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.

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

turned unnervingly silent, and

are you still here?” | couldn’t stop the trembling in

“Is something the matter?”

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

just happened?” I

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

handing the flower to me. “So I got one for

I stared at the

seemed to seep in all around me

shouted, wishing

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

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

blood was

I shouted. “Are

behind his mask, but in that

breathing had stopped, but the

was dead

heart was pounding out of my chest as my eyes

Brushing my hand over my face, I sat up in bed and looked

Right. The palace.

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

me that it was still quite early. It was unlikely that

couldn’t go back

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

deeply, feeling more optimistic

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

blooms were a soft pink with traces of white, and they smelled divine. I paused to breathe

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

and they quickly ushered my

of something crashing hard

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 the last

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

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

Shoot!

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

then, I heard a familiar voice order,

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 in it before I stood and walked to the

That way, he wouldn’t recognize me as the

was hard.

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

a bit of hope that maybe someone would come along and spare me

The footsteps finished in quick succession as Jake,

here?” Instead of replying to his

Your Highness,” I said in

buy it. “You may look

that’s true. I was… on my way to the

rumble, and with every syllable, a new tremor of fear passed over me. “Let me make this clear. Leave me alone un less

Jake tried to remind him, “But the

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

me

felt fear coursing through my body. He took a step closer to me,

hear me?”