Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 104: The White Wolf

“Look, this line, right here-” Mom and I were standing be hind Troy, leaning over his shoulders to peer down at the neat, faded scrawl just above his finger.”

“What does it say? I can barely see the ink!” I narrowed my eyes, wishing the rectory had more than archaic candles to light the dim room.

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“King Hector-his name is right here. He was the king men tioned by Charles in his journal. Look, he did in fact marry Alouette… and they had a son.”

Mom was silent as she scanned the page, her brow fur

rowed in confusion.

“That means there was a break in White Queen line at some point, right? Can that… can that happen?”

“Your family believes it can,” Mom broke in, looking con fused, like she was thinking of some long-forgotten memory or conversation. “He told me once that if Rowan had a daugh ter, she would be in line to my throne. It was a discussion we had before you were born, Maeve. Before we knew you were a

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“But would… say a female cousin of a White Queen hold the same powers as the White Queen herself? There’s no men tion of Onya, the White Queen in Charles’s journal, having any other children.” Troy turned to face Mom.

“Perhaps, but I’m not totally certain. There are no texts on this, you know. All there was… was the names of the queens etched into the temple in Winter Forest. That wall was de stroyed. We might never know who the Queen after Onya was, whether Aloutette became the Queen after her mother, or if it was someone else. There is the library in the castle in Winter Forest, but I’ve never seen any text in there that discussed this.”

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“So if I don’t have a daughter, Rowan could? And she could rule?” A strange glimmer of hope tightening around my heart. How close I had come to death for my sons… I knew in my heart I could not sacrifice myself just so the pack lands could have another White Queen.

Suddenly Troy jumped up, nearly knocking both me and Mom to the ground. He was pale, frozen in place for a moment before he turned to us, fear etched into every curve, every line of his face.

“Oh, Goddess,” he breathed, the words meant for no one but himself. He slowly looked at me, sheer pain flashing be hind his eyes.

“Troy, what is wrong? Are you hurt?” Mom had her hands on his arms, trying to get him to look her in the eyes, but he

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couldn’t.

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“Rosalie,” he said, looking past the both of us at the far wall. “Please don’t take offense to what I am about to say. But I must know. I have to know if Rowan and Hanna have been in timate. Have they-is there any way at all that Hanna could be pregnant?”

I gaped at him, then at Mom, who looked just as shocked as I was.

“I assume so, Troy. They’re mates for Goddesses sake!”

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“We need to go to them, right now. Hanna she-oh, how did I not realize this before?!”

I shook him hard, damn near ready to smack him to get him to snap back to reality be fore his

everywhere. I didn’t think… I could read it. I had seen it before. On the map, I was sure. But I didn’t understand what

was shaking her head, anxiety

Rosalie. About Hanna. The moonstones, they weren’t-we did bring the

hasn’t been born yet. She will be

“what does that have to

allow Alouette to marry King Hector came back without it… which means he either married her by force, or Onya allowed it…

White Queen

breathed, running his fingers

hair.

first arrived in Mirage to rule alongside Ernest,” Rosalie said softy, sitting down. “He said Rowan could rule over Winter Forest in the future if he had a daughter. I

figure this out?” I asked in a soft tone, my head beginning to

ever know.

from the dusty desk, tapping his finger

the stones and kill Hanna. That’s what we know, and all we need to know. It’s time to finish this.” Mom rose from

Troy

fields of long, brittle yellow grass. Hanna and Maeve were standing in the field talking to each other, too far enough from where we stood

their legs, whis pering through the grass.

were holding a conference with Eugene of Red Lakes. It was likely Ethan was telling him exactly what was going on, and how his family was connected. I felt my stomach

was already heavily guarded

of the castle’s grounds,

back on Hanna

she pregnant?” I

dirty look, then settled, crossing his arms over

don’t know. It only happened

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grunted, leaning on the

twice.”

you? That Hanna is going to the mother of the Moon Goddess? It’s insane, Troy.

wide circle, his tongue lolling. Pete and Kacidra had arrived only an hour ago, bringing the dog with

a stick far into the field,

didn’t at first. But I-I

flooded the

through it. Tasia could move the air, and every time a gust of wind rattled the windows of the castle, I thought it

was just

Rowan shouted in a

Rowan!” she shouted back, turning away from

should go with them,” I said, tapping my fingers on the terrace, “I don’t like the idea of them

know,” Rowan said hastily, pursing

going to want us to come to talk to the family soon, fill

looked at each other for a moment, then began to

we walked toward them, crunching through

another word, shaking

shifted myself. Her eyes went wide, and I realized the only time

tomb over me.

ear. Maeve hugged her