Sould 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.”

gave a small 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

looked her in the eye. “Maybe

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

to make a mess of things,”

***

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

me. It was floor length, so I could wear sneakers

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

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

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

gown was a little larger than the typical clutch

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,

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

out a pad of paper and a pen. Thunder

first note wasn’t so difficult to compose. I couldn’t

“Vicky and Talon,

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

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

letter in half, wrote their names on

would not be so easy

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

for Ethan. Finally, with an air of finality, I

Whatever that might be.

were surprised when I

“Miss Rosalie?” Samuel questioned.

if it made all of the

as he

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

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

that I had already convinced him I should be allowed

there. If he doesn’t want me in attendance, I’m sure he’ll

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

for me to have not used the restroom before I left my room, I whipped up some tears when we were almost to the

Samuel asked, his hand on