Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 120: Something’s wrong with Her

Rowan

The castle was abuzz with its usual day-to-day activities. Servants and maids passed me in the hallway carrying baskets of laundry and trays of tea. I could hear the clattering of cookware as I left my office and walked toward the grand staircase off the foyer, seeing the door to the servants’ hallway that led to the kitchen slightly ajar.

It was nearing lunch, and I was definitely hungry. I stopped to let a maid pass by with a tray full of sandwiches and coffee, heading toward the library.

“For Miss Kacidra,” she said, bobbing her head as she noticed my gaze.

I nodded back, tucking my hands in my pockets as I followed the maid down the hallway toward the library.

Kacidra was seated at the long library table in the center of the room. She was peering down at a large textbook, her brow knitted in concentration. She looked up with a smile as the maid approached with the lunch tray, but she arched her brow as I entered behind the maid.

“Don’t distract me, Rowan,” she said with a laugh before giving the maid her thanks. Kacidra leaned back in her chair and bit into a sandwich.

I pulled one of the chairs out from the table and sat down, taking a deep, restorative breath before grabbing a sandwich

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for myself.

“Want some coffee? You look like you could use it!” she asked.

“I didn’t get too much sleep last night,” I sighed, accepting the steaming cup of coffee from Kacidra. Kacidra snorted with mirth, bringing the coffee to her lips and sipping cautiously.

“Ouch, that’s hot-”

“Don’t you have class today?” I asked, motioning toward the mountain of books she had strewn across the table. She bit into her sandwich, flipping through the pages of her textbook for a moment before she met my eyes again, shrugging.

“I had class this morning. I have lab this afternoon, though. A test, so it’s a short class. I’ll be home before dinner.”

Kacidra was in her first year of medical school at the University of Mirage. She was studying to be a physician with the intent of going home to Red Lakes and setting up a practice there, something she said was desperately needed. Kacidra was sharp as a tack, and she seemed to be enjoying her studies. And Pete, well, I had never met anyone so devoted to their mate.

Her studies meant Kacidra and Pete would be living in Mirage for several years, and I had offered them residence at the castle.

Pete’s mother, a spirited older woman named Debby, was also living at the castle, but had insisted on being given a job while she remained under our roof. Debby had been given the task of tending to the hundreds of plants in the atrium, many of the plants native to the Isles where she was from, and all and

all, the family seemed content.

Kacidra’s presence was also a huge comfort to Hanna.

Especially now. Hanna could use all of the comfort she could get.

is Hannah doing?” Kacidra asked, her voice

I only shrugged my shoulders. I needed to figure out some way to express myself better, but I didn’t have

in search of the overwhelming anxiety I felt regarding everything that was going on

wonder where everyone else is,” I muttered, taking another sip of my coffee. Everyone had gotten in just

minutes, I expect. They all seem

they’d ridden the train into town. Shows how much

Maeve wanted to take the boys on the train, you know. They’re

little boys love

days ago, I hadn’t seen them since Maeve and Troy left to start their new lives as the Alpha and Luna of Poldesse. It was so great to have them around, and Will in particular seemed to really

their

fully aware of the thoughts I’d just had and I’d summoned them. I pushed aside my notions regarding how stressful

into the library and looked around. She hadn’t been in this room yet since she arrived just

I thought you said you wanted to modernize the place?” Maeve said as she held Oli in her arms. Charlie had his arms wrapped around her leg, resting his bottom on

busy,” I quipped, forcing a smile on my face as I glanced over at them. Will toddled over to me, and I reached down to scoop him up. I began to bounce Will on my knee. He squealed with laughter at

Charlie both looked like Troy and were very hard to tell apart. They were

a totally different personality. Will was

little Oli, was wild and fearless. As Maeve looked around the library, he sprinted away from her on all fours toward the ladder at the

lean build. He was slightly shorter than his brothers and

and my own. And the other was

of excited “Dada!” rang out through the air as the boys made their way to their father

on his hands and knees, crawling across

too was crawling still, but Oli was running,

my entire life. He shouldn’t have survived, and likely wouldn’t have had

sneaking suspicion he was going to be

be reckoned with.

over to the set of couches near the hearth. He casually dumped the boys on the couch, much to

as he fielded the advances of

I replied stupidly. I

it alone, Troy,” Maeve was scanning a

the shelf, glancing at me out

suddenly, Gemma and Ernest appeared, George toddling ahead of them into the library as

toss her arms around Maeve while Ernest came over

much of him since they’d gotten

Hanna was not in the

with her, his hand wrapped around Mom’s “We don’t want to pry. But we’ve

all here to help. That was our reason for coming. But we can’t help you if you don’t open up

what’s happening with you and

asked, “Is it Hanna that’s