Sold As The Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 177
Chapter 177 I Can’t Leave Without Ethan
Cerina and Seraphine gasped; so did I, but I forced myself to calm down.
“Seraphine, please get everyone gathered at the altar,” I instructed Seraphine and then turned to
Soren. “Soren, I need to understand the situation more. Follow me. When did you get here?”
“I came with Seraphine and Cerina,” he exined as we all returned to the altar. “But I didn’t want to
bother anyone, sol stayed in the woods nearby.” His eyes went to Ethan, and I could tell that he’d kept
his distance because of Ethan. He probably didn’t want to give his brother any more reasons to be
angry.
But Ethan was still in so much difort that he didn’t even look up at the sound of Soren’s voice.
The group soon gathered together, and Soren reiterated that with the approaching enemy, we needed
to go back to the pce as soon as possible.
I looked at Ethan and checked the time. He still had three hours left before we could leave the altar.
“Soren, how far are they?”
“Thomas spotted them and mindlinked me. I estimate about three to four hours away.”
Time was tight, but we had enough time to finish up and leave before Madalynn and Behar arrived.
“We can’t leave now. You know why we are here. We need three more hours for the ritual toplete.
Otherwise, all of our efforts will be wasted.”
“What do you mean, you can’t leave? Are you nuts?! There are thousands of wolvesing and we’ve
only got about fifty of us here total! If we die here, it doesn’t matter if Ethan is back to himself or not!”
I exined, “If we lose Ethan, the Winter Forest pack won’t be able to withstand thebined forces of
Madalynn, Kal, and James. We would be doomed anyway. Also, Ethan only needs three more hours,
and as soon as he’s up, we’ll go.”
Commander Landon was the first to disagree. “Your Majesty, that’s too risky!”
“Your Majesty, Soren and Landon are right. We cannot afford to put you in danger. Also, like you said,
Alpha Ethan probably would be able to fully recover and retreat before the enemy arrives anyway.”
Cerina backed them up. “As soon as Alpha Ethan has recovered, he can lead his force out, I’m sure.
So please leave with His Highness at once!”
This time, even Talon, Vicky, and Georgia agreed with her.
I looked around and took a moment to reassess the situation. Their advice seemed to make sense, but
I found myself shaking my head. “I can’t do that.”
Soren raised his voice. “Rosalie, as a queen, you’re not being responsible for your people!”
Georgia, Talon, and Vicky patted my shoulder. “Rosalie, I know you don’t want to leave us here, but
we’d be fine…”
I lifted my gaze and nced around, waiting for everyone to quiet down. Then I stated, “Please listen to
me. I made this decision not only because of Alpha Ethan, but because of the citizens outside. I also
have a feeling that the situation is moreplicated than we thought.“
They all looked at me now. I started my analysis once I knew I grabbed their attention. “Soren, you said
Thomas spotted Madalynn and Beharing this way?”
“Yes”
“That means the people outside could all be harmed or killed if we don’t think of something. We know
Madalynn’s rogues are menacing and we’ve seen what they have done. Those people outside are from
nearby viges, but they cannot go back as their homes are no longer safe once Madalynn’s rogues
get here.”
Cerina immediately said, ‘We’ll lead them to the pce right now- along with Your Majesty and Your
Highness!
“I thought about that too,” I nodded. “But i think it’s toote for us to do so now.”
“I don’t understand. Rosalie, you are scaring me…” Vicky murmured.
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“If I am not mistaken, Madalynn probably knew Ethan didn’t leave with arge group. If that’s the case,
Madalynn and Behar would have probably split up into two forces. Oneing to get us, and the
other,”
Soren caught up with my logic andpleted for me,”-will try to block us from getting reinforcement
from the pce!”
They gasped and Cerina frowned, “Your Majesty, this is your guess though. We don’t know that for
sure.”
I looked her in the eyes. “You are right. It’s just my guess. However,” I asked, “what if I am right? If I
leave with Rowan and the group of citizens and run into them, what could happen?”
No one could answer.
“That’s why I can’t leave right now,” I dered. “Most people out there were families with children. I
can’t let anything happen to any of them!”
We had to protect them! I knew that my mother would want me to do so, and I felt it in my heart that it
was my duty to keep the people safe, just as my mother had done.
“But how?” someone asked.
It was so quiet in the temple that I could hear a pin drop, so when I spoke again, I had everyone’s full
attention.
“I need everyone to listen to me and help.” This time, there was no disagreement or objection.
“First, we need to send a message back to the pce to get help. While we wait here for Ethan, we will
need to do something to dy the enemies as much as possible. We also need to get the civilians to
cooperate and get ready to flee with us.”
