Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 209 Farewell and Forever

“It‘s a lovely morning, isn‘t it?”

Ethan Vicky Paul, and I were outside playing with Rowan when I saw Soren‘s familiar form walking slowly toward us

My stomach twisted into knots. For some reason, I knew that he had something important to say to us, and the way he was walking made me think that, whatever it was, I wasn‘t going to like it.

Rowan waved and said, “Uncky!” his attempt to say uncle. It was adorable, and Soren‘s face lit up. He went over to his nephew and carefully stopped the swing Vicky had been pushing.

“You‘re such a smart little guy,” Soren said. He bent down and kissed his nephew‘s cheek, and Rowan patted him lovingly on the face a bit before he shouted that he wanted “mower!” which meant more swinging.

He handed Rowan to Vicky and Paul. The couple took Rowan away over to the swing, leaving the three of us some privacy

You look much better now,” I said, very happy to see Soren‘s recovery progress,

He pulled up a silly smile. “Of course! Not that many people get fed by the White Queen‘s priceless blood on a daily basis for an entire week! Goddess, my body is so energetic that it feels like I‘m ten years younger!”

Ethan commented, “Your IQ too,”

i choked on the sip of water I was taking.

“I take it as you‘re jealous of my youthful strength and dare not face the challenge.”

Ethan arched his brow. “No interest. I‘m not an eleven–year–old.”

“Come on! Why don‘t we go for a race through the woods, down to the river? We can watch the sun finish rising from there.”

I looked at the horizon where the sun was nearly up. Pinks, oranges, and yellows still painted the sky, a beautiful sight.

“It sounds like a good idea.” I smiled at them both. It wasn‘t often that I got to run side by side with the two most powerful he–wolves in the world.

Also, I had a feeling that Soren hadn‘t picked this task randomly. It meant something to him.

“You asked for it,” Ethan finally agreed with a smirk.

I picked up a bag of clothes for us to change, and the three of us took off running through the dew–covered grass.

headed to the woods, running at full speed down a winding trail that meandered between large

were, I managed to keep up, just slightly behind them. It was nice to watch the brothers run side by side, each of them

running too close together. I chuckled under my breath every time one of them did

I could hear the river in front of us. I was looking forward to sitting next to

and then the greenish–brown water came

to smirk at Soren who promptly pushed him a few feet into the water with his shoulder Ethan rushed out of the cold water and shook

couldn‘t help

I shifted and got dressed before I brought them the backpack

Farewell and

a seat on some large rocks overlooking the water as the sun finally climbed

palace was visible in the distance behind us, and with the golden morning light glinting off of the stone, it looked like something out of a fairy

always tried

remember,” Ethan said with

lot older than me and bigger,”

has nothing to do with speed,” Ethan

out a grunt, but he

then,” Soren said, his smile faltering a bit. “My big brother. The toughest guy in the world. I thought… you

look

guy, my big brother, my hero, do something that seemed so… villainous? And then, after I left, all I heard about was how devious you

Soren fixed his gaze on his big brother, waiting for him to finish. “However, I don‘t regret what

now.” He sighed. “But I didn‘t for the longest time. I spent years with Kal, over on the islands, plotting your demise. I used to lay awake at night and dream of ways

tried and

That apology was for

Ethan,“……”

burst into laughter, finally winning one point

and

a really long time and lots of events along the way for me to get to where I am now, Ethan. But… I‘m finally returning to the state of mind I was in when I was a little kid, and you were my big brother that

what Soren was about

guess what I‘m trying to tell you is… I admire and respect you, Ethan. And that‘s why this time… when you beat me to the river, as much as it

face heated a bit, knowing he wasn‘t talking about the foot race we had just run.

with a deep breath, “just because I know you won fair and square, that doesn‘t mean it‘ll be easy for me to

Not that he hadn‘t followed the analogy, but that he wasn‘t sure what Soren

there. Or perhaps I‘ll visit the jungles down south. I could even go