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.”

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

her in the

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

things,” I replied softly as

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up and started getting ready. I was fairly certain that no

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

was allegedly going to a party, not leaving the building. Besides, like Damian said,

my hair up. The beautiful necklace Ethan had gifted me was still on my

as I thought about how close I’d thought I’d come to changing his mind. But it wasn’t meant to

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

a plastic bag so that they wouldn’t get wet, and added some medications, including

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

took out a pad of paper and a pen. Thunder boomed outside of the window, making my hand

I couldn’t just leave without

“Vicky and Talon,

I will forever be grateful for everything that you both have done for me, and I will cherish every

what you 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

folded the letter in half, wrote their names

would not be so

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

of finality, I rose from

Whatever that might be.

guards were surprised when I opened the

“Miss Rosalie?” Samuel questioned.

smile, as if it made all of the sense in the world for

widened slightly as he looked

me. How selfish would I be to not

give us permission to let you

that I had already convinced him I should be allowed to attend. He was only making the necessary objections to convince

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

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

make much sense for me to have not used the restroom before

Samuel asked, his