Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder



I cleared my throat and turned away, walking past her. "Not now."

"But, Ethan-Her hand shot out to grab my arm.

"D*mn it, Georgia!" I said, pulling my arm away from her, my tone much angrier and out of control than I intended. "I said not now!"

Her eyes widened in shock, and she withdrew her hand.

"What the f*ck is wrong with you! You're doing it again." She stomped her foot. "Whatever!"

I thought she would storm out of the room, but she didn't.

I sighed. This was hard on her. She had been excited about the baby. She was going to be an aunt.

I turned around to face Talon and Vicky, and tried to modulate my voice, though my tone still wasn't exactly nice." What else do you guys want to say? Just spit it out."

"We're worried about you," Talon said, answering for all of them.

"I'm fine." I turned around again and headed for the bathroom. "I need to take a shower. I've got meetings scheduled for today."

"Alpha!" Talon's voice was filled with disbelief, but I kept moving, closing the bathroom door between us. "Ethan!" In the shower, I let the warm water wash off the dirt and grime, numbing my mind to everything.Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

I wouldn't be able to wash the memories out of my mind- not the memories of the time I'd spent with Rosalie or the awful image of her falling-

After my shower, I walked to my closet, intending to find some clothes.

I didn't care what people thought I should be doing. I knew what I had to do. And I didn't need Talon, or anyone else, telling me how to handle this situation.

My hand on a pair of slacks I had been about to pull off of a hanger, I paused, my mind flashing back to the letter. It wasn't that I'd forgotten it- not exactly, anyway. But I had put it out of my mind.

The same way I needed to put Rosalie and the baby out of my mind. I needed to.

I walked back into the living room, hoping that they had better things to do than sit there and wait for me to finish my shower. Thankfully, Talon was the only one left; otherwise, I would have lost my sh*t.

"Why are you still there?" I asked my Beta.

He didn't answer- he didn't need to.

I shook my head and ran a hand through my hair. "I'm fine. You've been up all night. You can go get some sleep if you want."

I checked my watch and saw that I had only ten minutes to get to my first meeting, which was on the other side of the castle. I headed out the door.

I started slightly at the sound of footsteps following me down the hall. Without turning around to look, I knew it was Talon. He normally accompanied me to these types of meetings anyway.

"I thought I told you to go get some sleep," I said as I straightened my cufflinks.

"If you don't need sleep, then neither do I," he replied. "Ethan... Can we talk about this?"

"What is there to talk about?"

I glanced over my shoulder at him and saw just how exhausted he was. I really wished he would take my advice

and leave me alone.

"What's done is done, Talon. Did you get a chance to look over those reports for this meeting?"

His eyes widened as if he couldn't believe I'd changed the subject.

"Yes, I read them," he said. "But-"

"Good. I want to make sure we are on the same page."

I headed into the meeting room, and Talon followed me.

I had work to do. It didn't matter that I felt as if I had a gaping wound in my chest. It didn't matter that I couldn't understand why Rosalie would do this to me to herself, to our baby.

For now, I was the Alpha. We were at war, and I needed to concentrate on my people.

Everything else would have to wait until later.