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

and passed them around with the soup. If they hadn't had anything to eat in days, something light like

came down and sat next to me. She plopped her soup down, staring at me like I'd pounce on

Ben, thank you, Miss Mila." a boy asked, sitting

crying and complaining about being hungry. He sat close to the woman and I was pretty sure she was

call me Mila. It is nice to meet

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

settle first. Having too much all at once isn't good for you

and

pulling out a small hard candy. I pressed it into

about something small

mouth like he was going to pop it right in but then he stopped. He kept it in the wrapper and put it in

may I ask you a

“Yeah, okay."

him. She was still closed off and watching

you all run out of food so quickly? We

looked up at the woman next to

those bastards dumped our

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

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

did the pack

the look on his face, he'd been listening in. He took my

a temporary headquarters. They secured what was

all of them! Of course, they would bully the weak. They knew we'd be afraid of

why would anyone want to do something so vicious? Was it just to be cruel?

the woman

food so they could destroy that

It was a slow way to kill another

through the trouble

reading

“Because they were afraid."

a moment, I thought our mindlink was reestablished. When I tried to say something back, it didn't

meant the raiders were afraid of

and in threatening circumstances. If the

would be

raiders could have lost or been overpowered. It

sitting with us, a

They didn't have to fight or kill you all in the moment but they left you all in fear and unwilling to fight back, with death looming

soup into her mouth before gritting through her teeth. “Damned raiders. They'll pay for this. Even if I

so,"

for feeding us. You saved our lives," she said, her lips twitching. “I'm Angelica. My sister Lilian is there." she motioned to her sister, another one of the women that

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

still a bit

“I understand," I said.

“Momma!"

out of his seat and Lilian looked