that I had a valid reason to stay with the man in front of me.

have a safe place to stay. So, can I stay with you?" | asked again,

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

the performers had gone to bed for the night. Nelson was still up and he

course, Tallis just

He couldn't even spare his friendly, charismatic brother

you, Tallis?" Nelson asked.

with me," Tallis grumbled in a slightly annoyed tone.

him a look. "Would it kill you to try

and wiped a tear from his eye. "Yes, m'boy,

scoffed and shook his head. I gave him a

me, how did you two become... friends?" Nelson asked, motioning

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

this up," he said, dipping a ladle into the

admitted, my

I'll get some bowls," Nelson said, bustling around the

was only one chair and Tallis nodded toward it. I sat down and he stood right behind me. I'd half expected him to run off the moment someone else was

me and Tallis. He perched on the edge of his folding table desk to eat his own