Sold as the Alpha King's Breeder novel Chapter 182

182 Her Mate Can Save Her Life 

We all held our breath, waiting for the slightest chance to save the one whose loss would weigh so heavily in our hearts. 

Cerina looked up at me. “Unless her true fated mate is willing to repay the Goddess on the queen’s be half.” 

I froze. 

“What… Did you say?” 

My heart was about to jump out of my chest. 

She didn’t answer my question. Instead, she continued her explanation. “However, we all know Queen Rosalie doesn’t have a mate,” she said, “and even if she does, knowing her, she would never want her mate 

to-” 

“So her mate can save her life?” | asked, cutting her off mid-sentence. I needed confirmation. I tried to stop my voice from trembling so that others wouldn’t sense my emotions, 

Cerina’s mouth parted slightly as she stuttered over her words, “I don’t know that for sure…” 

I’d do anything for her… but if her mate could save her… if I was that mate who could save her what would I need to do? 

“How?” 

A confused gaze fell upon her face as she pondered why I was questioning her. 

“Cerina, if… I mean, if we were able to find her mate, and he is willing to do this for her, what would he need to do?” 

She shook her head again. “I don’t know. It may be up to her true mate to figure out…” 

“Her true mate?” 

This time, Seraphine answered me. “Only the fated mate who completes the full mate bond can be rec ognized as the true mate by the Moon Goddess.” 

Looking down at Rosalie, I couldn’t bear the thought of her no longer walking this earth. 

She had fought hard over all the time that I had known her to find her proper place in life, and every time she made headway, something pulled her back and stopped her from being able to be free. 

She had just found her people. She had just started to live her life with freedom and love. She had just begun to experience that, and I wouldn’t let that change. 

Her people needed her, and our son needed her. I would not allow her to die! 

I brushed over her face and sat there in silence. 

“Alpha Ethan,” Seraphine said, “I knew that this is hard for you. Her Majesty told me some of her past with you.” 

I looked toward the older woman, I’d seen her with Rosalie ever since the islands, and it seemed that Rosalie relied on and trusted her. I said, “Thank you for looking after her all along.” 

She sighed, “You have always been the person who is so special in her life. She might not tell you so, but I know you are one of the most important people in her life. Given the chance again, she would make 

the exact same choices.” 

My throat was tight. 

“She was so happy that you are the father of her baby,” she concluded. 

Vicky and Georgia started to cry again. To them, there was no hope because no one knew that Rosalie was my mate! 

But to me… 

I’d try anything, even if the chances were nearly impossible. As long as there was hope, no matter how little, I’d try. 

“How much time does she have?” I asked. 

Cerina looked away as if she was not willing to face the reality either, but she answered, “At most, a week.” 

I pushed myself up, nodded to them and walked out of the room. 

I mindlinked Talon. ‘Talon, get everyone back to the war room! 

I had no time to waste. 

I had to hurry. I’d promised Rosalie I’d take care of her people and win the war. I couldn’t let her down again. 

“I’ll return to you soon, Rosalie,” I said to myself. “Wait for me!” 

I headed out to where the others were waiting. I found them congregating nearby, their arms folded, their voices low. 

When I walked into the war room, most military leaders had gathered there already, discussing the situ ation at the front line. 

Looking at Talon, I saw the worry in his eyes. He was slowly stroking his chin, thinking deeply about the situation, as he always did, no matter what predicament we found ourselves in. 

Talon shook his head. ‘There has to be something that we can do here. It’s just… escaping me. It’s like it’s trapped in my head, and I can’t get it out.” 

I could tell he was frustrated. I understood the feeling. Even though we were greatly outnumbered, I wasn’t ready to give up. 

After all, I had promised Rosalie that I would take care of her people. I couldn’t leave her in a situation where she would be called upon to invoke the power of the Moon Goddess ever again. 

Doing so would most certainly kill her the next time she had to do it since she would not have a mate to save her again… 

I needed updates from all of the other leaders so I could assess the state of the situation at that mo ment. 

