Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 196 I’ll Support You With My Life

I watched as Marcus disappeared on his way to the dungeon and then returned my attention to Ethan. I had wanted to tell him how happy I was that he was awake ever since I saw him, but I didn’t know how to get those words out, so I stared at him for a moment, my mouth slightly agape.

He was holding Rowan the entire time during Marcus’ confrontation, and I noticed that he didn’t say anything. Was he upset with what Marcus had said? I realized that I stepped in when Marcus was insulting him; would he rather handle that by himself?

liselt!

“Is everything all right, Rosalie?” he asked me.

“Uh… yeah,” I said, feeling my cheeks pink. “Everything is fine. I just thought that-”

“Your Majesty!” a messenger | recognized as one of General Vandough’s warriors shouted, coming over to me. “We have spotted King Kal’s forces coming around the eastern side of the palace, getting ready to attack again. General Vandough requests permission to engage with them to prevent them from getting near the citizens that have just sought shelter in the nearby villages.”

I felt my insides deflate as I thought about what this meant.

Would this war just go on and on forever?

“Yes,” I told him, after taking a few deep breaths to get my head on straight. “Tell General Vandough to move out and engage with King Kal’s forces but to watch his flank.”

I shook my head. When would it end?

Would it ever end?

“We’ll be there soon,” I assured the messenger and then started to send him away, but Cerina stopped me.

“My Queen, please excuse me… but I do not think that is the best idea for you to go. Please stay here.”

| arched my eyebrow, questioning her silently why she suggested it.

The wise woman pressed her hands together in front of her and spoke with a calm manner. “Your Majesty, you have been at this nonstop for over a week. You’ve gone from one emergency to the next, bare ly giving yourself time to eat and rest, let alone clear your mind. It isn’t good for you to be running at such a pace, physically or mentally.”

Ethan also nodded at her words and she continued. “Now, Alpha Ethan and the others have done a bril liant job of cutting King Kal’s numbers down since his return yesterday. General Vandough is a skilled war rior and leader. He can handle this battle on his own. Let the messenger return to your subordinate and tell him to move forward with his plans,” she said, grasping my hand between both of hers. “Believe me and trust them, dear, this is for the best. For all of you.”

Her last sentence was more like a mother urging her daughter than a subordinate advising her queen, and it warmed my heart.

I looked at Ethan, and he gave me a small, reassuring smile.

Returning my attention to Cerina, I said, “All right then.” To the messenger, I said, “Please tell the genera al that he may move forward with his attack plans, and if he needs reinforcements, he should send for Commander Landon.”

“Yes, my Queen,” the man said, bowing his head to me before he took off in a hurry to let the leaders know of my decision.

| sucked in a deep breath, held it for a moment, and blew it out slowly, trying to calm my nerves.

Cerina was right. I had been going nonstop for quite some time now, and since Ethan was finally awake, and so was I, perhaps it was the best time to take a small break and gather my thoughts.

thinking would be more logical if I gave myself the opportunity to process everything that had gone on. It would

in three hours?” | asked those who had gathered around me, my most trusted

and left for their own

I turned to Ethan. Rowan started to fuss in his arms, but it didn’t seem like he was ready to re turn the boy to

be hungry, and I should take him

quite disap pointed, so I asked tentatively, “Would you like to… come to my room? You’re welcome to spend some time with us… I meant,

I’d like that,” he said,

a grin on his face the entire time. As I let out a yawn, he urged me, “Get some rest, Rosalie.

bed next to me and covered me with a blanket. His voice was low and soothing.

a sudden, I was so tired that I couldn’t keep my

with me, with my baby. There was nothing I

smile. Then I

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war room, a few of the others were already present,

General Vandough was able to

hear.” However, the advisor who reported it still seemed worried, so I asked, “Mr.

were able to hold off their

meeting looked serious, and I could tell this wasn’t the first time

our warriors were, Winter Forest pack’s territory was nowhere near as resourceful as the rest of the Eastern Kingdom. Long term, we would not be able to fight against

all saw the problem, but what could we

| said. “Mr. Heath, since you were the first one to mention this problem, I would like to hear your

expected, he had come prepared. ‘Your Majesty, my opinion is straightforward.

turns coming after us here, at the palace, where they know they can find us. But if we launch attacks proactively, we can draw them away from the innocent civilians

be the

Alpha,”

Heath said. “We request for both Your Majesty and

aside the safety of Her Majesty and Alpha Ethan. What if the enemies still attack the palace? Then there wouldn’t be any protection left

think you misunderstood what I meant, Cerina.” He looked her in the eye. “I didn’t mean launch the at tack in our Northern tier. I mean,” he took a pause, and grabbed everyone’s attention.”-we attack Mirage and

Van dough also supports this plan. We need to

stood up and disagreed. “That’s an act of an invader! If we do that, what’s the difference be

Cerina up. “I see Cerina’s point. If we were to launch an attack of that size, we would end up bringing

have a better idea than launching the

could say anything to defend Georgia, Jace jumped into the discussion. “Woah, woah! Heath, don’t

and gave

The discussion was heated a

tried to make the right decision for our

in the room. “Why don’t we hear what the queen

all eyes landed

I was their leader, and it was

we needed to do something proactively, but I would never want to be an invader and be the cause of more havoc to the

silent. Everyone was