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

looked her in the

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

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

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and started getting ready. I was fairly certain that no one was going to be checking on me that

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

a party, not leaving the building.

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

how close I’d thought I’d come to changing

accessories Madalynn and Damian had brought me, as well. Those could be exchanged for money later. The handbag they’d selected to match my gown was a little larger than the typical clutch one

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

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

a pad of paper and a pen. Thunder boomed outside of the window, making

first note wasn’t so difficult to compose. I

“Vicky and Talon,

my life into my own hands. I will forever be grateful for everything that you both have done for me, and I

don’t hold on to any pain over my

letter in half, wrote their names on

letter would not be so

the storm

me a few moments to complete the message for Ethan. Finally, with an air of finality, I

Whatever that might be.

guards were surprised when I opened

“Miss Rosalie?” Samuel questioned.

I replied with a smile, as if it made all of

slightly as he looked at the

friend to me. How selfish would I be to not even make an appearance at their

give us permission to let you go,”

his tone that I had already convinced him I should be allowed to attend. He was only making the

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

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

it wouldn’t make much sense for me to have not used

Samuel asked, his hand on