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.”

sob as 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 change

in the eye. “Maybe

go down to this stupid dinner with Georgia. Someone

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

***

and started getting ready. I was fairly certain that no one was going to

me. It was floor length, so I could wear sneakers under it – no one

party, not

I did my makeup and put my hair up. The beautiful necklace Ethan had gifted me was still

I’d thought I’d come to changing his mind. But it wasn’t meant

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

from Estrella inside of a plastic bag so that they wouldn’t get wet, and added

technically ready to go,

a pen. Thunder boomed

difficult to compose. I couldn’t

“Vicky and Talon,

that me being gone will come as a shock, but I have finally taken my life into my own hands. I

telling me the truth. You did what you had to for your Alpha, and I respect your choice. So please don’t hold on to any pain over

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

not be

the storm raging outside again, my emotions mirroring the

with an air of finality, I rose from my seat, ready to

Whatever that might be.

guards were surprised when

“Miss Rosalie?” Samuel questioned.

if it

widened slightly as he looked

to me. How selfish would I be to not even make an

us permission

I should be allowed to attend. He was only making the necessary

a hand. “Ethan will be there. If he doesn’t want me in attendance, I’m sure

to get going if I was going to make it to the

have not used

Samuel asked, his