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.

extinguished. His whole

and I started to get

here?” | couldn’t stop the trembling in

“Is something the matter?”

up in shock, my mouth agape as he

just happened?” I

Sun Blos som flower in full bloom, its delicate

one,” he said, handing the flower to me. “So I

at the flower.

in all around me again until it was nearly

shouted, wishing I knew his

grab him, and that was when I no ticed

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

blood was coming

“Are

at me. I could see the whites of the eyes behind his mask, but in that stare, I saw no traces

had stopped, but the blood continued to pour from

shrill scream escaped from me-I realized he was dead

my heart was pounding out of my

a moment to remember where I was. Brushing my hand over my face, I sat up in

Right. The palace.

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

curtains, and a glance at the clock told me that it was still quite early. It was unlikely that anyone else would be up,

go back to

of bed and decided to head to the gar den for a bit of fresh air. Being outside

morning air was crisp so I inhaled deeply, feeling more optimistic and peaceful

being here would be easy. I wished that my father 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 make it through this trial

soft pink with traces of white, and they smelled divine. I paused to breathe them in, looking at the glorious pink and gold

around

then… noises caught my attention and they quickly ushered

something crashing hard to the

and then I heard what I thought were growls, followed

and I immediately recognized one of them. He was the

being attacked… again. Really, how

that the Prince was clearly gaining an upper hand, I decided it would be best to get back inside.

Shoot!

behind the bushes, I tried to hide myself, praying neither of them noticed me, but

seemed to be interrupted by me and ended shortly. Just then, I heard a

But as one last at tempt at self-preservation, I grabbed some dirt and smeared it on my face, messing up

prayed 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 in his

hard. His dark eyes

chest, but then I dropped my head

behind him gave me a bit of hope that maybe someone would

in quick succession as Jake, the Beta, stopped next to the prince, but

you doing here?” Instead of replying to his Be ta, Theo questioned

was only passing by, Your Highness,” I said in a quiet

buy it. “You may look a

excuse he might like for being outside. “Yes, that’s true. I was… on my way to the kitchen… to learn how to cook for you… but I got lost…….” I lifted my eyes only slightly to try to

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

remind him, “But

that she caused him to get away?” | as sumed he was referring to the attacker

Jake glanced at me and dared not

took a step closer to me, and I cowered, but my feet remained

interrupt me, I will end you. Do you hear me?” His words were as cold as ice and chilled me to the