182 Her Mate Can Save Her Life 

We all held our breath, waiting for the slightest chance to save the one whose loss would weigh so heavily in our hearts. 

Cerina looked up at me. “Unless her true fated mate is willing to repay the Goddess on the queen’s be half.” 

I froze. 

“What… Did you say?” 

My heart was about to jump out of my chest. 

She didn’t answer my question. Instead, she continued her explanation. “However, we all know Queen Rosalie doesn’t have a mate,” she said, “and even if she does, knowing her, she would never want her mate 

to-” 

“So her mate can save her life?” | asked, cutting her off mid-sentence. I needed confirmation. I tried to stop my voice from trembling so that others wouldn’t sense my emotions, 

Cerina’s mouth parted slightly as she stuttered over her words, “I don’t know that for sure…” 

I’d do anything for her… but if her mate could save her… if I was that mate who could save her what would I need to do? 

“How?” 

A confused gaze fell upon her face as she pondered why I was questioning her. 

“Cerina, if… I mean, if we were able to find her mate, and he is willing to do this for her, what would he need to do?” 

She shook her head again. “I don’t know. It may be up to her true mate to figure out…” 

“Her true mate?” 

This time, Seraphine answered me. “Only the fated mate who completes the full mate bond can be rec ognized as the true mate by the Moon Goddess.” 

Looking down at Rosalie, I couldn’t bear the thought of her no longer walking this earth. 

She had fought hard over all the time that I had known her to find her proper place in life, and every time she made headway, something pulled her back and stopped her from being able to be free. 

She had just found her people. She had just started to live her life with freedom and love. She had just begun to experience that, and I wouldn’t let that change. 

Her people needed her, and our son needed her. I would not allow her to die! 

I brushed over her face and sat there in silence. 

“Alpha Ethan,” Seraphine said, “I knew that this is hard for you. Her Majesty told me some of her past with you.” 

I looked toward the older woman, I’d seen her with Rosalie ever since the islands, and it seemed that Rosalie relied on and trusted her. I said, “Thank you for looking after her all along.” 

She sighed, “You have always been the person who is so special in her life. She might not tell you so, but I know you are one of the most important people in her life. Given the chance again, she would make 

the exact same choices.” 

My throat was tight. 

“She was so happy that you are the father of her baby,” she concluded. 

Vicky and Georgia started to cry again. To them, there was no hope because no one knew that Rosalie was my mate! 

But to me… 

long as there was hope, no

she have?” I

not willing to face the reality either, but she answered, “At most, a

up, nodded to them and walked out of the room.

Talon. ‘Talon, get everyone back to the war room!

time to

Rosalie I’d take care of her people and

you soon, Rosalie,” I said to myself. “Wait for

found them congregating nearby, their

military leaders had gathered there already, discussing the

at Talon, I saw the worry in his eyes. He was slowly stroking his chin, thinking deeply about the situation, as he always did, no matter

shook his head. ‘There has to be something that we can do here. It’s just… escaping me. It’s like it’s trapped in my head, and I

I understood the feeling. Even though we were greatly outnumbered, I wasn’t ready

that I would take care of her people. I couldn’t leave her in a situation

so would most certainly kill her the next time she had to do it since she would not have a mate to save her

needed updates from all of the other leaders so I could assess the state of the

except that we were nearly surrounded, and the enemy troops were

reported their information, and we made changes to the map, I continued to think about what Talon had said. Something about his

one of the leaders was saying,

I exclaimed. “That’s it!”

eye in the room was fixed on me, every eyebrow arched. “What is

afraid he

what this man had said. “We need to slow them.” I began, gesturing at the map. “We can use the forest to our advantage, but we’ll have to operate close to the

Commander Landon asked me, looking at General Vandough, who also had a

brush of my hand, I moved all of our markers that indicated the positions of the enemy soldiers out of the way and gestured at a low spot in the ground

the higher ground out of the forest, you can’t see the ground below you unless you’re really concentrating. We know that they won’t be. They’ll have their heads up as they are running toward

eight feet-and about five feet across. When they come over the ridge, they’ll fall into the pit-and they won’t be able

they be able to get out?” General Vandough asked.

so that they won’t be able to

“Then we burn them!” My voice was

see the hole?” General Vandough asked.

then put debris from the forest on top of it,” I explained. “With all of the new construction projects I’ve seen near the palace, I’m certain you must have some sort of equip ment that we can use to dig the

answered with

you have a textile factory in town, don’t you? And

nods greeted

plan work. Now, it’s just a matter of exe cution.” I made eye contact with every person in the room, and every single one of them

“Richard, Paul, I’m putting you in charge of digging the

put it?” 

they both said.

Landon, can you get the oil for

I called.

him his assignment, he volunteered, “I’ll

with a sharp nod.

that our people are abandoning the palace,” I told them. “We need to make a

guard grinned. “You bet, Alpha.” He whistled in excitement, “And you know I’m

him a tight-lipped

Madalynn or Behar’s hands. Who knew what kinds of tor ture they might have in store for her? James wanted

plan had to work. It just had

one question.” A

gestured for her

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