Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 52

For the next couple hours, I sat in a chair and watched the rain coming down outside, thinking about all of the time I had spent with Ethan.

With every flash of lightning in the distance, memories of him flashed before my eyes. I thought of the gentleness he’d shown me when we made love.

My hand automatically went to my abdomen where the child was growing.

I couldn’t believe that someone would show me tenderness, make a baby with me, watch me give birth to their child… and then kill me.

But that was Ethan’s plan, and that meant I had to go.

Even if that meant I needed to trust the likes of Madalynn, who had told me herself she didn’t want her child to be second in line to the throne. My baby’s life was hanging in the balance. But I had to take the gamble and try.

A knock on the door pulled me away from the window. Tonight hadn’t been quiet for me at all.

Vicky entered, walked toward me, and wrapped her arms around my neck.

“I wish tonight wasn’t happening,” she said, staring at me with tears in her eyes.

My heart dropped. How did she know?!

“Vicky…” I tried my best to smile. “To…tonight?”

As she pulled back from me, she gave me her own confused look.

The engagement party.”

1 silently let out the breath I was holding and nodded my head.

“Well,” I said, “nothing can be done. Ethan has made his mind up on what he wants. It was for the alliance. He didn’t do anything wrong.”

“I know he cares about you.”

“It doesn’t matter if he does or not. I will never be enough for him, Vicky. I’m just a breeder.”

Vicky shook her head in disagreement, but she couldn’t find the words to comfort me.

“Thank you for everything you have done for me. I’ll never forget it, Vicky.”

small sob as she pulled back. “You’re acting like this is goodbye. We’ll get through this, Rosalie.

looked her in the eye. “Maybe you’re

fixed herself in a nearby mirror. “Now I have to go down to this stupid dinner with Georgia. Someone

don’t allow her to make a mess of things,” I replied softly as I watched her

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little before 7:00. I got up and started getting ready. I was fairly certain that no one was going to

Madalynn and Damian had brought me. It was floor length, so I could wear sneakers under it – no one would notice, so long as I

to a party, not leaving the building. Besides, like Damian said, I wouldn’t

did my makeup and put my hair up. The

I thought about how close I’d thought I’d come to changing his mind. But it

they’d selected to match my gown was a little larger than the typical clutch one might carry for such an occasion, and it also had a strap on the

plastic bag so that they wouldn’t get wet, and added some medications, including my sleeping pills. Finally, I added

my gown on, I was technically ready to go, but there were a

paper and a pen. Thunder boomed outside of the window, making my hand shake

wasn’t so difficult to compose. I

“Vicky and Talon,

come as a shock, but I have finally taken my life into my own hands. I will forever be grateful for everything that you both have done for me, and I

choice. So please don’t hold on to any pain over my departure. Know that my future will be

half, wrote their names on the outside, and set it

next letter would not be

a deep breath, my eyes focused on the storm raging outside again, my emotions mirroring

air of finality, I rose from my seat,

Whatever that might be.

guards were surprised when I opened the

“Miss Rosalie?” Samuel questioned.

with a smile, as if it made

he

is trying to be a friend to me. How selfish would I

Alpha Ethan didn’t give us permission to let you go,”

him I should be allowed to

“Ethan will be there. If he doesn’t want me in

further approval. I knew I needed to get going if I was going to

sense for me to have not used the restroom before

Rosalie?” Samuel asked,