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

of blankets from a shelf and handing them to Rowan, who was standing with me in the upstairs hallway. He shrugged, tucking the blankets under his arm as he followed

Ethan's quick return from Red Lakes. I was even more shocked when he climbed out of the seaplane with not only Rowan,

woman compared to the

nearly stopped when Hanna stepped off the plane, her dark 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 chest as I watched Hanna move like a shadow behind Rowan, her hand tucked into

couldn't fathom. But they were dark powers.

could feel them in Hanna,

the ground in the middle of the dining room, her body seemed to pull the water out of the air as her clothes became suddenly damp and water began to soak onto the rug beneath her. I knew something was amiss. This girl, so quiet, so innocent, was battling an inner force she had no control over. It

what happened after dinner," Rowan admitted, helping me fit a new sheet over the mattress, "She always came to us

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semblance of understanding. We made the bed in silence, my eyes grazing over Rowan' sface, his mouth sunken in a

she talk to you much, sweetheart?" I asked, fluffing the

here and there." "Dad says she's your mate" "She 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

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

would have gotten herself to safety. She would have

something in me was keeping me grounded to Winter Forest, some kind of pull that was heightened by Hanna's

I was

living room, talking to the warriors he was bringing on his quest.l smiled softly to myself,

"What Mom?"

"Your father, he's excited.

we've seen conflict. I know that sounds • insane. He's been a little bored, I think. Playing the diplomat for so

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

with a gentle touch, his rough edges

Ethan. He would always

going to see

and Talon, but chances were likely they wouldn't know about

off the stairs. He was facing towards the living room, but turned back to face me,

to wait for Dad. I'm packed

be fine, Rowan, Everything will be fine.

me on the cheek before he turned towards the living room, slipping inside and leaning against a far wall as he

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

a lot. I was only slightly disappointed that she hadn't been Rowan's mate, but I couldn't be too

a moment? Somewhere private?" I

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