Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 988

Chapter 39 : Maturity

*Sasha*

I sat alone in the dark for what felt like hours, though it was probably less than fifteen minutes. Then the light came on in the bedroom and Phoebe popped her head in, wearing lingerie probably meant for Brady's eyes only.

But then I was sitting under the covers completely naked, so I wasn't one to say anything. “Is everything okay?" I asked softly.

Phoebe shook her head and motioned for me to follow her.

My blood ran cold. Had something happened to Lucas? I rolled out of bed and pulled on Lucas's shirt, then quickly followed Phoebe.

We tiptoed down the stairs, where Lucas, in wolf form, was pacing and growling on the front landing.

Brady had a splash of blood on his chin, his fangs still elongated. He was sporting a pair of boxers, thankfully.

“They got away," Brady said as Phoebe went to stand next to him.

“But they're gone?" Phoebe asked in a small voice.

“Yes." Brady put an arm around her and kissed her temple. “They're gone."

“Who? Who's gone?" I asked. “Did they take the orb?"

“They didn't get that far," Brady said. “By the look of things, they didn't even know exactly what they were looking for."

There were popping sounds, and then Lucas was standing there, naked, once more. He grabbed an overturned throw pillow for modesty, holding it in front of him.

“It couldn't have been the priestess if they didn't know what they were looking for," I mused. “And she already told me she was quite happy with what I was doing, so there would have been no reason–"

“f**k that orb. I swear to the Goddess...." Lucas snarled. “What is this, a youth hostel? We've got people coming and going at all hours."

“We're heading to the docks in a couple of hours," Brady reminded him. “We're leaving Egoren. When we get to New Dianny, we'll be a lot safer."

Phoebe looked at the door, then looked again. “What is this…?"

A scrap of paper was caught in the hinge of the door.

Lucas walked over and snatched it. “Fuck."

I went over to him, touching his arm. “Lucas?"

With an angry huff, he showed us the paper.

'Tell the dream dancer she has something that doesn't belong to her, and we are going to get it back.'

***

*Lucas*

The wind whipped through Brady's hair, blowing the longish locks into his face and mouth. He grimaced, pulling hair out of his mouth for the hundredth time since we'd boarded the ship.

cut it shorter," I said, gesturing to my own hair, cut short at the sides and longer on top, but still not nearly long enough for the waves to

grumbled, but he smiled slightly

found, depending on how

as we leaned on the railing, watching the water rise and fall against

merely SUGGESTED we toss the orb in the

between that, outside threats, emotional confusion, and the fact you're treating her like a two-year-old with a dangerous toy… I think I'd probably need my

treating her like a

you're treating her like a two-year-old. That's why you're standing here with me and not banging down the

groaned. “I just want her to be safe. That orb is

her choice whether she wants to work

don't think

stop acting like her father and forbidding her

sea. “I

Brady said. “I'd be the same way about Phoebe. Probably. But I also don't want to have to sleep with one eye open, and I don't want her

would never toss you overboard," I

surprised Sasha hasn't tossed

back of my

saying you love her, so I'm assuming

either my mate or she's

“And?" Brady prodded.

“And what?" I asked.

mate for

ship's railing. “I don't know that she loves me back. She was… well… a virgin. She might just be

Brady punched me so hard in the arm I stumbled sideways. “Goddess, you're

my arm. “She

forbidding her to do stuff," Brady said. “You interrupt her all the time. Yes, I've noticed.

been talking to Phoebe. I'm about five seconds away from tearing

you, no matter how much she loves you, she's not going to accept

and the idea made me sick. And

been doing a lot

I agreed with a grunt. I gave Brady a powerful punch

that for?!" Brady

war. Fun as that would have been, I had a

going to have to sleep on the galley floor as

was going to have to talk to the captain about safety, but just this

I stepped inside, the windows covered with curtains and the room lit by a single candle. My eyes adjusted quickly,

on the bed…

How had she even found it? I thought I'd hidden

Obviously not well enough.

going over to the bed. Her eyes were unfocused and she was clearly “elsewhere," using the power

so I simply sat beside her, looking at the glowing, pulsing, now-pink pain in my

hear me. “I'm sorry for treating you like a child, and for being an overbearing asshole. But you're scaring me to death. I love you, Sasha. I love

didn't answer, and I

felt before, and I'm almost certain

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