Sold as the Alpha King's Breeder novel Chapter 186

Chapter 186 Ethan’s Sacrifice 

**Ethan’s POV

The moment Talon saw me, his eyes filled with terror. “Goddess! Ethan, what happened to you?!”

I didn’t answer him, “Talon, send some guys over there to bring Soren back, now!”

“Yes, Alpha!”

“Also, Behar’s troops are down by half. Ask Landon and Vandough to go after them. Their morale is de stroyed, and this is our best chance to eliminate as many of them as we can!”

I was too beaten up to fight, however, I could still lead. Others were obviously worried about my wounds, but we were in the middle of a battle, and there was no time for distraction.

“Yes, Alpha!” Talon ran off.

“Thank you, Thomas,” | said. As soon as he dropped me off, he turned around and joined the team headed across the footpath to retrieve my brother.

The last time I had seen him, he was facing off against Behar, but I couldn’t see him now. 

I couldn’t see either one of them.

Commander Landon took charge of half of our forces. He sent them around the edge of the trench to rout the enemy forces that were already on the run. General Vandough, who was on the other side of our line, did the same.

It was clear that we were winning. In a matter of an hour, the enemy was running from the field and try ing to keep out of the clutches of our warriors.

We had to have taken out the majority of the men led by Behar, which would be more than half of the enemy’s overall forces. With losses like this, any military leader would have to take a step back to re-eval uate the strategy

Their morale had to be especially low as many of them were afraid there were more traps. I saw trepi dation in their eyes.

I couldn’t help but smile.

I saw one of the troops I’d sent after Soren coming back.

Georgia had arrived, standing next to me. Her eyes were full of concern, I figured both for my horrible wounds and for Soren’s absence.

“Did you find him?” I asked the soldier in wolf form.

He shook his head. Using the mindlink, he said, ‘No, not yet, sir.’

“D*mnit,” I muttered aloud. “Keep looking for him! Get every man available to look for him!”

The wolf turned and ran back the way he’d come.

Georgia helped me to keep my balance. I was too weak to stand up straight for long. “I shouldn’t have ran off and left him behind,” I mumbled.

“They’ll find him,” my sister said. She said that to me and to herself.

I said softly”I’m sorry.” 

Georgia stared at me firmly. “He’ll be fine!! I have faith in him, just like I have faith in you!” 

“…Thank you!” That was all I could say.

Looking back from afar, fire, smoke, tens of thousands of dead wolves all reminded me that I’d done everything I could to prepare for her return. I wished I could clear out all our enemies and hand a peaceful northern tier to her, but I didn’t have much time.

‘Alpha, we’ve got Soren! One the way back!

“They found Soren,” I told Georgia, whose face immediately showed that she was relieved, 

I blew out a long exhale. I was finally ready to do what I needed to do.

I looked at Georgia again. “Georgia, keep an eye out for Soren for me, okay?”

“Of course,” she said. When she saw I had started to walk away, she asked, “Hey, where are you going? Are you able to walk?”

“I want to check on Rosalie,” I said, “and yes.”

Georgia wanted to say something else, but she swallowed it back.

I turned around and started walking back to the palace where I saw Seraphine running at me, shouting, “Alpha Ethan!” I heard desperation in her voice.

My heart froze in my chest. There was only one reason why Seraphine would be shouting like that for me.

“Rosalie…” I murmured. Leaving Georgia behind, 1 sprinted across the ground to Seraphine. “What is it?” | asked her, my eyes wide and my heart hammering.

“May I have a minute alone with her?” I asked, not moving my gaze away from her.

“I won’t let you die, Rosalie,” I started, looking down at her face. “I can’t let you die, not when I have any hope to save you. I’m sorry, I am going to do things against your will again.”

“I know you can’t hear me, but that’s probably the best for us right now. I don’t think I’d ever be able to tell you all this if you were awake.”

I chuckled bitterly, and the wounds on my face stung. “I thought I’d never be afraid of anything, until! met you. I wish things could be different, Rosalie. I wish that we could be together here, in this life, that you could be my wife, and I could be the husband you deserve–someone who would love you, treasure you, pro tect you, and give you the life that you have always wanted. But… I have failed you at every turn, and no matter how badly I want to be that man, I know it won’t be me.”

“When we were at the temple a few days ago, I had so much to tell you. I wanted to apologize to you. ! remembered everything I did as a rogue. I wanted to tell you that I’d do everything I could to make it up to you. But I also wanted to tell you that, as ashamed as I was, the time I spent with you, whether I was a rogue or not, would be treasured in my heart forever.”

I wasn’t afraid of what I was going to do. It would be an honor, but I would miss her so very much,