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.

warriors had the tables set

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

of the tables and the first woman who called me out came down and sat next to me. She plopped her soup down, staring at me like

you, Miss Mila." a boy asked,

being hungry. He sat close to the woman

just call me Mila. It is nice to

soup, Mila?" he pushed

that food settle first. Having too much

sighed and

pocket, pulling out a small hard candy. I pressed it into the palm

about something small

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

ask you a

“Yeah, okay."

sitting next to him. She was still closed off and

you all run out of food so quickly? We thought the intruders didn't care about food

looked up at the

those bastards dumped

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

take any 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 them

“How did the pack house food stores

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

sent our men here as a temporary headquarters. They secured what was left

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

why would anyone 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 across from me. He

the food so

It was a slow

would they go through the

Soren was reading my mind, he

“Because they were afraid."

something back, it

the raiders were

circumstances. If the raiders threatened to kill everyone in town,

be scared of

survivors all banned together, the raiders could have lost or been overpowered. It was too big of

the woman sitting with us, a somber look in

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

popped a spoonful of soup into her mouth before gritting through her teeth. “Damned raiders. They'll pay for this.

so," Soren

said, her lips twitching. “I'm Angelica. My sister Lilian is there." she motioned to her sister, another one of the women that called me

her. She turned up her

“She's still a bit cranky. Sorry about

“I understand," I said.

“Momma!"

his seat and Lilian looked