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?!”

him to get him to snap

everywhere. I didn’t think… I could read it. I had seen it before. On

Mom was shaking her head, anxiety creeping into

Rosalie. About Hanna. The moonstones, they

back. She just… she hasn’t been born yet. She will

thought, “what does that have to do with Onya,

the king sent out to retrieve the moonstone in order for Onya to allow Alouette to marry King Hector came back without it… which means he either married her by force, or

break in the White Queen line,” I mumbled, seeing the

Troy breathed, running his fingers

hair.

Rowan, long ago, when Maeve 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

the Temple so we couldn’t figure this out?” I asked in

might not ever know. I don’t

said firmly, closing the book and walking away from the dusty desk, tapping his finger on his lip

the world of the White Queens. She destroyed the temple. She’s going to take the stones and kill Hanna.

Troy

long, brittle yellow grass. Hanna and Maeve were standing in the field talking to each other, too far

fog was rolling around their legs, whis pering through the grass. The sky was gray, thick

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 tighten, knowing how close we were to battle. But I could barely wrap my head around what the battle would possibly look

heavily

fog along the perimeter of the castle’s grounds, little

gaze settled back

pregnant?” I asked

look, then settled, crossing his arms over

know. It only

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enough,” I grunted, leaning on the terrace,

twice.”

what that crazy old woman from Lycenna said, do you? That Hanna is going to the mother of the Moon

his tongue lolling. Pete

playfully lunged at Maeve, who threw a stick far into the field, and he took off like

at first. But

silence flooded the distance between

sounds of thunder in the distance and the crinkle of the grasses as a breeze rippled through it. Tasia

was just

both need to stay on the castle grounds. Do you hear me?” Rowan shouted in a fatherly tone,

away from us

them,” I said, tapping my fingers on the terrace, “I don’t like the idea of them out there,

said hastily, pursing his

know your Dad is going to want us to come to talk to the family soon, fill us

then began to

with conviction as we walked toward them, crunching

time.” Rowan shifted without another word, shaking out his coat and sending a

went wide, and I realized the only time

tomb over me.

whisper in her ear. Maeve hugged her