Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Maeve

Damian was not what I was expecting. He was an older man, tall and lean. He was probably not much older than my own father, but was significantly gray, his eyes framed by wire-rimmed

glasses. He looked more like a kind old schoolteacher than the super-villain of my nightmares, but based on Troy’s body language I realized there was much more to the man than I could gather based on a single glance.

Damian was standing, rocking on heels, and watching us. Pete was lying on the ground nearby. unconscious, and another unfamiliar man of a size that rivaled Robbie was leaning against one of the dead trees, his arms crossed over his chest.

“What are we waiting for?” Damian said in a casual, almost friendly voice.

Troy didn’t move; he was still as a statue, his focus on Damian.

“How are you here?” Troy finally said, his voice edged with fury and confusion. Damian arched his brow, giving Troy an incredulous look.

“I made some new friends,” Damian smiled, shrugging as he took a single step forward, craning his neck to look around Troy to catch a glimpse of me. “Ah, would you look at that? The rumors are true She does look like Ethan.”

“We‘re leaving,”

“And going where exactly, Troy? I owe you; you know. When I first got word about the level of your intimacy with the princess, well, I thought it would cause me nothing but grief. But you’re here now, with her. This will all be over quite soon, and you can have your prize-”

“Prize?” I asked, looking up at Troy.

His shoulders fell a fraction of an inch, but he still stared straight forward, his eye on Damian, unblinking

I knew the original plan and the fact Troy was going to be paid handsomely for breaking Romero out of the castle, but that wasn’t what Damian had been planning all along. Troy was tricked. Surely, Damian didn’t mean to pay him still, if he had been planning to do so at all.

“I did promise you didn’t l?” Damian took another step forward.

“Promise him what?” I snapped, attempting to step out from behind Troy.

Troy blocked me, pulling me back behind him. But Damian had seen me fully, and his eyes widened, then his mouth curled into a malicious smile.

“Well done, Troy.”

“Don’t speak to me, or to her. Leave, now!”

I’d never heard Troy speak in such a tone before, his voice carrying through the clearing in a crisp. commanding way

“I was going to make you my heir, you know. You, the rightful prince-but wait, Romero is dead, isn’t he Troy? My man Horace saw to that, for you.”

“What is he trying to say, Troy?” I whispered into his back.

“Why don’t you tell her for yourself, Troy? Who you really are?”

“I suspect she already knows.” Troy answered, his tone biting.

I had no idea what he meant, honestly. He was Madalynn’s child; I knew that much. He mentioned his father’s name had been Behar. And his grandfather was

“You’re a prince,” I said quietly, the pieces falling into place. I didn’t know why the thought hadn’t crossed my mind before.

“More than that,” Damian folded his hands behind his back and paced, meeting my eye. “He’s the hereditary Alpha of Poldesse.”

I bit my lip to prevent myself from saying my thoughts aloud. Surely, Troy wasn’t planning on acting on that

“It can be all yours, Troy. The Kingdom of the Isles. Valoria is weak, ready for your hand to rule. I paved the way for the dynasty your grandfather always wanted. All you have to do is give me the girl.”

“No,” Troy said firmly without hesitation.

your mother’s dream,

“I didn’t know her,”

a different man had she raised you. A better

not allow you to

just need her blood. You

flat on his back. But before I could act, the large man, Damian’s crony, had his arm around Troy’s

brushing the dirt from

the center of my stomach. Old Maeve would’ve given this man a piece of her mind, maybe even socked him straight in the

was a little

just as the large man threw him to

on my heel and started back toward the tunnel but tripped over Pete, who was still sprawled out on the ground. I caught myself on one of the beams holding up the entrance to the tunnel, one arm wrapped protectively around my

hair as he yanked me off

up and pinching his hand with my

but he wasn’t much taller than me. I thrashed and squirmed against his

been cursing and trying to twist out

toward her,” Damian commanded, and the man knelt on top of Troy, his knee keeping Troy flat on his stomach. Troy was furious, his lips pulled back over his teeth. “If you shift, Troy, I’ll kill her right now, right in front of you.”

closed my eyes, trying to calm myself by breathing through my

it’s going to be okay,” Troy said

me

do you, Troy? Spawn of a White Queen,” Damian pulled up the sleeve of my skirt, exposing my

power yet!” Troy said

been me,

I had the babies to consider. Damian needed me, and if I cooperated, I could likely secure Troy’s safety

I exhaled, turning

my sudden submission, but seemed pleased, loosening his grip

but you‘re not going to like

my

between me and Troy, blocking Troy’s view of

A dead White Queen must be laid

courage I

brow, giving me a

open this door for you. I will show you how

his response. “What makes

said, hoping he didn’t call my bluff. I didn’t know what to do with the moonstones once I had them. Una hadn’t been

Shrugging, he handed me the knife, taking a step away from me lest i lunged at

as I examined the knife’s weight and feel in my hands. I could throw it at him, aiming for his neck,

big, burly bodyguard to worry about after that, the same man who had his huge hand pressing Troy’s

he watched me while I lifted my hand up, bringing the tip of the knife to the palm of

shallowly into my skin. Damian was grinning broadly, his eyes

my hand as I stole a glance at Troy, who was

it, Maeve,” Troy

him and walked to the entrance of Lycaon’s tomb, my breath catching in my throat as the air seemed to still around me,

What next?

my hand, inhaling deeply, then placed it on the symbol in the center

through my palm and up to the tips of my fingers. It

could hear Damian laughing behind me, his voice lifted in excitement as the door began to give way, the rock crumbling

around my chest and moving me out of harm’s way as the door splintered and

into the side of the hill, carved into the stone. Damian was already inside of it, looking around, his face twisted in delirium. He looked

for the first

to get Pete and get

Troy. Do you not remember what happened in Dianny?” I

Troy protested,