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 his mind. We’re getting

looked her in the

mirror. “Now I have to go down to this stupid dinner with Georgia. Someone has to keep her in line, after all.” She

allow her to make a mess of things,” I replied softly as I watched her leave my

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started getting ready. I was fairly certain that no one

so I could wear sneakers under it – no one

a party, not leaving the building. Besides, like

my hair up. The beautiful necklace

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

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 might carry

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

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

to my desk, I took out a pad of paper and a pen.

to compose. I couldn’t just leave without saying anything to

“Vicky and Talon,

as a shock, but I have finally taken my life into my own hands. I will forever be grateful for everything that you both

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

folded the letter in half, wrote their names on the outside,

would not be so

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

complete the message for Ethan. Finally, with an air of

Whatever that might be.

were surprised when

“Miss Rosalie?” Samuel questioned.

it made all of the sense in the world for me to

as he looked

“Madalynn is trying to be a friend to me. How selfish would I be to not even make an appearance at

Alpha Ethan didn’t give us permission to let you go,” Samuel

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

there. If he doesn’t want me in attendance,

I needed to get going if I was going to make it to the bathroom on the

have not used the restroom

matter, Rosalie?” Samuel asked,