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.”

this is goodbye. We’ll get through this, Rosalie. We still

in the eye. “Maybe

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

allow her to make a mess of things,” I replied

***

certain that no one

on the convertible dress that Madalynn and Damian had brought me. It was floor length, so

After all, I was allegedly going to a party, not leaving the building. Besides, like Damian

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

I’d thought I’d come to changing

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 come in handy

pictures I’d gotten from Estrella inside of a plastic bag so that they wouldn’t get wet, and added some medications, including my sleeping pills. Finally, I added a bottle of water and a small fruit

packed and my gown on, I was technically ready to go, but there

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

compose. I couldn’t just leave without saying

“Vicky and Talon,

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

and I respect your choice. So please don’t hold on to

the letter in half, wrote their names

letter would not be so easy

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

message for Ethan. Finally, with an air of finality, I rose from my seat, ready to get

Whatever that might be.

surprised when I opened

“Miss Rosalie?” Samuel questioned.

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

he looked at the other

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

permission to let you

I should be

be there. If he doesn’t want me

I needed to get going if I was going to make it to the bathroom on the other side of the castle on

sense for me to have not used the restroom before I left my room, I whipped up

the matter, Rosalie?” Samuel asked, his hand on