Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 98 : He’s in Bad Shape

“If you're here for food, why didn't you ask?" I called down to the sad group.

“You think we're stupid? It's not like you would just give it to us. We know that you're bloodthirsty leeches!" the crying boy's mother shouted.

I closed the window and looked at Soren.

“Mila…"

“They're hungry. We have the food."

“You can't go out there."

“Watch me!"

I hurried out of the room and down to the kitchens. It wasn't much, but I grabbed some loaves of bread.

Through the walls, I heard the women shouting at me.

“I knew it! I knew it!

“You selfish, greedy freak!"

“You're hoarding it all to yourself!"

When I opened the front door, they all stopped talking. I went to the kids and tore off chunks of bread, passing them out. They stopped crying immediately when they took bread from me and quickly started chewing on it.

Soon, the air was filled with the sound of munching and crunching from the hard crust of the bread.

I made sure each child got some, ignoring the adults.

“Take it slow. If you're too hungry, eating fast will make you sick," I warned.

The boy that started all the crying blushed when I patted his head.

All the adults were dead silent, staring at me as I checked on the children. Even if they wanted to hurt me, I was in no danger. They were too shocked and awed to do anything to me.

Soren came out onto the lawn. I was a little surprised he hadn't rushed out right after me.

The women closest to him trembled and cowered away from him.

“My apologies," he said, nodding his head to the crowd. “Had we known that you'd run out of food, we would have acted sooner. I have my men preparing soup now. Come inside and eat. With everyone here, we can recalculate how much food is left and daily rations to make sure it lasts as long as possible."

Soren held his arm out toward the pack house door.

Murmurs went through the crowd and I saw the way they looked at each other. They were suspicious, like we were inviting them into a trap of some kind.

None of them said anything. They stared at Soren and they stared at me. I understood their reluctance to accept our help but I hoped they would, for the sake of the kids.

The smell of the soup wafted out of the open front door and suddenly, they all perked up. Licking their lips and salivating, they headed inside.

Soren and I followed.

the tables set and were dishing up

like this was the best option.

and the first woman who called me out came down and sat next to me. She plopped her soup down, staring at me like I'd pounce on her and eat her if she

name is Ben, thank you, Miss Mila." a boy asked, sitting beside the

recognized him. He was the one that first started crying and complaining about being hungry.

It is nice to

some more soup, Mila?" he

sorry, Ben, but not right now. You need to let that food settle first. Having too much all at once isn't good for you when you're as hungry as

sighed and bowed

heart melted and I reached into my pocket, pulling out a small hard candy. I pressed it into the palm

something small

smiled, lifting the candy to his face. He opened his mouth like he was going to pop

may I ask

“Yeah, okay."

sitting next to him. She was

We thought

at the woman next to

those bastards dumped our

knew she was referring to the looters from the other packs and even some of the Norwind

they destroyed as much as they could… They burned our storehouses, shredded our perishables, and dumped all our produce into the muddy river. They came into our houses and ransacked

brow. “How did the pack

beside me. From the look on his face, he'd been listening in.

men here as a temporary headquarters. They secured

would bully the weak. They knew we'd be afraid of them

vicious? Was it just to be cruel? It's not like it did them any good,

eyes flicked to the woman across

food so they could destroy

a horrible thing to do. It was a

through the trouble of

if Soren was reading my

“Because they were afraid."

something back, it didn't work. Sighing, I squeezed Soren's hand. Ever since

meant the raiders were

unlimited, especially when under a lot of pressure and in threatening circumstances. If the

would be scared

Norwind survivors all banned together, the raiders could have lost or

woman sitting with us, a somber look in his

dumped the food. They didn't have to fight or kill you all in the moment but they left you all in fear and unwilling to

nodded stiffly and popped a spoonful of soup into her mouth before gritting through her teeth. “Damned raiders. They'll pay for this. Even if I can't make

hope so,"

lives," she said, her lips twitching. “I'm Angelica. My sister Lilian is there." she motioned to her sister,

noticed us looking at her. She turned up her

a bit cranky. Sorry about

“I understand," I said.

“Momma!"

of his seat and Lilian