Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 262

Sold as the Alpha King's Breeder Chapter 262

Chapter 42: The Right Path

Hanna

The figure was in the distance. A woman. Her long, red-blonde hair was floating around her head like a halo as she drifted limply in the water.

She wasn't supposed to be here.

I moved towards her, looking up to see the surface of the water high above my head.

This wasn't right. I was far away from where I usually dreamed. The water was warm, the sun casting a sparkling glow across the surface as I moved through the stillness towards the woman, reaching out to grasp her by the arm.

I could feel life within her still, though the pulse beneath my fingers was slow and irregular. A rope was tied around her waist, the end of it floating several feet above her head.

Holding her by the arm I kicked my feet, moving towards the surface of the water. She was weightless, her hair falling over her face as we rose from the blue depths, our heads breaking through the surface into blinding sun.

A wave came, the water seeming to whisper to me as it took the woman away.

Had it thanked me?

I looked around, treading water in search of where the woman had gone.

But a grinding sound made me look over my shoulder. I blinked, my mouth dropping open in shock.

The white building in my dreams was before me, so close I could see the symbols etched into the stone. It was built into a rock striped with veins of granite, camouflaged from view unless you knew exactly what you were looking for.

A single wave could have brought me to it. I was that close.

But the grinding sound turned into screams of terror and agony. All around me the sky erupted into angry noise. People were yelling, voices lifted in desperation and despair. I reached up to cover my ears, shaking my head and closing my eyes.

No, no, no!

Suddenly, I was pulled beneath the water, the dream unraveling around me into nothingness.

Rosalie

a shelf and handing them to Rowan, who was standing with me in the upstairs hallway.

I was surprised by Ethan's quick return from Red Lakes. I was even more shocked when he climbed out of the seaplane

had grown into a beautiful young woman compared to the shy, quiet girl she had been when her

hair pulled away from her face and her eyes shining in the sunlight. I thought it had been her mother standing on the dock at first. My heart beat rapidly against my

I couldn't fathom. But they were dark

feel them

to soak

saw it happen, not like what happened after dinner," Rowan admitted, helping me fit a new sheet over the mattress, "She always came to us soaking wet. Like she had

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brain for some semblance of understanding. We made the bed in silence, my

talk to you much, sweetheart?" I

is," he said abruptly, his eyes catching mine. "She is my mate." "He also said your bond with her is weakened by -whatever force is-" "By her dreams. Yes, I believe you're right." There was an edge to his voice, something that told me he

leaving for Valoria in a few hours with Ethan and a handful of warriors while I stayed behind. It had been my decision to stay, even though I was desperately worried about Maeve. Word had come to Winter Forest about the invasion only an hour before Ethan's plane touched

gotten herself to

grounded to Winter Forest, some kind of pull that

was supposed to be.

could hear Ethan's voice drifting up the stairs as we left the guest room and walked into the hallway. He was standing in the living room, talking to the warriors he was bringing on his quest.l smiled softly to myself, shaking my

"What Mom?"

"Your father, he's excited.

time since we've seen conflict. I know that sounds • insane. He's been a little bored, I think. Playing the diplomat for so long." I waved my hand in dismissal, passing him on the stairs before he could catch the soft

the faintest of memories burst to the surface of my consciousness as I spoke, remembering Ethan when I first laid eyes on him the day I woke up in the hospital in what had been the original Drogomor territory. Everyone had been fearful of Ethan then, his gaze like knives as he scanned the room, focusing on me with intensity. I had been so young, so meek. And he had been a force

had softened over our years together. He leaned into fatherhood with a gentle touch,

Ethan. He would

now Alpha Damian was going to see

they wouldn't

I asked as I turned to Rowan as he stepped off the stairs. He was facing

to wait for Dad. I'm

Rowan, Everything will be fine. You're ready

living room, slipping inside and leaning against a

with Kacidra after her latest episode, Kacidra looked up over the sectional couch as I entered the room, smiling softly and tilting her head towards Hanna, who was curled up around a

mate, but I couldn't be too upset. Hanna was a nice girl as well, just

Somewhere private?" I tilted my head towards the hallway, motioning

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