Sold as the Alpha King's Breeder
Chapter 170
Chapter 170: Rosalie’s Persuasion
*Rosalie’s POV
The flowers Ethan had brought me remained on my lap. Though I considered pushing them off onto the floor, I didn’t. They were beautiful and innocent, and they deserved to be treated better.
I sighed. I bundled them into a bouquet and placed them on the table along with the necklace. The simple decoration immediately brightened the room.
I heard a discussion at the door of my tent that got my attention. Georgia’s voice boomed above those of the guards and another female voice I thought to be Vicky’s.
“Let me in there right now, d*mn you, or I’ll cut your balls off and shove them down your throat!”
“But Miss Georgia,” one of the guards was saying, “the Rogue King has expressly forbid us from betting anyone inside to see the White Queen.”
The next thing I heard was the sound of someone doubling over in pain as I assumed Georgia had punched him in the stomach.
“Go tell Ethan. Now! Otherwise you’ll be the next!” she threatened the other guard.
“M-Miss Georgia…” he stammered.
“Just f*cking go tell him, and leave us the f*ck alone!” Georgia scolded.
I heard footsteps running away, and a moment later, my tent door opened, and Georgia and Vicky were walking in
Stunned, I stood up to hug them. “What are you doing here?” | asked them. Ethan hadn’t let me see anyone except for him since Rowan had left.
Georgia hugged me tightly. “We don’t have a lot of time before Ethan finds out that we’re here,” she explained. She released me, and Thugged Vicky, seeing by her face that she’d been crying. Her eyes were red and puffy, and she had streaks down her cheeks where tears had rolled through the layer of dust that covered her face, likely from a recent battle
“What’s going on?” I asked,
The two exchanged a quick glance before Georgia said, “It’s Ethan He’s lost his damn mind!”
“Tell me something I don’t already know,” I muttered, folding my arms beneath my chest. “What did he do this time?”
Bursting into tears, Vicky managed to choke out, “Talon! He’s. going to whip him!”
“What?” I couldn’t believe what she was telling me. Talon, of all people? The one person who was loyal to Ethan, no matter what he did?
“Why in the world would he do that?”
Vicky was sobbing so hard now, she couldn’t speak Georgia wrapped an arm around her and pulled her to her shoulder as she answered me.
I nodded. “Talon did the right thing,” I said. I couldn’t imagine how ruthless Ethan had to have become.
“Well, Alpha didn’t see it that way.” Vicky choked out.
Georgia patted her back as Vicky continued to cry. I felt just awful for my friend, but I didn’t even have a tissue to give to her
“When Ethan found out, he lost his sh*t,” Georgia said. “He had Talon locked up. In the morning, he’s going to give Talon forty lashes as his punishment.”
“Forty lashes?” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. My hands flew up to cover my mouth. Forty lashes had been known to strip all of the flesh night off of one’s back. Talon would be in serious condition from something like that especially if they became infected
Most importantly, did Ethan also expect Talon to fight? If Talon went out to battle with wounds like that, he wouldn’t be able to fratre. effectively, and he could dle!
“That’s right,” Georgia confirmed, “We can’t let that happen, Rosalie. If Ethan can do that to Talon, he can do it to anyone. Beaides that… Talon doesn’t deserve to be treated that way. He’s been so loyal to Ethan all of these years. He gave up everything to stay by his side. Now, my f*cking brother is willing to stoop so low?”
I could tell by the way she was shaking her head, her lips pressed together, that she was trying to control her rage.
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I agreed with her. We couldn’t let that happen. But I didn’t know how to stop it either. “What can we do? Do you think you can break Talon out of the tent so he can run away?”
“No,” Georgia said quickly, like that wasn’t even a possibility. “He’s too well guarded. No, the only way we can keep this from happening is if you can talk Ethan out of it.”
“Me?” I asked, my eyes widening, “How can I talk him out of it?” I was still his prisoner, after all. Clearly, I wasn’t good at talking Ethan out of anything.
“But you did. You’ve done it once. You’re the only one he’ll listen to,” Vicky said between sobs.
“Please Rosalie?” Georgia pleaded. “It’s the only way to save Talon.”
With no hesitation, I said, “Yes, of course, I’ll try. I just… don’t want you to get your hopesup, that’s all.”
“Thank you, Rosalie!” Vicky said, letting go of Georgia to hug me. 11 knew we could count on you!”
So much for them not getting their hopes up.
Georgia hugged me, too. “Thank you for trying.”
“Of course,” I sighed. “I only hope I can make Ethan listen to me.”
“Listen to you about what?”
Ethan’s voice boomed from the opening of the tent, making all three of us jump, even Georgia
Ethan’s expression clearly told us that he was beyond furious.
“We should go,” Vicky said quietly.
“Guards,” the Rogue King said behind the other two girls, “take them to…”
“Ethan!” | shouted out, redirecting his attention to me before he could come up with another horrendous punishment for my friends.
Ethan’s eyes lit up, and he walked towards me, seemingly forgetting what he was about to say
Georgia and Vicky exchanged a look and quickly fled the tent. The guards looked at us for a moment and quietly exited the room as well.
Once they were gone, Ethan was right in front of me. “What’s going on, Rosalie?”
I took a deep breath. As angry as I was at him for everything he’d done to me and what he was threatening to do to Talon, I knew it wouldn’t do me any good to yell at him. I had to keep myself calm and patient.
“Please take a seat.”
Ethan was surprised, but he didn’t question me.
I took a few moments to organize my thoughts. My eyes darted to the flowers and the necklace on the table.
Then I cleared my throat and said, “Thank you for the flowers.”
He followed my gaze and saw the flowers on the table, and it seemed to me that he was pleasantly surprised that I made them into a bouquet. I was really glad that I didn’t throw them away like I originally planned to. I added, “And the necklace.”
Ethan looked at me in disbelief. The red in his crimson eyes seemed to have faded a little, and I could see an expression similar to a smile on his face.
He cleared his throat and murmured, “You’re welcome.”
1 stared at him with my mind blank for a moment.