Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder by Alice Knightsky
Chapter 188 He Is Still Alive!
The more blood that came out of me and into him, the stronger I heard his heart begin to beat.
Even his wounds started to heal at a visible speed. But he still wasn’t opening his eyes.
I heard footsteps approaching, and then Georgia’s voice. “Ethan, Soren is back and I need to talk to you about a situation. Also, we’ve just gotten word that Kal is-“Georgia’s voice stopped abruptly behind me.
“What the… Rosalie, you are awake?” she asked, and her tone was filled with pleasant surprise.
With tears in my eyes, I turned to look at her. “Go get Cerina!” I implored her.
Her face turned into terror. Without another word, Georgia shot out of the room.
I continued to try to get my blood into Ethan, even digging at my arm with the scissors, trying to make the cut deeper as my wound healed up fast.
“Your Majesty! You’re awake?!” Cerina and Seraphine shouted as they ran in the room. “Wh-what…?”
“Help me get him up on the bed!” I told them as I realized several other people were in the room now, too.
Vicky and Talon lifted Ethan onto the bed as my tears dripped down my face and collected with the blood I was still desperately trying to get into his body.
“Wake up, Ethan, please! Wake up!!” I cried.
“Your Majesty, that’s enough blood!” I heard Seraphine say.
“But he’s dying!” I told her as she gently pulled me back away from him. I broke free from her and continued feeding him blood as I screamed out, “My mate is dying!!”
Tears flooded my eyes as everyone gasped, but I couldn’t turn to look at them at the moment.
Cerina raised her voice. “Your Majesty, please stop hurting yourself. You know it’s not going to help! You know that!”
She was finally able to pull me away and handed me a towel to wrap around my arm.
The scissors dropped on the ground. I covered my face with my hands and wept in desperation, “Could someone please help him…”
But she was right, no one could, and I knew it.
No one said anything, and it was just my sobbing echoed in the room. After a while, Cerina asked, “Alpha Ethan… is your mate?”
Georgia, Vicky, and Talon all held their breath. I nodded. By now, it was no longer a secret.
My eyes fell on his handsome face. His blue eyes were closed, and he looked like he did when he was sleeping. It had been a long time since I’d seen his peaceful sleeping face.
“Rosalie…” Talon asked me softly, as if he was afraid that I’d lost it again, “Do you mind telling us what happened?”
My hand moved to my neck, and I murmured, “He marked me…”
Cerina mumbled, “No wonder… Your Majesty is awake now.”
Georgia urged, “Cerina, exactly what happened?!”
Cerina sighed and explained gently, “Alpha Ethan marked Her Majesty. When he did, they completed the full mate bond and became each other’s true mate. He exchanged his life for Her Majesty’s….”
Vicky covered her mouth with her hand. Georgia stumbled and could barely keep her balance. Talon reached out and stabilized her.
“Is there… is there a way to…” Georgia asked.
Cerina shook her head. “Alpha Ethan gave his life for our queen. He will forever be with the Moon Goddess now…. That exchange is irreversible.”
She looked around the room. “Alpha Ethan saved our queen, and he’ll forever have our gratitude. Please allow us to prepare his funer-”
“Cerina!” I interrupted her sharply, “No! Cerina! He is not dead!!”
Seraphine hurried over and checked on Ethan quickly. I urged her, “Seraphine, he is not dead! Tell me he’s still alive!” :
Seraphine looked at me, and looked at Cerina. She checked Ethan one more time and murmured, “He … he is still alive. How is it possible…?”
Cerina rushed over and closed her eyes and started chanting something. Iwas so nervous that I clenched my hands. My nails were buried into my fists.
When she opened her eyes, she slowly, slowly pulled up a smile.
Hope ignited in my heart.
“Unbelievable. This… this is a miracle!” She looked at me, and her tone firm, “Your Majesty, you’re right, he is still alive!”
I burst out into tears again. This time, even Talon seemed too weak to maintain his standing posture. He sank down on the couch.
We all took a moment to digest everything that happened in the past few minutes. My head was spinning more. The ecstasy of potentially having Ethan back after almost losing him was overwhelming.
I took a deep breath and asked Cerina, “What did you find out just now?”
“Your Majesty,” Cerina answered, “I could feel part of Alpha Ethan’s life in you.”
“What does it mean?”
“Somehow, part of Alpha Ethan’s soul and life force resides in you. Because you are awake now… part of his soul is still in this world, inside of you.”
“It was the ritual….” I murmured.
“That’s very possible,” she said.
