Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 54 He Had A Knife

**Rosalie’s POV

The rain picked back up as Damian and I ran around the exterior of the capital. It was pouring so hard, I could hardly see where we were going, but I kept my eyes on him and forced my feet to keep moving forward.

Faltering at this point wasn’t an option. I had to keep moving for my baby’s sake and for my own.

According to the plan, we would need to get out of Mirage first.

“This way,” Damian said, and I realized he was ushering me through a small door in the ground that reminded me of the cellar we had back home. I wouldn’t have even known it was there if he hadn’t tugged it open.

The door led down a flight of stairs to a narrow tunnel. Damian pulled a flashlight out of his pocket and illuminated the stone surface. At least it wasn’t raining down here.

“Where are we going?” I asked him as we ran along.

“The tunnel ends right before the wall,” he said. “We’ll have to climb over it.”

“And then what?” I asked, my heart pounding in my ears.

“Then… we’ll have to run for a couple of hours through the woods to a cabin. I hope your wolf is fast.”

I almost stopped running. “Wolf?” I said. “I can’t shift, Damian. I’m not twenty-one yet.”

He turned and looked at me, coming to a stop. “Sh*t,” he muttered. Shaking his head, he quickly adjusted his plan based on the news. “It’s fine. I’ll carry you.” Then he turned to face down the tunnel again.

Damian was running again, and I was struggling to keep up. “What about after we get to the cottage?” I asked him.

It took Damian a few moments to respond, as if he wasn’t quite sure what the plan was after that. But he had to know, didn’t he?

“After that,” he said, “we’ll head for the shore. There’s a boat leaving tomorrow morning for Suntra. It leaves from the east port at 10:00, and we’ll be on it.”

as

Suntra. I’d never been there before, but I’d heard it was a lovely place-a place where there were all kinds of people and it was easy to get lost. “Do we have money?” I asked.

Damian nodded. “Yes, I have money,” he replied. “You don’t need to worry about anything, Rosalie. I’ll take care of you.”

looked at me, slowing his

his eyes, and I wanted to believe

if this was all a ruse, and Madalynn

sincere and thankful to him, perhaps he’d see how much I wanted to live-how much I wanted my

you, Damian,” I

anything, only kept

reach out for him, to plead my case for my

me a hope I never expected to have. Not only will my baby be assured of a life with a mother that will love

I might’ve been intending to persuade him to spare me, but I meant what

brave soul, Damian. And I hope that, one day, I can repay your

moment again before he said, “I promise to keep you

you,” I said quietly, brushing my wet hair back from

for a few more minutes before the light from

on,” Damian shouted between ripples of

a flight of stairs and through

to scale, but he pulled something

Damian went first, easily climbed the twenty-foot wall, then waited for

and began to pull myself up as well. When I was near the top, Damian reached down. “Give me

the top of the wall.

Rosalie,” Damian said behind me. “Great

burning, and we weren’t anywhere

up and flipped it down over the other side. I watched him as he neared the ground, and his hands slipped about halfway down. His

fell from

it was because it was so dark, and the rain was coming down in torrents, but as the lightning lit up

object at his feet appeared to

A sharp one.

me it was better if he

had it, I couldn’t say, but it

knew I was safe as long as we were inside of the capital walls. If I started crying for help, we would be surrounded by royal guards within seconds. There would be too much evidence pointing to Madalynn, and the investigation would delay their

far enough away

I realized I made a perfect target sitting on top of the

of my mind for the moment-after all, it made sense that he might need a knife if we were planning on running through the woods. I grabbed hold of the rope ladder and moved my way