I took a pause and continued, “If we are lucky, we can still leave before the enemy gets here. Even if
they catch up, with our disguises, we may be able to intimidate them enough to avoid fighting until our
reinforcements arrive.
The hall was dead silent again. Finally, Soren sighed, “Rosalie, I don’t know about this… but I support
you.”
“Just tell us what to do, Your Majesty.” Seraphine followed.
The rest of the group all looked at me and nodded their heads.
I took a deep breath andid out my n. “First, Soren, I’ll task you to run back to the pce and get
help.”
His eyes widened. “Me? Why me?”
“Because you’re the fastest,” I told him. “And the strongest amongst us.”
“But that’s why I should be here,” he argued.
“Soren, whether we can live through this or not may be dependent on you. It may also be very
dangerous out there. I can’t think of anyone better than you to be the messenger! Please?”
I could see by the look in his eyes that he wanted to protest again, but he nodded and then took off
without saying anything else
I turned to Talon and Paul. “Second, the two of you take your best warriors out and see if you can set a
trap or some sort of a detour that their forces will have to take.”
“We could put up some sort of a road block,” Talon suggested. “We could put some fallen trees and
other debris in the road so that they’ll have to go through the woods. That will slow them down. And if
we hurry, we might be able to even set up some traps”
“I like that idea,” I told him with a sharp nod. “Do that.”
The two of them headed out to get started, and Vicky followed them. “I’ll help too!”
Third,” I returned my attention to Seraphine and Cerina, “send word out to the nearby viges. Get
everyone evacuated”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
i nodded and gave thest task to Commander Landon. “Lastly, we need to prepare the people to
make them appear like military troops. We can keep anyone too young to shift in the center. It’ll be dark
by the time the enemy arrives, so
maybe they won’t see”
“They’re wolves,” Commander Landon reminded me. “They have excellent eyesight.”
“We’ll hide them behind the wolves,” I reiterated. Please let the citizens know the n. Teach them
some basics to keep the formation as much as possible.”
The three pack leaders took the rest of the guards away with them. Only Georgia, Rowan, Ethan, and
myself were left in the temple. Ethan was still unconscious and Georgia was obviously nervous.
“What can I do?” she asked.
“Get Rowan and Ethan ready as much as you can. The moment the time is up, we’ll run!” I said firmly.
“Rosalie…” Georgia was hesitant, “are you…not afraid? You’re so different now.”
I chuckled bitterly. “Georgia, believe it or not, this is the scariest day of my life!” So many people’s lives
were on my shoulders. I couldn’t imagine if I was wrong…
Themotion outside the temple again drew my attention. “Georgia, you stay with Ethan. I need to
check what’s going on.”
She nodded her head, and I walked out of the temple again. I saw Commander Landon telling the
people the news. On everyone’s faces, I saw fear and trepidation.
That wouldn’t do us any good. I needed to do something.
“Citizens, do not be afraid!” I called to them. “We are here to keep you safe!” Even though I was just as
frightened as they were, I knew my words would help to make them feel more secure. “Just listen to
Commander Landon, do as he says, and trust that the Moon Goddess will be with us!”
With that, the people began to cheer, but we immediately quieted them down. I didn’t know exactly how
far away the enemy was, but it seemed like they should have been about two hours away then, based
on what Soren had initially told
us.
I hoped he would get to the pce safely.
Everyone I cared about was in danger.
We spent the rest of our remaining time getting the citizens in as good a shape to move like military
forces as possible. Talon sent word that the roadblock wasing along, and hopefully that would
dy the enemies for one more hour.
Cerina and Seraphine returned with more citizens and Commander Landon worked to get them into
formation.
I looked at the clock in the temple. Fifteen minutes more… We were almost there.
Eventually, we began to hear howls and growls in the distance.
With my eyes fixed on the horizon, I said to Cerina, “Our time is just about up.”
My eyes fixated on the point in the distance where thergest amount of noise wasing from.
I would be lying if I said I wasn’t afraid or nervous.
“Your Majesty, we are as ready as we can be,” Commander Landon reported to me.
I looked out and saw about fifteen hundred citizens divided into three groups smartly. Each group had
about fifteen warriors leading the citizens, with grown-up male wolves at the outeryer, and female
wolves and young ones in the center
They stood there quietly and from a distance, their formation made them look like military forces.
“Well done, Commander!” I praised him. He gave me a big grin,
Talon, Paul, and Vicky had also returned from their tasks. The howls were getting louder.
Three minutes, two minutes, one minute…
I heard footsteps approaching me.
“Sorry for the wait.”
Ethan’s deep voice came from behind. It was the best music I’d ever heard.