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

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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.

fire was suddenly extinguished. His

turned unnervingly silent, and I started to

you still here?” | couldn’t stop

“Is something the matter?”

in shock,

happened?” I asked

som flower in full bloom, its delicate purple petals speckled with gold flakes that sparkled in the

handing the

I stared at the flower. “How did

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

I shouted, wishing I

and

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

blood was coming

shouted. “Are you

the eyes behind his mask, but in that stare,

had stopped, but the

realized he was dead and that the darkness was about to

heart was pounding out of my

hand over my face, I sat up in bed and looked at the fig ures of the

Right. The palace.

office. It was no wonder i’d

the clock told me that it was still quite early. It was unlikely that anyone else would be

go back to

I got out of bed and decided to head to the gar den for

was crisp so I inhaled deeply, feeling

were here so he could give me advice about how to proceed. Luckily, his lessons had been engraved

and they smelled divine. I paused to breathe them in, looking at the glorious pink and gold sunrise in the

I just knew it. Peace fulness settled around me, and I found a measure of

noises caught my attention and they quickly ushered my

something crashing hard to

thought were growls, followed by muttered curse words

another, and I immediately recognized one of them. He was the last person

He was being attacked… again. Really, how

decided it would be best to get back inside. But as I began to move, I stepped on

Shoot!

bushes, I tried to hide myself, praying neither of

Just then, I heard a familiar voice order, “Come

on my face, messing up my hair and putting leaves and

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

was hard. His

about halfway. My eyes immediately went to his chest, but then I dropped my head so that I wasn’t staring at places that

on the path behind him gave me a bit of hope

on time. Are you okay?” The footsteps finished in quick succession as Jake, the Beta, stopped next

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

was only passing by, Your Highness,” I

really?” Obviously, he didn’t buy it. “You may look

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

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

to remind him, “But the king’s order

away?” | as sumed he was referring to the attacker just

me and dared not to say

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

me, I will end you. Do you hear me?”