Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 133 Ethan, You Are Banished!

**Ethan‘s POV

A stillness fell over the throne room as I walked in. King James looked exhausted, with dark bags under his eyes, and Talon looked distressed. His teeth were gritted together, and I felt like he wanted to tell me something

But I had left Rosalie and my baby to travel a great distance to be here. It was clear that something chaotic was happening as I used a little-known tunnel to make my way into the capital with the men who had accompanied me.

Now, I stood before a group of men who were glaring at me, waiting for the king to answer my question.

“Who doesn’t need to speak unless spoken to?” I asked him. Surely, no one was to speak to Talon in such a disrespectful way

Granted, my Beta was a subordinate, but he’d never been anything but a loyal, respectful soldier for the king.

“Ethan, you’ve returned,” my cousin said, a look of relief washing over him. “And not a moment too soon, I’m afraid.”

*Alpha!” Talon greeted me, although I could tell from his expression that he wished I hadn’t returned.

“What’s going on?” I asked. “Were those villagers running into the capital shouting about enemy soldiers?” It didn’t seem possible. When I‘d left the capital, not long ago, the western forces were miles and miles away. Our army was strong enough to keep them at bay and drive them back with no problem whatsoever.

“I’m afraid so,” James said, dragging a hand down his face. “Everyone, leave Ethan and me. We need to discuss this matter in private.”

Talon, who had started his exit the moment the king made the request, mindlinked me. I could see by the look in his eyes that something was wrong.

A few of the other leaders, ones who thought that they were more important than they truly were, lingered around the throne, possibly thinking they were too critical to the king‘s decision–making to truly need to be dismissed.

“Go at once!” James barked, and everyone filtered out.

Alpha, be on your guard. There’s no time for me to explain, but don‘t trust anything James says to you. Things aren’t what they seem’ Talon said, preparing me for the conversation with the king.

| stared at my Beta for a moment in confusion, wondering what he was getting at. A cold chill went down my spine as I contemplated what it might be that Talon was trying to warn me about. I wished he had more time to prepare me for what was about to happen.

However, he couldn‘t go into more details before the room went silent with only the king and me left.

“What’s happening, James?” | eventually asked, approaching the throne and speaking more bluntly, now that the others had cleared out.

wouldn’t look at me, so I didn’t take that as a good

messenger,” he began, his eyes downcast. “He said Kal is making only one demand. He will call his troops off if I comply. Only one.” James let out a sigh and got up

What used to be a beautiful flower garden was now trampled by the

said. I kept my distance, watching him, trying

could Kal possibly be demanding that King James could be considering?

quiet as I tried

do I, and yet, here they are…” he said, his eyes

had to have used the tunnels. It was the only way. But how would they have even known

was a traitor in our midst. And now, I felt certain I knew exactly who

I got my hands on

said next took me

different,” James continued. “You were my only hope then. I needed to make sure that someone was here to continue our grandfather’s bloodline, someone who hadn’t taken a mate, someone who hadn’t promised the woman they loved that they’d

look away quickly, and I stared at him in confusion, though I thought

“Before?” I asked him.

through some miracle, something I can‘t quite understand… none of that matters now. We no longer need to pressure you for an heir. The bloodline will be secure without burdening you.” He turned and met

are you saying, James?” I asked him. “Do

a miracle. It‘s been confirmed. I don’t know how it

up at the moment, but it

bubbled up inside of me as I realized what this meant for both of us. I took my cousin by the shoulders. “Congratulations, Your Majesty. You‘ll have

find her and be with her. We could raise our child

expression on James’s face. He slowly shook his head. “No,

at him for a long moment, letting those words soak into my consciousness. “He wants me?”

is, Ethan? I didn’t know until the messenger told me. But you… surely you must know. With all of the investigative work

as my grip around James faltered. But no… I hadn’t known. Victor

made sense now… though. For all of those years, I’d tried to track Victor’s family down and had been unsuccessful. He had appeared in our land like a ghost, untraceable, like a phantom who had just appeared one day out of the fog. And no matter how hard I looked, I hadn’t been able

Now I knew why.

the west to our kingdom. Because it # was known that he was on many annou

I could only mutter, 1

“You dont

the side and studied my face, clearly