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.

extinguished. His whole body

and I started to get

| couldn’t

“Is something the matter?”

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

just happened?”

som flower in full bloom,

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

I stared at the

seep in all around me again until it was nearly pitch

I shouted, wishing I

and that was when I no ticed

fabric of my pants,

was coming

shouted. “Are you all right?

behind his

breathing had stopped, but the blood

was dead

my heart was pounding out of my chest as my

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

Right. The palace.

to what had happened yesterday in the prince’s office. It was no wonder i’d had such a bloody version of my recurring dream

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

couldn’t go back

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

so I inhaled deeply, feeling more optimistic

give me advice about how to proceed. Luckily, his lessons had been engraved in my heart. I would find a

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

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

attention and they quickly ushered

sound of something crashing hard to

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

again. Really, how

Prince was clearly gaining an upper hand, I decided it would be best to get back inside. But as I began to move, I stepped on some dry leaves

Shoot!

tried to hide myself,

and ended shortly. Just then, I heard a familiar voice order, “Come out now,

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

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

expression was hard. His dark

his chest, but then I dropped my head so that I wasn’t staring at places that I

bit of

succession as Jake, the Beta, stopped next to the prince, but Prince

you doing here?” Instead of replying

was only passing by, Your Highness,” I said

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

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 read his

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

tried to remind him, “But

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

Beta Jake glanced at me and dared

a step closer to me, and I cowered, but my feet remained planted for worry of what would hap pen

me, I will end you. Do you hear me?” His