Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 17: Ernest’s Mate

Maeve

“Don’t say your name? Why?”

*Just in that context. I don’t… we can’t-”

“I know,” I said hurriedly, feeling foolish. It couldn’t be personal. That had to be what he meant. I fidgeted, looking past him toward the door. He followed my gaze, then snapped his head back around, giving me a serious look.

“Leave them alone, Maeve. I know what you’re thinking.”

“I just really need to talk to Ernest—”

“No, you don’t.”

“You don’t understand, Aaron. Gemma is in a bit of a crisis right now,”

“Because they’re mates? That doesn’t sound like a crisis to me.” He stood there, staring at me blankly as my jaw dropped open.

“How the hell did you know that?”

“Uh, he told me? Is it supposed to be a secret-”

I turned from him, pacing over to a set of couches that had been pushed up against the wall so that the maid could polish and wax the floor. I felt a little guilty as I looked down at the very obvious footprints left in the fresh wax, but the room was rarely used. It was my first time spending more than a few minutes here myself. “Well, if you know about it then it’s not a secret, is it?”

He shrugged, reaching up to crack open the window. “What do you need to talk to him about that’s so pressing you’d interrupt them?”

“I wasn’t going to interrupt them,” I lied, pursing my lips as he cast me an incredulous look. “I just wanted to talk to him privately.”

“About why he won’t marry and have children?”

Igaped at him again, my jaw nearly hitting the floor. “You know about that? You know why?”

“Yeah, he told me all about it.” Aaron’s tone was so casual that I laughed, unable to stop myself. He peered at me, tilting his head as I sat down on one of the dusty couches. “Do you seriously not know? How could you not know? Your whole reason for being here is to produce the heir he refuses,”

“Refuses? No, he can’t have children.”

“Oh, he’s perfectly capable of having children.”

“1-How?”

rest with his legs splayed open. I could see the outline of his cock in the comically tiny shorts he was wearing, and he made no move to hide it, either. He caught my gaze and I blushed, which was actually the reaction he

“Aaron!”

on the arm rest and put both of his feet on the couch, facing me. “Ernest said he had a vision that his mate and their child would die, so he decided he would never marry or

my brow, trying to gauge whether or not Aaron was messing with

the same vision, and she was the driving force behind getting your dad

flush, my skin prickling with a chill as his words settled. Aunt Georgia never

had special traits, like my mother, but seers were rare if they were real at all. At least, that’s what my parents told me after Aaron’s own mother cursed me, after his accident. My mom’s powers were well known, but we descended from the Moon Goddess herself as White Queens. Aunt

not messing with you right now, I promise. And I know how ridiculous it sounds. He said he thought it was just a dream until his mom said something about it. This all happened shortly before they

Winter Forest with us, not thousands of miles away in Valoria. I didn’t know the details of the exchange of power, but I do know Ernest became Alpha at a ridiculously

well, Ernest believes it. I tried to talk him out of

true,” I said

his eyes at me, shaking his head. “You’re kidding, right? It’s fanciful at best-” He paused, the muscles of

own mother

It’s not real, just

the

determines your future? How do you know your blood

lingering on mine. “She believed it. I could see it in her

exactly is

knees to look down at the floor. “That I won’t find my mate. That I

“Well, when’s your birthday?”

up at

stood, holding out his hand to me

“Where are we going?”

Ernest he’s being

you said

I changed

day he got hurt in front of me, or his mother, or my possible curse. But, I was thankful

me back into the hallway, but we were surprised to see Ernest walking quickly down the corridor away from us,

Where are you going?” Aaron

he squeezed my hand, tucking it behind his back, and we

looking flustered. “I forgot the Alpha of Greenbriar was arriving for a conference today. I have to go down to the village to escort him to the castle. Give him a little tour.” He sighed deeply, running his fingers through his

my fingernails into Aaron’s hand. I felt him stiffen beside me and inhale, but his face was calm

about this guy. Lance says

his heel crunching my toes. I let out my breath in a hiss, glancing up at him and noticing the abrupt change in his demeanor. He was looking forward, his gaze traveling well past

three of us. I swallowed, exhaling as Aaron removed his heel from

But why?

fetch this guy, how does that sound?” Aaron said, still looking over the top of Ernest’s

and his entourage from the train station to the road leading to the castle. Lance will meet them there. I’d definitely feel better if you went with