Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 963

Chapter 14 : Dark Discoveries

*Lucas*

'Something bad....'

Sasha's words rang in my head as I tried to focus on finding a new project to write up a proposal for. There were plenty of sites in Egoren that needed attention.

But I couldn't shake Shasha's warning about the temple from my mind.

Part of me wanted to believe she'd been spooked by her near-fall, but I knew that couldn't be it. It seemed crazy to risk my career by reporting her 'feelings of evil' to King Xander. But, if there was something to it, I would be to blame if people got hurt because of it.

I warred with my options for the better part of an hour before I cursed out loud and went to find Brady.

He was waiting in the hall.

“Need to talk?" Brady asked, those damn lips twitching again.

“Shut up," I grumbled. “Where's Phoebe?"

“Sleeping."

“You still catch spooky vibes, don't you?"

“Can I sense the difference between good and evil? Yes," Brady said. “Why? You want me to go hit Donovan Clarke again?"

“You hit him?" Jealousy curled in my gut.

“One of the most satisfying things I've ever done," Brady confirmed. “Wouldn't mind doing it again."

I grunted. “Some things a man wants to do for himself."

“For his mate," Brady corrected me, his eyes twinkling.

“She's not my mate," I muttered, though my heart thudded when I said it.

“You don't know that," Brady said. He sighed and shook his head. “Anyway, what's up?"

“Sasha says there's something evil at the site."

“You don't believe her?"

“I don't know. But, I believe she believes it. I want to go back over to the site." I didn't know I'd decided that until the words were out. Brady followed me as I hurried to start packing bags with what I'd need for exploring in the darkness from my engineering supplies.

“What? Now?! It'll be after midnight by the time the train gets there! It'll be the last train out. There won't be one back until morning!" Brady protested.

“I need to know. And now that the Lycaon Church is involved, they're not just going to let me stroll over there in the daylight," I reasoned, slinging my bag over my shoulder.

“You could just report it," Brady pointed out. I waited for him to play the potential scenario out in his head. “Yeah, you would both look unstable. But, if you're caught out there...."

“I'll just have a look and see," I muttered. “Will you come with me?"

Brady laughed. “Yeah, um, no."

“Why not?"

“Because it's crazy."

“Scared?" I teased.

“Engaged," he reminded me.

I said and headed for the

Brady asked, falling into

in town," I assured

“Did you let him

time." My tone was

there alone, right? You could very

held up the second bag

headed for the train station, which surprisingly lasted the several hours it took

woods and past the barn Sasha and I had made our stand in made me realize, with rising dread,

I asked, not sure why I

and no. That's not the only thing out

and raked a hand through

as long as we don't bother with whatever it

bothering it," I

each other just fine under the moonlight, as both of us were a mature shifter and vampire, so

itself onto Sasha. That's what she said. I'm not

so that's what that was," Brady

was?"

get her out of the bar, away from Donovan, I got this little zap of… something. But it was gone so quickly, I barely clocked it." Brady looked out into the woods again and shivered.

roped off with

you sensing anything?"

stopped cold. “Evil

years ago, all the way through the foundation, and there was nothing but dirt beneath. There was no sign that a temple had

scaffolding down into the hole. “Convenient," I observed, touching a

a bad, bad place. We need to get the f**k out

answers." I put my foot on the first rung

the temple floor, him looking down at me with a pained expression

or don't," I

climbed, half floated down into the temple with me. “I'm going to regret this. We both

my Sasha stays safe," I grunted,

he began circling the small

but innocuous books and

reach that far, nor did the moonlight, and I was just getting out a flashlight when something crunched beneath my feet. I looked

slamming

breathed, gripping my shoulders. “There have to be at least a

Skeletons, now meticulously assembled and tagged, filled the space, some

My stomach turned.

tags. He murmured

as though there could be something worse than the

same time." He looked around. “All of them. This is just one generation of

step back,

of death on all of these is a question mark," Brady said, making his way back down to me. He shook the dust

space myself. Aside from being dusty, it was pristine, all laid

was like a bloodhound. He walked over to the altar and

low click, then a

went into the narrow space between the altar and the wall. I followed

revealed under the altar.

White Queen?" Brady echoed my

said, staring at the

place is supposed to be an ancient temple, isn't it?" Brady

I nodded. “It is."

White Queen. They never did. Did

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