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.”

she pulled back. “You’re acting like this is goodbye. We’ll get through this, Rosalie. We still have time. We have a few months to

in the

turned and fixed herself in a nearby mirror. “Now I have to go down to this stupid dinner with Georgia. Someone has to keep her in line, after

mess of things,” I replied softly as I

***

I got up and started getting ready. I was fairly certain that

floor length, so I could wear sneakers under it – no one would

party, not leaving the building. Besides, like

I did my makeup and put my hair up. The beautiful necklace Ethan had

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

was a little larger than the typical clutch one might carry for such an occasion, and it also

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

was technically ready to go, but there were a couple more things | wanted to

pad of paper and a pen. Thunder boomed outside of the

difficult to compose. I couldn’t just leave

“Vicky and Talon,

that me being gone will 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

had to for your Alpha, and I respect your choice. So please don’t hold on to any pain over my departure. Know that my future will be bright with the Moon Goddess and that I will forever

the letter in half, wrote their names on

would not be so

my eyes focused on the storm raging

with an air of finality, I rose from my seat, ready to get on with the next

Whatever that might be.

surprised when I opened the

“Miss Rosalie?” Samuel questioned.

to the engagement dinner.” I replied with a smile, as if it made all of the sense in the

slightly as he looked

said with a sigh, “Madalynn is trying to be a friend to me. How selfish would I be to

us permission to let you go,” Samuel reminded

that I had already convinced him I should

If he doesn’t want me in

if I was going to make it

with the guards trailing me, as usual. Because it wouldn’t make much sense for me to have

matter, Rosalie?” Samuel asked, his hand