Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 106: Something Is Wrong

Maeve

We ran in circles around the castle, yipping and howling with delight as we pounced in front of unsuspecting warriors. who were leaning against a thicket of trees while they guarded the outskirts of the castle grounds.

One of the warriors shifted, thinking we were a threat be cause he didn’t yet recognize Rowan’s wolf, which caused Rowan great embarrassment and distress, and he had to shift back to his regular form and explain the situation, naked as the day he was born, in front of a group of warriors in which he was now the Alpha just to prove he was in fact who he said he was, rather than just using the mind-link.

An hour passed. I didn’t feel the pained rush of my milk letting down, or the looseness and ache of my hips. I felt, for the first time since I started to lean into the general malaise of my pregnancy, powerful and strong. Like my old self.

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‘We should head back; it’s starting to rain. You both left your robes in the grass near the terrace.’ Troy turned to look back at the castle, which was just visible in the distance. We were standing on the edge of the forest, resting our paws for a moment. I heard a sound, then saw the grass parting as some thing moved toward us at a high rate of speed.

Chapter 106 Something to Wrong

‘It’s just the dog,’ Rowan huffed, falling in step with Troy as they began to trot back across the field. Duck must have been coming to join us in whatever game he thought we had been playing, but to my surprise he ran between us, darting into the dark forest.

‘Duck!’ I cried over the mind-link, but he was gone in an instant.

‘What the hell was he chasing? I didn’t see anything run past-‘ Rowan said, his voice distorted by a breeze that rustled in the trees, twigs snapping over our heads.

‘I don’t smell anything. No rabbits, or squirrels.’ Troy added, lifting his snout and sniffing deeply.

I was truly concerned. Duck had taken to the castle imme diately, spending his time much like he had in Winter Forest by sprawling out on the carpet with his belly toward the hearth, or wrapped around someone’s ankles while they lounged in the library. He rarely went out on his own to ex plore the castle grounds.

‘We have to go get him,’ I said, turning to the forest.

‘No, Maeve, it’s dark!’ Rowan stepped forward, his eyes sharp and dark in the fading light. Clouds had moved in over our heads, casting the grounds in nothing but darkness.

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‘What are you, scared?’ I retorted, shaking rain from my

coat. ‘It’ll only take a minute.’

Hanna was silent, her head turned to where Duck had dis

appeared between the trees. The path he had taken was not well beaten and was severely overgrown with brambles and wispy, dried vines.

‘Two minutes, then we go back,’ Troy said in a command ing tone, walking between Hanna and I into the forest. Rowan

followed.

I stole at glance at Hanna, who was still fixated on the silent depths of the forest. An eerie feeling swept over me as she turned her head, the fur on her back rising as another stiff breeze sent a vibration through the canopy of trees over our

heads.

‘Is it her?’ I asked, already knowing the answer deep in my

bones.

Hanna lowered her head and walked into the forest after

Rowan and Troy.

When we caught up to him, Duck was digging against the base of a huge oak tree, its roots snaking several yards around its base as it towered over us. Troy barked sharply at Duck, but he didn’t cease his digging. He was frantic, huffing and snarling.

‘Troy, listen-‘I said, a little breathless. I had been trying to

catch up to Rowan and Troy as they chased after Duck. I felt off and didn’t like the feeling I was getting in the forest. I was regretting insisting on chasing after Duck, especially after Hanna had gone silent and still when the breeze hit us.

We were outside of the castle grounds now.

Duck started to snarl, then backed away from the tree.

‘Troy!’ I howled, willing him to listen. He turned his head toward me, his eyes glistening the moonlight coming through the canopy of dried, yellow leaves above our heads.

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had found beneath the tree. He nudged Duck out of the way, and once Duck’s body had moved

cut short by howling coming from deeper in the forest. All of the fur on

sweet. I sniffed, sensing the smell

his teeth latching onto my rough to pull me away. Smoke had filled the area, mingling with the fog

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on his stomach, back in his human form, fog rolling

let go of me and fell to his knees, back in his body. “Wolfsbane. Maeve,

flat on his face before I

I turned to Hanna, who was still a wolf as

said over the

Hanna howled, and to my surprise, Duck understood her. He took off through the forest in the di rection of the castle without looking

a vibrant red as they stepped out of the darkness. Hanna and I stood

of Dian ny had used torches laced with wolfsbane to create a noxious smoke that pulled them from the

how the ancient healer in Dianny who had used it

in the

dare glance at her, but I could feel the tension and

stepped out of the woods into the clearing. He was dressed in all black, his hands tucked

he had the telltale black eyes that

Lycennian.

and Alpha Julian the younger. They had

a handful of linens in front of us without saying

but his meaning

stole a glance at

in front of at least a dozen wolves, I reached down to pull a length of linen up to cover my body. Hanna

same.

a pale cream in color. Ar chaic. Sacrificial. I swallowed against the fear gripping me as

I said shortly, looking up at the

into mine, searching for something. “Your

“Where is she?”

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her.” And that was true. Opaline had told us everything in her attempt to gain my father’s mercy. We knew all there was to know about Lycenna because of

was in shackles now, crossing the formidable, bar ren ice land that was known as the Northern Pass with the refugees from Lycenna, heading into

least bit af fected by them. He shrugged, then reached up to run his fin gers

He

a

can kiss my ass,” I bellowed, hoping she was close enough

you have been correct. She said

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worse,” I

not disappointed.

I fought to keep myself under control. I was try ing as hard as I could not to think about the boys or Troy. I was on the edge of tears,

you want to

“Not particularly.”

Four large, burly men stalked

is waiting

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totally outnumbered so close to the castle where my family was readying for dinner?

my voice not to shake as Carl’s cronies stepped around us to pick

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Rosalie

library with George balanced on my lap. He was bent forward, chewing on the keyboard and smiling whenever I touched the keys

chair, resting, near the hearth, his head slumped to the side as he snored softly with Oliver sleeping

through the dense fog.

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clenched as a thrilled laugh escaped his

nearly as enthused

starting to think Maeve, Troy, Hanna and Rowan had been gone long enough. I abruptly stopped playing the piano, which

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rose from the bench and crossed the room to look out the window. Droplets of rain were falling against