Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 5: Do You Want to Die?

I was in that dream again.

Grass wet with dew brushed against my bare legs as I glided quickly through the meadow, barely feeling the ground beneath my feet. My eyes were scanning for another glimpse of the majestic creature I’d just gained sight of a moment ago before it bound between two large pine trees.

I knew if I followed the gorgeous white pony further into the woods, I would run into him again.

“Don’t touch me!” He raised his voice, but he didn’t sit up, and his arms lay limp at his side. He wore a mask over his face. Only his onyx black eyes were visible to me.

“Do you want to die?” I retorted as I inspected his body for wounds.

“…I don’t care,” he replied quietly.

My hands paused. For some reason, his words broke my heart a little, even though he’d almost killed me just now.

I lifted my gaze to meet his. His eyes were so deep, so dark, like infinite wells, and I feared that if I spent too much time looking into them, I might not be able to extricate myself from their depths.

“Well, I do, okay?” I said. “My father would yell at me if he finds out I left someone bleeding to death in the wild! Relax. l’

m just going to bandage up these wounds.”

He grunted a bit when I lifted him off of the ground, but he didn’t fight back anymore.

Silence filled the air, and I felt I had to say something, so I started with the basic question. “What’s your name?”

He looked at me with those dark eyes and answered, “I don’t have one.”

“Really? That’s strange, because I don’t have one either.”

He cocked his head to the side and gave me a look that was a cross between confused and annoyed.

“It’s true. People just call me girl.”

“Girl?” he repeated.

“That’s right. Girl,” I gave him a big smile. My father had told me that smiles were one of the most effective ways to make friends.

But instead of returning a smile back to me, he almost seemed a bit uncomfortable and moved his gaze away from mine. “And what are you doing out here in the woods all alone?” he asked.

“Um…“ | tapped on my chin. “Have you heard of the Sun Blossom flower?”

His eyes widened slightly, and I could see that he had heard of it.

I continued, “You know, the flower that grows on the side of the mountains. I’ve heard they’re beautiful, and smell won

WI

derful. That’s why I came. My friend was leading me there…”

“Your friend?” he glanced around immediately, his tone

wary.

“Yes, my new friend. A little white pony…”

He let out a breath of relief, and then said matter-of-fact ly. “Those flowers, they’re not easy to get.”

“My mother also said it was a fool’s errand.” | rested my hands in my lap. “But I love flowers. Don’t you?”

He shrugged and looked down at the ground.

then, the fire was suddenly extinguished. His whole body was taken by

unnervingly silent, and I started to

| couldn’t stop

“Is something the matter?”

I looked up in shock, my mouth agape as he stood in front of me

just happened?”

it was a beautiful Sun Blos som flower in full bloom, its delicate purple petals

he said, handing the flower to me.

stared at the flower.

seemed to seep in all around me again until it was nearly pitch black. I could barely see

I shouted, wishing I knew his

him, and that was when

sinking into the fabric of my pants, and the smell of it, rusty with alu minum,

was

“Are you

looked at me. I could see the whites of the eyes behind his mask, but

stopped, but the blood continued to

escaped from me-I realized he was dead and that the darkness was

heaving and my heart was pounding out of my chest as my eyes flew open and the blackness

sat up in bed and looked at the fig ures of the other girls sleeping

Right. The palace.

the prince’s office. It was no wonder i’d had such a bloody version of my recurring

filtered in beneath the curtains, and a glance at the clock told me that it was still quite early. It was unlikely that anyone else

I couldn’t go back to sleep. Not

to head to the gar den for a bit of fresh air. Being

so I inhaled deeply, feeling more

were here so he could give me advice about how to proceed. Luckily, his lessons had been engraved in my heart. I would find a way to

they smelled divine. I paused to breathe them

settled around me, and I found a measure of content ment in the solace of the

my attention and

sound of something crashing hard

the rose bushes, and then I heard what I thought were growls, followed by muttered curse words and grunts

of two people fighting one another, and I immediately recognized one of them. He was the last person I wanted to see

attacked… again. Really, how hated was he that this

clearly gaining an upper hand, I decided it would be best to get back inside. But

Shoot!

to hide myself, praying neither of them noticed me, but

then, I heard a familiar voice order, “Come out now, or

I grabbed some dirt and smeared it on my face, messing up my hair and putting leaves and sticks

that I was messy enough that he wouldn’t want to look at me. That way, he wouldn’t recognize me as the sole survivor of the bloody event

was hard.

chest, but then I dropped my head so that I wasn’t staring at places

bit of hope

quick succession as

of replying to his Be

Your Highness,”

he didn’t buy it. “You may look a mess,

way to the kitchen… to learn how

to approach me since last night.” His voice was a low rumble, and with every syllable, a new tremor of fear passed over me. “Let me make this clear. Leave me alone un less you want to

him,

to get away?” | as sumed he was referring to

Beta Jake glanced at me and

Theo’s eyes locked on me again. I felt fear coursing through my body. He took a step closer to me, and I cowered, but my feet remained planted for worry of what would hap pen if I

interrupt me, I will end you. Do you hear me?” His words were as cold as