Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 5: Do You Want to Die?

I was in that dream again.

Grass wet with dew brushed against my bare legs as I glided quickly through the meadow, barely feeling the ground beneath my feet. My eyes were scanning for another glimpse of the majestic creature I’d just gained sight of a moment ago before it bound between two large pine trees.

I knew if I followed the gorgeous white pony further into the woods, I would run into him again.

“Don’t touch me!” He raised his voice, but he didn’t sit up, and his arms lay limp at his side. He wore a mask over his face. Only his onyx black eyes were visible to me.

“Do you want to die?” I retorted as I inspected his body for wounds.

“…I don’t care,” he replied quietly.

My hands paused. For some reason, his words broke my heart a little, even though he’d almost killed me just now.

I lifted my gaze to meet his. His eyes were so deep, so dark, like infinite wells, and I feared that if I spent too much time looking into them, I might not be able to extricate myself from their depths.

“Well, I do, okay?” I said. “My father would yell at me if he finds out I left someone bleeding to death in the wild! Relax. l’

m just going to bandage up these wounds.”

He grunted a bit when I lifted him off of the ground, but he didn’t fight back anymore.

Silence filled the air, and I felt I had to say something, so I started with the basic question. “What’s your name?”

He looked at me with those dark eyes and answered, “I don’t have one.”

“Really? That’s strange, because I don’t have one either.”

He cocked his head to the side and gave me a look that was a cross between confused and annoyed.

“It’s true. People just call me girl.”

“Girl?” he repeated.

“That’s right. Girl,” I gave him a big smile. My father had told me that smiles were one of the most effective ways to make friends.

But instead of returning a smile back to me, he almost seemed a bit uncomfortable and moved his gaze away from mine. “And what are you doing out here in the woods all alone?” he asked.

“Um…“ | tapped on my chin. “Have you heard of the Sun Blossom flower?”

His eyes widened slightly, and I could see that he had heard of it.

I continued, “You know, the flower that grows on the side of the mountains. I’ve heard they’re beautiful, and smell wonderful. That’s why I came. My friend was leading me there…”

“Your friend?” he glanced around immediately, his tone wary.

“Yes, my new friend. A little white pony…”

He let out a breath of relief, and then said matter-of-fact ly. “Those flowers, they’re not easy to get.”

“My mother also said it was a fool’s errand.” | rested my hands in my lap. “But I love flowers. Don’t you?”

He shrugged and looked down at the ground.

But then, the fire was suddenly extinguished. His whole body was taken by the blackness.

silent, and I started to

here?” | couldn’t stop the trembling

“Is something the matter?”

me. I looked up in shock,

happened?”

his hand at me. In it was a beautiful Sun Blos som flower in

handing the flower to me. “So

I stared at the flower. “How did

all around me again until it was nearly pitch black. I could barely see

shouted, wishing

and that was when

of my pants, and the smell of it, rusty with alu

blood was

shouted. “Are you all right?

whites of the eyes behind his mask, but in that stare, I saw

breathing had stopped, but the blood continued to pour from

he was dead

my chest as my eyes flew open and the

hand over my face, I sat up in bed and

Right. The palace.

mind went to what had happened yesterday in the prince’s office. It was no wonder i’d

curtains, and a glance at the clock told me that it was still quite early. It was

back to

to head to the gar den for

so I inhaled deeply, feeling more

he could give me advice about how to proceed. Luckily, his lessons had been engraved in my heart. I would find a way to make it through this trial to get back to

a particularly beautiful rosebush. The blooms were a soft pink with traces of white, and they smelled divine. I paused

around me, and I found a measure of content ment in the solace

then… noises caught my attention and they

rose bushes, and then I heard what I thought were growls, followed by muttered curse words and

fighting one another, and I immediately recognized one of them. He was the last person

Theo. He was being attacked… again. Really, how hated was he that this

decided it would be best to get back inside. But as I began to move, I stepped on some dry leaves that

Shoot!

knees behind the bushes, I tried to hide myself,

to be interrupted by me and ended shortly. Just then, I heard a familiar voice order, “Come out now, or I’ll kill

tempt at self-preservation, I grabbed some dirt and smeared it on my face, messing up my hair and putting leaves

way, he wouldn’t recognize me as the sole survivor of the

was hard. His dark eyes narrowed, and his white shirt was open about halfway. My eyes immediately went to his chest, but

the path behind him gave me a bit of hope that maybe

succession as Jake, the

here?” Instead of replying to his Be ta,

Highness,” I said

“You may look a mess, but

he might like for being outside. “Yes, that’s true. I was… on my way to the kitchen… to learn how to cook for you… but I got lost…….” I lifted my eyes only slightly to try

voice was a low rumble, and with every syllable, a new tremor

Jake tried to remind him,

to get away?” | as sumed he was referring

Beta Jake glanced at me and dared not to say

fear coursing through my body. He took a step closer to me, and I cowered, but my feet remained planted for worry of what would hap pen if I backed

you. Do you hear me?” His words were as cold as