Nothing much had changed except that we were nearly surrounded, and the enemy troops were getting closer to us by the moment. 

As the other leaders reported their information, and we made changes to the map, I continued to think about what Talon had said. Something about his words had the wheels in my mind working. 

“We can’t slow them,” one of the leaders was saying, “and they’ll be here soon.” 

“Wait!” I exclaimed. “That’s it!” 

Every eye in the room was fixed on me, every eyebrow arched. “What is it?” Talon finally asked, whisper 

ing as if he was afraid he might interrupt my train of thought. 

The words Talon had spoken earlier went together with what this man had said. “We need to slow them.” I began, gesturing at the map. “We can use the forest to our advantage, but we’ll have to operate close to the palace walls so that they can’t see what we are doing!” I was so excited about the possibility of my plan working, I wasn’t quite connecting my thoughts. 

“What are we doing?” Commander Landon asked me, looking at General Vandough, who also had a puzzled look on his face. 

With a brush of my hand, I moved all of our markers that indicated the positions of the enemy soldiers out of the way and gestured at a low spot in the ground between the first marker and the palace. 

“This is where we focus,” I told them. “See this ridge? When you’re coming over the higher ground out of the forest, you can’t see the ground below you unless you’re really concentrating. We know that they won’t be. They’ll have their heads up as they are running toward us.” 

I could tell that they were still confused, so I continued. “We will build a trench all along this line. Deep at least eight feet-and about five feet across. When they come over the ridge, they’ll fall into the pit-and they won’t be able to get out.” 

“Why won’t they be able to get out?” General Vandough asked. 

“Because… we’ll feel it with oil, tar, whatever nasty, sticky stuff we can find so that they won’t be able to simply climb out,” I explained to them. 

Then I looked him in the eye. “Then we burn them!” My voice was ice cold. 

“Won’t they see the hole?” General Vandough asked. 

‘We will cover it with mesh fabric and then put debris from the forest on top of it,” I explained. “With all of the new construction projects I’ve seen near the palace, I’m certain you must have some sort of equip ment that we can use to dig the hole before they get too close to see or hear it?” 

My question was answered with nods all around. 

“And… you have a textile factory in town, don’t you? And a fuel processing plant?” 

More nods greeted me. 

“So… We should have all of the resources we need to make this plan work. Now, it’s just a matter of exe cution.” I made eye contact with every person in the room, and every single one of them gave me a nod of understanding. 

“All right then,” I said. “Richard, Paul, I’m putting you in charge of digging the hole. You know where to 

put it?” 

“Yes, Alpha,” they both said. 

I 

“Very good. Commander Landon, can you get the oil for the hole?” “Of course, Alpha,” the Commander told me. 

“General Vandough,” I called. 

Before I gave him his assignment, he volunteered, “I’ll take care of the coverage.” 

“Great,” I said with a sharp nod. 

“We also need to make them think that our people are abandoning the palace,” I told them. “We need to make a pretty big show of it Samuel, can you handle that?” 

The former guard grinned. “You bet, Alpha.” He whistled in excitement, “And you know I’m good at it!” 

I gave him a tight-lipped smile. 

Thad to make sure that Rosalie didn’t fall into Madalynn or Behar’s hands. Who knew what kinds of tor ture they might have in store for her? James wanted her for her blood, which would also mean a short life full of torment. And if she used the Moon Goddess’s power again… all was lost. 

No, my plan had to work. It just had to. 

“I only have one question.” A female general drew everyone’s attention. 

I gestured for her to go ahead. 

“How do we know how close they will get to the palace before they put us under siege?” she asked. “They might stop short of that line since it is so close to the palace.” 

| stared at her for a moment. “They will come,” I told her firmly. 

“How do you know?” she questioned. 

I narrowed my eyes. “Because I will make them.” 

That was all I was willing to say. 

“All right then. We don’t have a lot of time, so let’s get to it. Talon, you stay.”