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.

His whole body was

silent, and

| couldn’t stop the trembling in my

“Is something the matter?”

sound of his voice startled me. I looked up in shock, my mouth agape as he stood

happened?” I asked

flower in full bloom, its delicate purple petals speckled

handing the flower

at the flower. “How did

darkness seemed to seep in all around

shouted, wishing

out to grab him, and that

from my hand, sinking into the fabric of my pants, and the smell of

was coming

shouted. “Are you

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

the blood continued to pour from

was dead and

out of my

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

Right. The palace.

went to what had happened yesterday in the prince’s office. It was no

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 sleep. Not after

head to the gar den for a bit

I inhaled deeply, feeling more optimistic

advice about how to proceed. Luckily, his lessons had been engraved in my heart. I would find a way to make it through

beautiful rosebush. The blooms were a soft pink with traces of white, and they smelled divine. I paused to breathe them in, looking at the

all right. I just knew it. Peace fulness settled around me, and I found a

attention and they

sound of something crashing hard to the

what I thought were

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

Really,

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

Shoot!

knees behind the bushes, I tried to hide myself,

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

but to show myself. But as one last at tempt at self-preservation, I grabbed some dirt and smeared it on my face, messing up my hair and putting leaves and sticks

enough that he wouldn’t want to look at me. That way, he wouldn’t recognize me as the sole survivor

was hard.

open about halfway. My eyes immediately went to his chest, but then I dropped my head so that

footsteps on the path behind him gave me a bit of hope that maybe someone would come along and spare me

I’m sorry I couldn’t make it on time. Are you okay?” The footsteps finished in quick succession as Jake, the Beta, stopped next to the prince, but Prince Theo raised a hand to stop

of replying to his

passing by, Your Highness,”

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

with an excuse he might like for being outside. “Yes, that’s true. I was… on my way to the kitchen…

approach me since last night.” His voice was a low rumble, and with every syllable, a new tremor of fear passed

tried to remind him, “But

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

Jake glanced at me and dared not to say

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

end you. Do you hear me?” His words were as cold as ice and chilled me to