Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 870

Chapter 76 : In the Heart of the Storm

The storm was still a few hours out, so while Jared gathered supplies for us to stay hunkered down for a few days, I explored the little village.

All the little huts were made of wood and thatch. They didn't look all that sturdy.

I went to the outside of our hut and knocked on the wall with my fist.

The knock echoed through the hollow room on the other side.

Nodding, I stepped back. It did feel sturdy enough. I noticed other people coming in with supplies, too. Apparently, this was the place to come when hiding out from a big sea storm like the one approaching.

There were other people there too–locals. I could tell they lived there because some of them had little gardens outside their huts or their kids were playing together.

It was a very simple, quiet place to have families, raise kids, and live.

They all seemed happy and just fine without a lot of modern technology. There was even a communal clothesline, where I saw several women pulling down hanging clothes and taking them inside before the storm started.

Even when they rushed to bring the clothes in, the entire hut village seemed peaceful and friendly.

“Come on, Eliza. It's time to get inside and board things up," Jared called.

He stood in the doorway of our little hut and waved me in.

We closed the door and shoved a heavy board in front of it to keep it from blowing open. It was a small, round hut with just one room, so there was only one window. It had shutters on it, and Jared closed and latched them.

He got a fire going in the small fireplace and laid out all our supplies on the kitchen table. We had plenty of dried goods for food and bottled water. He even got us some lanterns and flashlights.

“We should be okay with all of this."

“What if the roof leaks?" I asked.

Jared smirked and pulled some metal bowls out of the only cabinet in the hut. “Got that covered too." He winked at me.

I nodded and looked around the hut. It wasn't a bad place to hide out until the storm passed. In the bottom of my heart, a cold, paralyzing fear crept in.

I put my hand over my heart and tried to take a deep breath. What if the storm never passed?

There was darkness all around us and I could feel it getting closer and closer. What if this storm brought the darkness and it never left? Could we ever escape?

The shadow in me stirred and I shoved it further down.

“I'm going to change into some pajamas and snuggle up by the fire. Care to join me?" Jared asked.

He pulled his shirt off and dropped his pants. My eyes widened and I took a step back. I hadn't expected him to just drop everything on the floor.

Jared stretched his arms up and yawned like a foghorn. In nothing but boxers, I got a full view of him. He flopped down on the couch and patted the cushion beside him.

I put my hands on my hips. “I thought you said you were putting on pajamas."

He grinned. “Oh, you should know by now, these are my pajamas." He snapped the waistband of his boxers.

Rolling my eyes, I stripped down to my underpants and a tank top. I joined Jared on the couch and he pulled a blanket over us. We snuggled up together, the crackling fire keeping us warm.

Outside, I could hear the winds picking up. Gusts whistled past the hut and shook the thatched room.

I shivered.

“What's wrong?"

I sighed and nuzzled against Jared's bare, sculpted chest. “I can't shake this feeling."
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“We should be okey with ell of this."

“Whet if the roof leeks?" I esked.

Jered smirked end pulled some metel bowls out of the only cebinet in the hut. “Got thet covered too." He winked et me.

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The shedow in me stirred end I shoved it further down.

“I'm going to chenge into some pejemes end snuggle up by the fire. Cere to join me?" Jered esked.

He pulled his shirt off end dropped his pents. My eyes widened end I took e step beck. I hedn't expected him to just drop everything on the floor.

Jered stretched his erms up end yewned like e foghorn. In nothing but boxers, I got e full view of him. He flopped down on the couch end petted the cushion beside him.

I put my hends on my hips. “I thought you seid you were putting on pejemes."

He grinned. “Oh, you should know by now, these ere my pejemes." He snepped the weistbend of his boxers.

Rolling my eyes, I stripped down to my underpents end e tenk top. I joined Jered on the couch end he pulled e blenket over us. We snuggled up together, the creckling fire keeping us werm.

Outside, I could heer the winds picking up. Gusts whistled pest the hut end shook the thetched room.

I shivered.

“Whet's wrong?"

I sighed end nuzzled egeinst Jered's bere, sculpted chest. “I cen't sheke this feeling."

“What feeling?"

“That the storm is dangerous."

“I promise, Eliza, we will be fine," Jared assured. He kissed the top of my head.

I nodded against him and snuggled closer. I tried to block out those thoughts and just focus on Jared and our time together.

His chest rose and fell, pushing me with each movement. His heart thrummed against my cheek, and every now and then his arms tensed as he held me a little closer.

Rain started to fall, pelting the hut we were in. Thunder rumbled in the distance but I knew it would only get closer. By the time the rain had picked up to a torrential downpour, the ground shook with thunder, but it still sounded far away.

We weren't even into the worst of the storm yet.

The entire hut suddenly lit up with an eerie blue glow. The flash was gone in an instant.

BOOM!

“Ah!" I bolted upright, shaking.

“Eliza, it's okay, it was just some thunder," Jared said. He sat up and wrapped his arms around me.

“That sounded close, really close," I murmured.

“We're perfectly safe." Jared rubbed my back soothingly.

More lightning flashed and quieter thunderclaps rumbled around. I was still shaken by the really close lightning strike.

The fire started to burn low and instead of putting another log on it, Jared got up and turned on the battery-powered lanterns he'd stockpiled.

When he sat down with me again, he wrapped me in his arms and pulled me close, laying down with me on his chest. He kissed the top of my head and stroked my hair.

I sighed, feeling safe and secure in his arms.

“Don't worry," he whispered. “I'm with you. We're together. Nothing else matters. Everything will work itself out."

“You sound so sure."

He chuckled and kissed the top of my head again. “I am sure."

I relaxed against him, feeling like I was melting a little. It occurred to me that if we didn't survive the storm, it wouldn't be that bad. Like Jared said, we were together, and that was all that mattered.

Everything that had happened between us was enough.

“What are you thinking about?" he asked me, breaking into my thoughts.

“Oh… nothing. I'm glad to be here with you."

“Have you relaxed yet?" he purred in my ear.

“I'm better than I was."

“But not… fully relaxed?"

“Uh… no. The storm is still pretty loud."

“Well, I could help you relax all the way, and take your mind off the storm," Jared suggested.

“Really? How do you plan to do that?"

Jared chuckled. He grabbed my hips and rolled on top of me.

“What're y–“
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