**Rosalie POV**

A few days had gone by since I had been brought to my room.

The first moment I stepped into it, I was in utter shock over how beautiful it was, and the fact that he was asking me to stay here.

Well… he wasn’t really asking me himself. In fact, I had not seen him since the day he left the hospital.

It was a sunny day, and the clear blue sky was lovely. It reminded me of that pair of dangerous yet captivating eyes of his.

The cold-hearted Alpha of Drogomor, Ethan… and my master.

It had been two weeks since I last saw him. A part of me longed with curiosity to see him again, but yet… I was also terrified.

Shaking my head, I tried to brush off the thoughts about him. I should have been happy that I didn’t have to face that scary man.

“Rosalie!”

Knocking at the door drew my attention. As I stood from the small chaise in the room, I watched Vicky enter.

“Good morning! I just wanted to make sure they brought your breakfast already.”

She saw the almost-still-full plate, and sat down next to me.

“Did you not like toast? I can ask them to bring something else.”

She was worried about me, I could tell. Not because I was the breeder, but because she truly treated me as her friend.

“Vicky, the toast was tasty.” I gave her a smile. “Thank you for making it for me. I just didn’t have a large appetite… Sorry!”

I was still hesitant about a lot in this place, but at least I had Vicky and Estrella, who didn’t make me feel so afraid anymore.

“You gotta stop saying ‘sorry’, miss!”

She raised her voice intentionally, and pretended to be scolding me. Then a big smile appeared on her face. Vicky always had a lovely way to cheer me up.

“Okay, Vicky! Thank you, really.”

I could not be more grateful for what she had done for me.

“Oh, Talon will actually be by soon to fetch you. Not sure why, but he said just to let you know he was coming. ”

I nodded. Talon had been checking on me almost every day, and I had gotten used to his visits. He normally stayed far enough away for me to feel comfortable. It was hard to believe that the second-in-command of the Drogomor pack was a well-mannered gentleman.

“Here, I brought you some new clothes! Try them on for me!”

Vicky was excited for dress-up, apparently, but I was a bit confused and curious now.

When Talon came to visit, he didn’t need to notify me ahead of time. I was always in my room.

So why did Vicky come to dress me up… unless they wanted me to meet with someone…?

…Ethan?

a beat. The touch

my spine when I remembered the way he was watching me. Yes, I was under his scrutiny—like a prey being watched by its predator, and like goods being checked

isn’t necessarily a bad thing. You will be giving life to the next Alpha of this pack, and

I replied, still

better, but it didn’t help.

into a simple dress. It was comfortable, yet it

about

head, I watched as she gave me a reassuring smile, then disappeared from the

I waited, the more my nerves got the

paced the floor of my lavish room and admired the beautiful view of the outside world from my window. Pack Drogomor was located at the edge of the forest. The vast green surrounding

ever be a day I could run free and feel

“Rosalie…”

hitch. Slowly turning

“Are you ready?”

didn’t know what was happening,

yes…” My feet moved

back to health. Estrella and Vicky tried their best to make me feel at home, and even Talon, stern

the corridors until we arrived in front of two large white wooden doors. As he pulled the door open, I came face to face with someone I thought I

My father.

realize that I wasn’t dreaming. It had only been two weeks, but he seemed to

his mind about selling me? Did he come to bring

“Father…”

the least I had expected, and

“Rosalie…”

I had ever seen him. Yet behind his eyes was something else.

thing he wanted to say to me. Not to check on how I was doing, not to tell me that he missed me, not to ask me whether I wanted to go home… He only wanted to know whether I had done

Rosalie, wake up. Your

father vanished

away. I had started to accept that the home

myself into believing that he still wanted me back, that

the lie—

the one whom I had loved, feared, and tried to take care of for years. I always told myself that it was all the

but in his eyes, there wasn’t sorrow or sadness. Only frustration and anger just like

now, I would’ve been on my knees begging for his forgiveness, and then most likely would have received some beating before being released to my room. But for some reason, I didn’t feel like there was any reason for me to

him in the eyes. “You told me I was

wasn’t sure where my courage came from, but I was so tired of being lied to. I just want to hear the truth

my father yelled at me, causing me to shake

shadow of Talon came to stand next to me, and I saw how the fear flooded my

father’s expression quickly changed,

and I must have got things mixed up…” my father began to say until Talon cleared his

like the first time in years, I realized

added unwillingly, glancing over at

and anger

in anything, and yet here he was trying to

to be a breeder…” I whispered, my eyes full of

“Rosalie… Please.”

father got to his knees in

terrified me. I took a

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