Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 45: The King’s Bride Is…

After all of that running through the woods, trying to get away from the beasts that had been chasing us, both Warren and I were exhausted. Theo didn’t seem tired at all. He led the way for us back to the palace, where Sophia had been waiting for us there.

The moment we came into view, Sophia came running over to us, already crying and carrying on, blubbering all over Warren.

“There you are, my darling! My King! I was so unbelievably worried about you! I thought I had lost you forever!” She flung herself into his arms and began to cry even harder.

It wasn’t good for his hurt leg for him to be standing there, supporting her and himself. Since we’d stopped running, his injury had seemed to be healing somewhat, but now, it made me worried that he’d be hurt all over again.

Some of her guards had come out with her. I turned to one of them and said, in my most authoritative voice, “Fetch a healer for the king.”

The guard looked at me like he wasn’t sure whether or not he should do what I said.

“Now.” I told him, and he jumped into action.

Theo arched an eyebrow at me, clearly surprised to see me take control of the situation. He also had a sour expression the entire time we’d been walking back. I had no idea why.

Warren was still leaning on me so that I could help him walk. Nothing else was happening between us. Of that, I was certain. So when Warren addressed Sophia by saying, “We need to talk about this wedding,” my ears perked up immediately.

What was going on?

He sounded like he was about to give her bad news.

She didn’t hear it that way. “Oh, don’t worry! I have been working on things while you were gone, even though my roses were trampled!” She gestured toward the destroyed flower garden nearby, but Theo simply folded his arms across his chest, uncaring.

Keeping her at arm’s length, Warren began, “I’ve had plenty of time while I was gone to think about this situation, and I‘m afraid I’ve made a grave mistake.”

Suddenly, Sophia was starting to get it. Her face blanched and she stammered, “Wh–what?”

“I have only been reunited with you a short amount of time, and even when we were together a long time ago, it was a few months. But I’ve been with Ciana for years. Just now, in the cave and the forest, when I was injured, when we were being chased, she proved herself to me. She helped me to survive out there. I can’t just forget about that.”

Sophia’s eyes turned on me, and she glared in anger. “Are you saying you’d rather marry this… tramp than me?”

“Please, don’t use such foul language to describe the woman I love. I know it’s hard for you to understand, but you and I have been apart for many years, and people change. I realized I cannot hurt Ciana this way.”

nothing, only stood there, staring

me? What

will still be the prince.

to me?!” Sophia covered her mouth with both hands, started crying even harder and turned around and ran away, back toward the palace, screaming over her shoulder, “I hate you! I curse

one said anything. Even the guards didn’t seem to know know what to do. I was as stunned as Sophia and

hardly believe my ears. After all of these years, now you want to marry this

would just stop. He was just a guard here, after all, and he shouldn’t be addressing the king in such a

that.” He turned to face me, taking my arms gently.

believe what I was

me, Theo grumbled, “It’s too little too late if

him shut up. Why did he say that? From what I’d just heard, we were getting

but I‘ m glad it’s not too late. I didn’t go through with my decision to

Theo groaning behind me, so I turned around and gave him a look that told him he needed to stop it. He glared at Warren but

healer will be looking for me. Tomorrow, I will make sure

would have a wedding with Warren, but the fact that we were about to complete the

I could feel his anger radiating off of

already? What’s going on?” Once we got back to my courtyard,

wanted!” He scoffed and walked

understand why. What was wrong with him? If

the library, and when I entered, I found it wasn’t just one designer, but multiple designers were there with

dark hair pounced on

try mine first!” a tall, thin man with a large nose

a plump older woman said,

overwhelmed, looking at all of them. Everywhere my eyes fell, all I

I chose a dress to try on. The designers gathered around, watching to see my reaction. It was beautiful. I really liked it. Wearing it, for the first time in my life,

oohed and ahhed, and I couldn’t help but smile at

I thought

her, but then, I saw Theo standing in the corner of the

do you think?” I asked

a skirt like that, you look like you could be dropped out of an airplane at ten thousand feet and sail gently to

absurd–and a little funny. Although this was just a quest, not