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 set and

hadn't had anything to eat in days, something light like this was the best option. They needed to take it slow,

She plopped

Miss Mila." a

recognized him. He was the one that first started crying and complaining about being hungry. He sat close to the woman and I was pretty sure she was

call me Mila. It is

soup, Mila?" he pushed his empty

let that food settle first. Having too much all at once isn't good for you when you're as

sighed and bowed

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

about something

like he was going to pop it right in but then he stopped. He kept

I ask

“Yeah, okay."

next to him. She was still closed off and

run out of food so quickly? We thought the intruders

looked up at the

“Because those

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

with them but 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

my brow. “How did

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

had already sent our men here as a temporary headquarters. They secured what was left and kept it safe," he

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

just to be cruel?

woman

so

was a horrible thing to do. It was

go through the

was reading my mind, he

“Because they were afraid."

it didn't work. Sighing,

meant the raiders were afraid of the

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 raiders

sitting with us,

or kill you all in

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,"

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

She turned up her nose and

still a bit cranky. Sorry

“I understand," I said.

“Momma!"

slipped out of his seat and Lilian