Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 44: Chased 

My first thought was that we needed to start walking, that we needed to get out of there and see if we could make our way back to the castle. I had no idea what might happen. down there in that cave. We moved to the mouth of the cave, but that was all of the movement I could get from Warren with his injuries, so we stopped and sat down so I could figure out what to do next. 

In one direction, it was nearly pitch black, and the edge of the cave seemed to be surrounded by forest. On the other side, I could see the night sky and thought that might be the way to go. While there were still trees in that direction, at least it wasn’t as thick as the path to my right. 

For now, we were cold and wet. A fire would be nice for us to sit next to and dry off. I would reassess the situation after that. 

With the woods nearby, I was able to gather some wood and kindling. My hands were trembling slightly, so it wasn’t easy to get the fire going, but eventually, I managed to get a spark. 

“That’s impressive,” Warren said. “Not many people can start a fire that way, by rubbing two sticks together. How  did you learn to do that?” 

I shrugged my shoulders. “I’ve spent a lot of time outside.” 

“You have?” he looked puzzled, like that didn’t fit with the woman I was pretending to be. 

“We should get our clothes dry,” I reminded him. 

“Right. Don’t worry. You’re safe to undress. I promise not to look at you.” 

I certainly appreciated it. As the king’s mistress, I was sure that they had seen each other naked before, but that wasn‘ t the real me. I’d already had quite an embarrassing  incident with Theo; I really didn’t need another one with his  brother. 

I created a way to hang our clothes closer to the fire. It was difficult for Warren to undress with his injury, so I helped him. Then I stripped down to my underwear. We sat with our backs to one another in an attempt to give each other some privacy. 

“Thank you for staying with me,” he said in a quiet voice. I tried not to groan aloud because I didn’t want to talk about it right then. But it seemed he was insistent. “I know it might be hard to believe, but I really have loved all of the time we’ve spent together. I appreciate you so much.” 

“But now you’ve chosen another,” I reminded him, unable to keep the bitterness from my voice. 

“Yes, it’s true. It’s not because I don’t love you. It’s just… I made her a promise long ago. When I first saw her, I fell in love with her. I promised her then that if we ever meet again, I would marry her. How can I deny what’s in my heart?” 

“Easily,” I mumbled, but I was so quiet, he didn’t even hear me. 

He continued, “Now, here she is, not only did she come  back, she also… brought our son.” 

My eyes widened. I hadn’t known that! But either way, the news didn’t matter to us, nor would it change our plan. 

He sounded sincere. I couldn’t help but think about how pathetic he would be when Theo and I kidnapped Sophia and forced him to marry me so that she wouldn’t die. 

“I can’t bear the thought of disappointing her again. I hope that you can understand, dear.” He truly did sound upset. “I am very sorry that you and I were not able to make it work. You will always have a place in my-” 

interrupted him. “You’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta

the surprise in his tone that I

in the past now. I’m sure you two will be very happy together. Really, there’s no need for you to apologize or even bring it up again.” I picked up a stick and poked at our clothes where they hung over the fire. They were beginning to dry but weren’t quite there

mean… I thought you’d be a little more upset

I could think to say

and almost laughed.

asked, looking off in the distance. “It would be really bad if we dry our clothes only to

know. You…

had hit a nerve with him? Most likely, he was just offended that someone wasn’t

want me to say, Your Majesty?” I suddenly felt bad for whoever this woman was, and felt I needed to say something to the king. “To beg you? I’ve already done  that. To tell you that I love you for more than anything in the world? I’ve done that too. You told me

couldn’t answer

they were dry. “We should get dressed.” That odd feeling I’d had earlier, before we’d left the water,

rather quickly and was stepping into my shoes when I thought I heard a whisper carried to us

then the

No, it sounded much more savage, like perhaps they were some sort of wild beasts.

hell is that?” Warren whispered. I

“I don’t know.” 

where the noise was

every howl, they sounded a lot closer….

crisis. “We’ll figure it out. We’ll be fine.” He said it as if he was trying

to concentrate on my hearing.

like savage beasts that are hell bent on tearing us both

sky, and I could hear

it will be alright. Please wait

was too busy trying to reach out to the beasts the way that I had always done to calm wild animals. I’d never

matter how hard I tried to use my special abilities, the snarls, growls,

muttered under my breath as I

beasts, but this person that I was now probably

able to carry me, but you can save yourself.” He had a desperate

down, he was still that kind and gentle Prince.

wasn’t the king–this was Warren–and I cared about him. “I’m not going to leave you behind! Now,

as it was to shift, since I couldn’t yet in my real life, I didn’t want to take the chance right then

I can’t. I’m too weak and injured.” Even standing there,

I grabbed him by the waist and jerked him around so that we were facing toward the woods, the opposite of