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.

tables

the soup. If they hadn't had anything to eat in days, something light like

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

Miss Mila." a boy asked,

about being hungry. He sat close to the

can just call me Mila. It is nice to meet

some more soup, Mila?" he pushed his empty bowl toward

now. You need to let that food settle first. Having too much all at once isn't good for

and bowed his

into my pocket, pulling out a small hard

about something small

to his face. He opened his mouth like he was going to pop it

may I ask

“Yeah, okay."

him. She was

so quickly? We thought

looked up at the woman next

those bastards

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

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 them for valuables, but whatever they couldn't take with them, they did their best to ruin

did the pack

he'd been listening in. He took my hand and held it

temporary headquarters. They secured what was

to Ben scoffed. “Brutal barbarians, all of them! Of course, they would bully the weak. They knew we'd be afraid

want to do something so vicious? Was it just to be cruel? It's not like it did them any good, right?" I asked,

eyes flicked to the woman

food so they could destroy

was a horrible thing to do. It was a slow way

they go through the trouble of

if Soren was reading my mind,

“Because they were afraid."

something back, it didn't work. Sighing, I squeezed Soren's hand. Ever since he rescued me, the mindlink had been

were

unlimited, especially when under a lot of pressure and in threatening circumstances. If the raiders threatened to kill everyone in town, they'd have a battle on their hands. They wouldn't want

be scared

the Norwind villagers outnumbered the raiders. If Norwind survivors all banned together, the raiders could have lost or been overpowered. It was too big of a

the woman sitting with us,

to fight or kill you all

woman nodded stiffly and popped a spoonful of soup into her mouth before gritting through her

hope so,"

for feeding us. You saved our lives," she said, her lips twitching. “I'm Angelica. My sister Lilian is

looking at her. She turned up her nose and refused to

still a bit cranky.

“I understand," I said.

“Momma!"

his seat