Talon asked, “Thank the goddess…do we know how long it will take for him to wake up?”
This time Cerina didn’t answer right away. Panic swept over me. I stood up to grab her wrist, almost tripping in that few steps of distance. “Cerina… Cerina, please… tell me he’ll wake up!”
“I don’t know,” she shook her head. “It could be days, it could be months…”
She didn’t say it aloud, but I knew what she implied. It could also be-never.
I turned my gaze back to Ethan and smiled. Time didn’t matter though. I was already grateful enough that Ethan was still breathing. I’d feed him my blood to sustain his body while we looked for a way to wake up his consciousness.
Cerina assured the rest of the room, “We will do all we can. In the meantime, Your Majesty, please remember to take care of yourself. Only if you live does he have a chance to wake up!”
Seraphine added, “Very true. Your Majesty, your child also needs you….”
Flashes of Rowan’s sweet face came to mind. She was right. I needed to take care of myself because they both would need me.
As long as Ethan was alive, there was hope. It didn’t matter how long it might take, I knew we’d figure something out.
I caressed his face. I had so much to say to him. I wished I could just go back to how things had been in the Drogomor pack when I’d first met Ethan.
Even though I was only a breeder to him at the time, even though I was frightened of him most days, I would rather go back there now and tell him how much I loved him. Maybe if I’d spoken up back then, we wouldn’t be in this situation now.
But here we are. And there’s no going back in time now.
A messenger came running through the door, causing my head to whip around at the sound of his voice, knocking me out of my stupor,
“We’re under attack! It’s King Kal’s army!” he shouted.
I turned and looked at Georgia. When she’d come in, she was saying something about war and King Kal.
“Son of a b*tch!” she shouted, anger coursing through her face. “Why do they always have to have such shitty timing?”
“We need to get out there,” Talon said, looking at Georgia. Then he turned to me, “Stay here.”
“No, I’ll come with you!” But I stood up too fast and felt a bit disoriented.
“We’ve got this. They’ve lost more than half of their men. Don’t worry,” the Beta said, resting a hand on my shoulder. “We’ll push them back.”
My eyes widened. “They lost half of their men? How?”
Georgia gritted her teeth, but there were tears in her eyes again. “That’s another story for later, thanks to my two b*stard brothers!”
Then they all ran off.
Outside, I could hear the bustle of troops as they ran about, getting ready to go to the frontlines and push the enemy’s forces back.
However, all of that seemed like something happening far off in the distance, not a present danger or something I needed to concern myself with.
“Your Majesty-” Seraphine was about to say something, but I raised a hand and stopped her. I knew what I needed to do. “Seraphine, could you get me something to eat and drink?”
She was pleasantly surprised. She nodded and hurried off without a second word.
There were so many things I needed to sort out, but I had to make sure I was in a good physical condition to handle them.
“Cerina could you start looking into a solution for Ethan’s situation? Not only the libraries, but check with the elders, legends. However, we are still in the middle of the war, so Ethan’s situation should be kept secret, especially from our enemies.”
“Understood, I’ll make sure the leaders are aware that Alpha Ethan was exhausted and needed some rest.”
“Good. And keep me updated at least once a day about any new findings.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Cerina exited the room to get her assignments started, leaving me alone with Ethan.
I agreed it was best I didn’t go to the battlefield right now, because at the moment, Ethan was the only one I could think about.
I pulled the towel off of my arm to see that it was no longer bleeding. Already, the cut from the scissors was beginning to scab over and heal. It didn’t even hurt anymore.
I wished I could say the same for my heart.
Using the corner of the towel, I wiped a smear of blood off of the side of Ethan’s mouth. It was closed now, and with his eyes also shut, he looked like he was just sleeping soundly.
I sat down beside his still body, staring at his face. He wasn’t frowning like he normally would even in his sleep. The crease between his brow was smooth. This was quite unusual for him.
He just seemed content and peaceful.
Even with all the cuts and bruises, he was still the most handsome man I’d ever seen.
He had made the ultimate sacrifice for me. He had been willing to give up his life so that I could live.
He’d been willing to give up everything for me-so that I could be the one to raise our son.
The irony wasn’t missed on me.
All I could do now was pledge to do the same. “I’ll find a way to free you from your eternal darkness, Ethan. I promise.”
I leaned down and wanted to press my lips to his. However, for some reason, I stopped.
I had a feeling that I had forgotten about something.
But I pushed that thought away, for my instinct told me that it was something that would make me afraid, something that would make me hurt.