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.

the fire was suddenly extinguished. His

and I

| couldn’t

“Is something the matter?”

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

happened?” I

thrust his hand at me. In it was a beautiful Sun Blos som flower in full bloom, its delicate purple petals speckled with gold

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

the flower. “How

seep in all around me again until it was

I shouted, wishing I knew

to reach out to grab him, and that was when I no

fabric of my pants, and

was

“Are you

eyes behind

stopped, but the

realized he was dead and

and my heart was pounding out of my chest as my eyes

me a moment to remember where I was. Brushing my hand over my face, I sat up in bed and looked at the fig ures of the other girls sleeping in twin beds

Right. The palace.

to what had happened yesterday in the prince’s office. It was no wonder i’d had

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

I couldn’t go back to sleep. Not

to head to the gar den for a bit of fresh air. Being outside always lifted my

inhaled deeply, feeling more optimistic and

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

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

around me, and I found a

and they quickly ushered my resolve

crashing

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

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

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

to get back inside. But as I began

Shoot!

to hide myself, praying neither of them noticed

shortly. Just then, I heard a

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

that I was messy enough that he wouldn’t want to look at me. That way,

hard.

shirt was open about halfway. My eyes immediately went to his chest, but then I dropped my head so that I wasn’t

behind him gave me a bit of

finished in quick succession as Jake, the Beta, stopped next to the prince, but Prince Theo raised a hand to

you doing here?” Instead of replying to

Your Highness,”

didn’t buy it. “You may look a

“Yes, that’s true. I was… on my way to the kitchen… to learn how to cook for you…

low rumble, and with

him,

caused him to get away?” | as sumed he

at me and dared not

coursing through my body. He took a step closer to me, and I cowered, but

hear me?” His words were as cold as ice