Sold as the Alpha King's Breeder
Chapter 180
Chapter 180 Fading Away
“Rosalie? Rosalie!” Ethan calling my name brought me back around. I was in his arms. He covered me with something, and it was then that I realized I had shifted back into my human form.
I didn’t even have the strength to keep my wolf any more.
His chest was warm and his scent… soothed me even though it was mixed with dirt and blood.
‘Your Majesty! Cerina cried in mindlink, ‘Can you hear me? Please say something!
I can hear you,’ I managed to respond to Cerina but my eyes were still on Ethan. How’s the battle going?’
“General Vandough brought reinforcements, and Soren is leading the vanguard.’
The citizens?
‘Luckily, minimum casualty.”
I let out a breath but I didn’t know how much longer I’d be able to hold on to my consciousness as I felt my life force fading away.
“Rosalie!” Ethan’s tone wasn’t as leveled as usual. It sounded to me that he was trying to control his emotions. That made me wonder… if I die, would he cry for me?
I tried to focus my gaze on him as he said, “Rosalie, let me take over!” As if he wasn’t certain I would give him command, he added quickly, “Trust me!”
The only move I could make with the strength I had left was to blink my eye lids twice, and I mindlinked Cerina, Alpha Ethan will be in charge…’
Then darkness took over me.
When I woke up again, my head was heavy and it took me a while to get used to the light.
“What can I get you, Your Majesty?” It was Seraphine’s voice.
“Wa…water, please.” I managed.
She poured me some water and shouted to someone else in the room, “Tell everyone that Her Majesty is awake,” she said. I heard the scuffle of footsteps behind me but didn’t turn my head to see who it was or where they were going.
After taking a sip of the cold liquid, I put down the cup, looked around, and realized that I was back in my room in the palace.
I’ll get some food for you!”
I nodded and watched her run off.
I remembered our battle and my giant wolf. Then Soren was able to get there in time and Ethan took over command,
Now that we were back in the palace, I assumed everyone was probably okay for now and we had some quiet time to prepare for their next attack
Not long after Seraphine left the room, I heard steady and powerful footsteps approaching my room.
Ut was Ethan.
He had stopped walking toward me now, and was just standing in the distance, observing me.
I hadn’t said much of anything to him since he woke up in the temple. Ever since the ritual, he had kept his distance. Did he regret everything that he had said or done to me?
He told me I was his mate when he was rogue. At least I remember he seemed to want me and needed me as his mate: since he was back to being himself, it seemed to me all he did was to keep his distance…
I shook my head. I looked at my long white hair, and couldn’t stop the bitterness from spreading in my heart. What was I expecting from him anyway? I was the one who had cut off the mate bond.
In fact, it was probably better this way.
As I was staring at him, he slowly began to walk over toward me.
“Rosalie.” He finally said something to break the awkward silence
I looked up into Ethan’s blue eyes. “Hi,” was all I managed.
He sank down beside me, his eyes more focused on my hair than on my face. “How are you?”
“Fine.” That was pretty much all I could say.
He wrapped his arms loosely around me and pulled me close to his shoulder. “I’m glad to hear that. I was worried.”
As he released me, I said, “We need to make sure we are ready for them to come back.”
His eyes widened slightly, as if to say he couldn’t believe I was trying to lead the army at the moment, but then he began to nod. “Yes, of course. I’ll take care of it.”
“Thank you for your help,” I said politely.
Again, he had a questioning look on his face. “Sure.” Ethan stood and backed away from me, and I felt confident that he could handle this situation without my help.
Someone hurried over, “Alpha, Report-!”
Ethan held up a hand and interrupted him. Then he turned toward me. “You get some rest, and I’ll be back soon.”
I watched Ethan walking away with the messenger, I called him without thinking, “Ethan!”
He paused immediately and stared at me. I thought I saw fire in his eyes.
” My mouth opened and closed, and finally I said, “Do I have your promise to look after my people?”
I knew it was selfish to ask, but he was our hope.
The fire in his eyes dimmed. “Yes, I promise,” he said, and he walked away.
VINES
My heart began to sink. Had I blown a chance to say something meaningful to him? I wondered how many more opportunities might have.
| gazed at my white hair and I knew what it meant. It was a sign of my life force being drained.
My thoughts went to my mother.
She passed away at such a young age for the same reason.
Yes, our power was a blessing and a curse – it was unleashed at the price of the White Queen’s life!
Few people knew it, and that was why Cerina had warned me over and over again to be cautious whenever I exerted the power in my blood.
It was just that… I couldn’t watch that many people die under my watch. I had no other options!
Ethan didn’t come back any time soon. I knew he was busy – he took on my responsibilities for me.
“Your Majesty, we are in a solid defensive position, Madalynn and Behar’s forces have retreated. But we know they are just going to lick their wounds and then they’ll be back, especially with Kal and James backing them up.” Seraphine updated me later in the afternoon
I replied, ” I don’t want to stay in bed, I’m well enough to attend the meetings too.”
Seraphine disagreed, “Alpha Ethan has been leading the steering committee. His troops also arrived late last night and joined our forces, so there’s nothing Your Majesty needs to worry about. Please take it easy on yourself.”
I had quite a few of visitors since I woke up. People came to check on me whenever they could. They were amazed by my long white hair, but they didn’t know what it meant I’d told Cerina and Seraphine not to mention it to anyone else. Not even our pack members.
turved people to focus on their responsibilities and told them to stop worrying about me. There was no point in having them know about A wouldn’t help anyone.
spent most of my days with Rowan, Cerina and Seraphine tried their best to act normal around me, but I could still see sorrow in their eyes
I wanted to tell them, “Don’t look at me that way. I’m not dead yet! PK
But by the end of the second day, I was beginning to feel the changes taking over my body. No matter how hard I forced myself to keep moving. I was fading fast.
That night I tried to avoid going to bed for fear that I wouldn’t be able to get up again, and when I woke up the morning of the third day after the battle.. the worst had happened.
I couldn’t get up.
My eyes were wide open, but my body was so tired, I simply didn’t have the energy to pull myself out from between the sheets.
A dull ache radiated throughout my body. It wasn’t an intense, sharp pain, but it felt as if my limbs weighed a thousand pounds each and even sucking in a breath was uncomfortable.
My body was giving out on me.
“Your Majesty!” Seraphine called as she came into the room to check on me. “What’s wrong?!”