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

is she doing this?" I asked, reaching into the linen closet to pull a stack of blankets from a shelf and handing them to Rowan, who was standing with me in the

housekeeper, home hours ago. I was surprised by Ethan's quick return from Red Lakes. I was even more shocked when he climbed out of the seaplane with not

at first, since she had grown into a beautiful young woman compared to the shy, quiet girl she had been when her family visited over

dark hair pulled away from her face and her eyes shining in the sunlight. I thought it had been her mother standing on

fathom. But they were dark powers. I felt it the moment I

feel them

began to soak onto the rug beneath

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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of understanding. We made the bed in silence, my

much,

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 would rather talk about anything else. I could feel the tension radiating off his body, his brow furrowed

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

gotten herself to safety. She would

Winter Forest, some kind of pull that was heightened by Hanna's

was supposed to

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

"What Mom?"

"Your father, he's excited.

time since we've seen conflict. I know that sounds • insane. He's been a

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

gentle touch, his rough edges smoothing to a fine finish as he spent his days with our

still Ethan.

Damian was going to see just

chances were likely they wouldn't know about the

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

think I'm just going to wait

fine, Rowan, Everything

the living room, slipping inside and leaning against a far wall as he waited for Ethan to

to the den, where Hanna had been resting 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

she hadn't been Rowan's mate, but I couldn't be too upset. Hanna was a nice girl as well, just strange. I'd get to the bottom of it eventually

Somewhere private?" I tilted

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