Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 751

Chapter 96 : A Sad, Gloomy Day

*Mila*

“What do you mean we can't leave?" I asked.

I pulled away from Soren and looked at everyone else in the room as they stared at us. Whenever I made eye contact with one, they looked away quickly.

“Soren, what's this all about?"

“Don't mind them, they are just feeling a little cooped up. As I'm sure you noticed, Mila, it is pouring rain out. It has been since you passed out."

Soren walked to the closest window and pulled the curtain back. Rain pelted against the glass and I heard another clap of distant thunder.

“So…"

“The explosion that trapped us in the mountain also took out a lot of the main roads. They were either destroyed or blocked by rubble. After digging us out, Payne and the others didn't have time, or the strength, to clear a road out of here, and then the rains came," Soren explained.

“You're telling me that every single road out of Norwind territory is destroyed?"

Soren smirked. “Only the main ones were impacted by the explosions. The rain has washed out all the smaller ones and flooded others. It is too risky to try and leave on flooded and damaged roads."

I groaned and bowed my head.

“So, we're trapped… again!"

Soren shrugged and closed the curtain.

I narrowed my eyes at him.

“You don't seem all that worried."

Grinning, Soren took my hands and held them between his.

“Is this so bad? I mean really, it could be worse. We're not in a hurry, are we? Unlike those ambitious conspirators, we don't have anything to hide or run off with. Unless… you have an agenda in mind?"

He bounced his eyebrows at me.

Sighing, I shook my head. “No, I don't."

I glanced around again at everyone in the pack house. Other than Thomas and Payne, there were at least 50 of Soren's warriors inside.

Outside, I could see some figures moving around in the rain. Hunched over and moving slowly, they looked completely defeated and broken.

I still couldn't believe that the Norwind warriors had run off and left their most defenseless people behind to fend for themselves.

Before Soren had formed his official pack, I doubted even his rogues would do something so horrible.

They were far more honorable than Chandler's men…

Those poor people. Their home was broken and destroyed, their pack house robbed and in shambles.

We must have seemed like such a strong, powerful group to them. Just fifty warriors and they kept their distance, obviously afraid of the strangers in their pack house. We were in their territory and they were afraid of us!

That seemed backwards to me.

“It's not like before, Mila," Soran said, cutting into my thoughts.

“What isn't?" I arched an eyebrow at him.

“Being trapped. The raiders didn't want to waste time carrying anything that wasn't valuable, so they left behind all the food, clothes, and provisions we'll need right here in the pack house," he explained.

“So, we're not going to run out of air?" I teased.

Soren shook his head and squeezed my hands.

“Not this time. The leftover provisions should last us a couple of weeks. By then, the rain should have stopped and the flooding receded."

“A couple of weeks?"

I gasped, my eyes popping out of my head. Soren expected the fifty of us to stay crammed in this pack house for a couple of weeks!?

“And if there is still water lingering, there's plenty of material lying around to make some boats or rafts to float us out of here."

“Why can't we do that now?" I whined.

“Because it is still pouring rain. We're too large of a group and we'll die from exposure before making it to safety."

I sighed again and nodded.

Soren was right. We still had to be safe and careful. We weren't going to be like Chandler or the other greedy, selfish packs who sacrificed their own warriors for their greed.

I could survive until it was safe to travel… even if it meant staying in this one house… with fifty men that hadn't bathed in days…

“Hey, check it out! The rain is slowing down!" one of the warriors shouted.

Payne opened the curtain to the nearest window.

My heart fluttered and I ran over, pressing my nose and forehead to the glass. The dark clouds were thinning and the sky above looked lighter. The rain was falling in a light drizzle now, no longer a complete downpour.

Soren touched my shoulder.

“Looks like you're our good luck charm, beautiful. Now that you're awake the rain is slowing."

My cheeks reddened and I felt a warm blush cover my skin.

“Oh, this is such good news!"

“I can't wait to get out and stretch my legs."

“Come on, sun. Just peek out a little."

Everyone crowded around the windows. They seemed so excited for the rain to stop.

I could understand that. They'd been cooped up for days in a dingy house without much to do. Waiting around for me to wake up, waiting around for the rain to stop. It was a lot of waiting around.

They'd probably been bored out of their minds.

If it wasn't for me, they wouldn't be here waiting. They could have left the same night they dug us out, before the rains got bad. Or, they could have left before that if I hadn't been trapped. And I was only trapped because I'd run away from Soren.

My stomach sank and I bit my lower lip. This was all happening because of me. I couldn't help but feel guilty about the situation with all these people being stuck here.

I had to get better soon and fast, for their sake.

They'd been through enough for me, coming to save me, digging me out of a hole, waiting around for me.

It was my turn to put the work in.

Absently, I put my hand on my stomach, thinking of the baby again.

I looked over my shoulder at Soren.

He was talking to Payne and Thomas. I loved seeing the way Thomas joked with him, and the slightly appalled look Payne always shot Thomas, like he thought Thomas was being disrespectful.

But Soren seemed to enjoy Thomas's teasing. Otherwise, he never would have allowed it.

I was glad I didn't tell Soren about the pregnancy when we were trapped in the cave. As much as I'd wanted to tell him, my mind had been clouded from blood loss.

Now that I could think clearly, some parts of it didn't make sense.

How would Sebastian know I was pregnant? How did he find out before I knew? It could have been a lie or a trick he used to get me to cooperate. I needed to know for sure before telling Soren.

The last thing I wanted to do was tell him I was pregnant and get him excited about a baby only to find out that it was a trick and I wasn't pregnant at all. It would be devastating, for both of us.

I needed to be sure before I told Soren about this baby.

Boom!

“What was that?" I gasped, a shudder running down my spine.

The last time I'd heard a sound like that, a mountain exploded around us.

“It's okay, Mila," Soren said, rushing to my side.

Bang! Crack!

Objects kept thudding against the front door and outside wall of the pack house.

My heart leapt into my throat and my knees wobbled. I couldn't push the memory of the mountain exploding out of my mind.

Soren put his arm around me.

“I think it is just some locals throwing rocks," Payne said, looking out the window.

“Go check it out," Soren insisted, pointing to the door.

Immediately, Payne, Thomas, and several other warriors got up and ran out the door. A few of them shifted.

Soren kept his arm around me as I walked out the door and looked at the gathered crowd.

I could tell that there were children in the group. I guess the others were women. They wore rain jackets with hoods and it was hard to see their faces.

Bang!

A rock struck the doorframe.

Soren grabbed me and pulled me behind him.

“Stay back."
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