Chapter 52
Rachels POV
1 made my teas from the call ourtyard garden. Lunch with being treated like a normal person rather than & breeder.
For those brief moments, I’d almost Torgotten the tretth
But now, slone with my thoughts, Nathan’s ecent semed to follow lost and everything I’d never truly had.
and a hard trim dietparto the timesta
through the corridors, a phantom reminder of esorbing ra
How could he be so contradictory? The way his scent warmed when he touched me, his gentle hands on my face, the heart in his eyes when he brought me bacon because my wolf craved it… it all gested he cared.
Yet behind it all was the cold reality: I was nothing but a transaction A womb to carry his hele before being released
I absently stroked my still–Dat stomach, thinking of the child growing within me. A child I might never ses gw up.
“If I’m going to die anyway, I whispered to myself, copper hair falling across my face as I looked down at my hands, live what’s left of my life on my terms.”
I’m going to
I’d spent twenty years being the obedient daughter, then the frightened breeder. I wouldn’t spend my final months that way
I could only live once, and I wanted more–more freedom, more dignity, more life–before the end.
As I approached the Moon Goddess Suite, quick footsteps sounded behind me. I turned to see Mia, one of Nathan’s warriors. hurrying to catch up.
“Rachel, miss… please wait,” she called, her scent betraying her nervousness.
I faced her fully. “Mia, you don’t need to follow me.”
She shifted uncomfortably, hands clenching into fists. “You know I can’t disobey my Alpha.”
“You’re right,” I said, my voice stronger than I expected. “But he’s not my Alpha. My eyes flashed green, my wolf stirring despite her disagreement with my words.
A sharp intake of breath behind me made me freeze. The corridor temperature seemed to plummet as a powerful wave of cold pine scent crashed over me. I turned slowly, my heart hammering against my ribs.
Nathan stood in the doorway of my suite, eyes blazing gold, teeth elongating slightly as he stared at me. “Say that again?!” he growled.
My wolf cowered inside me, but I kept my chin up, even as I instinctively lowered my gaze and offered a small curtsy.
Tyler stepped forward, his amber scent revealing his anxiety. “Mia, you can go.” He turned to Nathan. “Alpha, I have some border defense documents for your review.”
“Leave us,” Nathan gommanded, his voice low and dangerous.
“Yes, Alpha.” Tyler hesitated. “Your next meeting with Raymond is in fifteen minutes.”
NOW!!” Nathan roared, his eyes fully golden.
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Tyler gave me one last worried glance before reluctantly departing. ia scattered quickly, leaving me alone with an enraged Alpha.
I took a deep breath and tried to move past Nathan Into my suite, he he blocked my path, backing me against the wall.
“Say it again…” he demanded, his voice taking on the rough quality of his wolf.
Despite my racing heart, I raised my eyes to his. “I don’t need to be constantly chaperoned. I’m capable of getting places without an
escort.”
“You’re pregnant, you need protection!” His protective scent surged, most suffocating in its intensity.
I instinctively touched my abdomen. “I would never risk fur baby.”
“You will do as you’re told!” His eyes flashed dangerously?
“I’m not just some pathetic breeder who doesn’t know how to take care of herself!! I shouted.
Nathan stared at me, shocked. Do you have any idea what you’re saying?!”
His expression shifted suddenly. “You…” He took a deep breath, visibly trying to control his wolf. “What’s gotten into you?”
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