Sold as the Alpha King's Breeder
Chapter 202
Chapter 202 Hold Tight
“Ethan,” I said as I walked into his tent.
He was sitting on his makeshift desk, looking at the reports and making marks on a map. It had been a few days since we’d talked about anything substantial,
*Rosalie? Is everything okay?” he asked, hopping up with a worried look on his face.
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“I’m okay, but I have some news and I figured you should know.”
He put aside what he was doing, paused for a moment, and asked tentatively, “You’ve got news from Soren?”
It was as if he could read my mind. I sighed, “Yes and no, that’s why I wanted to talk to you. My scouts caught up with him, and we confirmed that it was Damian causing chaos in Kal’s ranks.”
He smiled and commented, “That’s good news. His plan worked. Brilliant!”
I was a bit surprised. It wasn’t often to hear Ethan admit someone else had come up with a brilliant plan. It was nice to hear him pay Soren a compliment.
I nodded, “However, we lost contact with Soren afterward.”
His smile faded and was replaced with a frown.
“The scout couldn’t get in touch with him and I’m really worried…”
Deep down, I knew that there wasn’t anything Ethan could do about it either, but I just thought I’d feel better sharing it with him.
Ethan guided me to sit down on his cot and crouched down with one knee kneeled in front of me, his voice was deep and soothing. “I’m worried about him too, but let’s have faith in him. I used to underestimate Soren, but he had proven me wrong. I believe he’s got everything planned out and he is capable of protecting himself.”
I nodded, but I was still unsettled.
Ethan tentatively reached out to hold my hand. Seeing that I didn’t pull it away, he patted it gently and added, “Besides, no news is good news.”
I looked into his eyes, and I could tell he said all that not because he was heartless, but because he truly believed in Soren.
There was tenderness in his once-icy eyes, and I found myself lost in that pair of intense blue orbs.
Ethan had changed.
So had many of us.
When I felt my heart start to speed up under his gaze, I looked away. To cover my nervousness, I said, “You’re right. I’m sure Soren is going to be fine.”
His positive attitude cheered me up. I pushed aside my worries and focused back on our action plan. “Ethan, as for strategy and implementation, what we’ve done has been working well. Do you think we continue with you designing strategies and me leading the attacks, now that I am more experienced at rallying the troops?”
*You’re not more experienced at rallying the troops.” Ethan shook his head, a serious expression on his handsome face.
My eyebrows arched. Here I was thinking he was good at paying compliments and he had just denied my progress. I stared at him for a moment, not sure what to say.
“You’re amazing at rallying the troops.” A crooked grin pulled up one corner of his mouth.
i dropped my eyes to the floor, feeling the blood rush to my face, I wanted to smack him in the arm for messing with me, but I didn’t
“Thanks,” I muttered. He was laughing at his own joke, and I giggled, too.
I loved hearing him laugh. It was so rare,
“Anyway…” I continued, “Do you think that’s a good idea?”
“Yes, I do,” he said with a nod “I think it’s a fabulous plan. I can’t wait for this war to be over.”
“I’m sure everyone feels the same way.” I agreed with him.
My thoughts went back to what the Seer, Gayla, had told me when she had come to meet with me, looking for Ethan, and told me that so many citizens had been forced to take part in the fighting. It wasn’t fair to them. We needed to do everything we could to return everything to normal for everyone who lived in this war-torn land,
“Well, Your Majesty,” he said, staring at me in a way that made my skin heat up, please allow me to walk you through what I had in mind,”
“Ethan, please stop teasing me,” I requested, my face red.
He let out a lighthearted laugh, then led me to his desk.
The two of us made plans for what to do to finally defeat King Kal and our other enemies and drive them from the land. I took what Damian was doing as the basis for our plan, and Ethan expanded upon it. He took the idea and ran with it, and within a few hours, we had a solid plan.
Over the next few days, we put our plans into place. Ethan chose the teams and explained his strategy to them while I stood beside him and got our troops rallied up so that they knew exactly how important all of it was. By the time I finished with my rousing speeches, the warriors were ready to hunt King Kal’s troops down and rip out their throats.
I stayed in the back, cheering them on, but I watched as our warriors burst through Kal’s lines and attacked. He had no idea we were there since we used the scent hiding tricks Soren had brought to our forces, and by the time we struck, they were scrambling to fight back.
Some of them didn’t even have a chance to shift.
We struck in the middle of the night when they were sleeping or early in the morning when they were just getting up.
Then, just as they began to recover from the surprise, Ethan gave the signal for our warriors to fall back. They disappeared into the trees, sometimes in prefabricated hiding spots, if King Kal was even strong enough to come after us at all. Sometimes he did; other times, he stayed back, licking his wounds.
We always inflicted more casualties than we suffered, and if someone was injured, I was able to help.
The only concern I had was that we were still outnumbered. Would our limited troops be able to sustain such a long journey to Mirage, even though we seemed to be making good progress?
“Your Majesty!” General Vandough walked in, his tone rushed.
I frowned, thinking we might be in some sort of trouble.
“A large group of wolves approached us!”
My heart sank
Ethan asked, “Kal’s reinforcements?”
General Vandough paused, and then broke into a smile. “No, not at all! Actually, quite the opposite. Those are the nearby packs that volunteered to be our allies! After we sent word that we are the White Queen’s army, their Alphas sent messengers saying they’re willing to fight alongside us!”
I exchanged a pleasantly surprised look with Ethan.
Everything went even better than we had originally planned. We thought that as long as the packs along the way allowed us to pass without a fight, we would be able to conserve our energy to focus on Kal.
Now with new warriors joining us, it would make our final goal so much easier to achieve!
could finally live the peaceful life he, and all children, deserved. “Want some more good news?” Ethan asked, after everyone was out of sight. “Of course! Good news is always welcome.” I smiled. “I think my strength is starting to stabilize.” I couldn’t hide my excitement. “Really? That’s wonderful!” It was a great day with all good news. Ethan and I couldn’t help but smile at one another, then I heard Rowan’s cries from outside of my