Pregnant With Four Alphas' Babies: A Reverse Harem Romance Chapter 166: Friend or Enemy?

*Rose*

Alpha Kane rushes off, leaving me alone with just the woman who was in here earlier. She is staring at me with a puzzled look on her face, and I want to tell her she should go help with the invasion, but I am under the impression that she has been assigned to guard me.

At least it’s her and not one of those other two guys. They were both so stupid, I’d probably be able to trick them into leaving me alone long enough to get out of here without them being able to catch me, but at the same time, they were creepy, and I don’t trust them not to do something stupid or weird.

“So…” she finally says, folding her arms under her chest. Her blunt haircut makes her look older than she is, I think. Her skin is smooth and clear. She’s actually pretty, when she’s not glaring at me like she wants to kill me. “I guess that bit about not remembering shit was a bunch of lies then?”

I shrug. “Desperate times call for desperate measures.”

“How did you think that was going to help exactly?” she asks me, and she’s giving me the same look that she gave those two men when they’d say something stupid.

“Well, my theory was that maybe if I didn’t remember who I was, no one would think that I was a threat,” I tell her. “They would think I was just some helpless pregnant woman and leave me the hell alone.” I hope that makes sense to her. “It’s not like I had a lot of time to think of a strategy. I had to do something. You heard Kane’s plan for me and my children, right?”

She shrugs. “Serves you right. Rich Alpha’s daughter bitch with four lovers.”

My eyes widen. “Uhm, clearly, you don’t know anything about me.”

She scoffs, a laugh escaping her lips. “Which part of what I said was wrong exactly? Your father is an Alpha, which automatically makes you rich, and those four Alphas knocked you up, so whether they love you or not, they’re still your lovers, right?”

I narrow my gaze at her. “First of all, my father is a horrible Alpha. He misappropriated a whole bunch of funds, and we are far from rich. Kane and Stephen attacked him, so I have no idea what’s left of my pack, but I’m sure my people are struggling right now.”

She is staring at me intently, but she doesn’t roll her eyes or accuse me of lying.

So I continue. “Then, you should know that I have had anything but a glamorous life up until the time that I came to the castle, and quite frankly afterward. Back in my home pack, because my parents had spent so much money they weren’t supposed to, I had to take a job in a neighboring pack at the sewage treatment plant. I had to shovel shit for a living. That was just one of the jobs I’ve had in my life, so coming to Castle Black Rock to become a Breeder wasn’t exactly my choice. I just did what my parents told me to do.”

Her eyes stay on me for a long time, like she’s not sure what to say to me. I think she believes me, though. Eventually, she says, “You’re not the woman I thought you were. Kane says you’re a spoiled, rich brat, something like Barbara, I guess, and if we kill you, the world will be a better place. He says that your babies will be the equivalent of demon babies, and we may as well kill them, too. He says the Alphas are a bunch of conceited assholes who want to rule the world.”

“It sounds to me like Kane is the one who needs to either be killed or put in his place,” I say with a shrug. “He’s not being honest with any of you, and he’s making you do things you don’t want to do just because he’s your Alpha and he can boss you around.”

She seems like a smart woman. She continues to think about what I’m saying to her, chewing on her thumbnail now.

“Listen, you have to know that Kane can’t possibly defeat all four of the Alphas and their armies, right?” I ask her.

“Well, he has help. Alpha Stephen, for one, is helping him. There are others, too.”

I shake my head. “No one is going to be able to beat the four Alphas. They are the strongest, most powerful Alphas in the kingdom. That’s why King Gene chose them to be the ones to participate in this contest to begin with. So… Alpha Kane will lose, and when he does, the people who fight on his side are going to have to pay for what they’ve done. Do you want to be the person who was responsible for watching me when I died?”

She swallows hard but doesn’t speak.

“What’s your name?” I ask her, using a gentle voice.

“What difference does it make?” she asks, defensively. “Are you trying to get me in trouble?”

I smile and shake my head. “No. Just curious. You know my name. I wanted to know yours.”

She hesitates a bit longer before she says, “Diana.”

“Hi, Diana,” I say, thinking I might actually be friends with her under different circumstances.

“Hi,” she says, but she doesn’t seem very enthusiastic. In fact, since I mentioned to her that she’d be in big trouble when this is all over, she looks very nervous.

“I think, though, you have a good opportunity to change the tides here, you know? If you can help me, then, when this is all over, I’ll be able to tell the Alphas that you were a friend to me, that they owe you, and when one of them is the new king, they can reward you for your help.”

I hold my breath, watching her, hoping she’s willing to help me because I don’t think I can do this on my own.

It takes a long while, but eventually, she nods and says, “Fine. I’ll do it.”

A smile spreads across my face. “Thank you,” I say.

“It won’t be easy, though. You’re carrying four pups, and there are guards everywhere. It’s not like I can dress you up like a soldier.”

“Are there any secret passages or anything?” I ask her.

She shakes her head. “No. But I do have a plan. Do you trust me?”

I inhale sharply and then let it out really slowly. “Do I have a choice?”

A smile spreads across her face and she replies, “No, you don’t. Come with me.”

Reluctantly, I push up off of the bed and get to my feet, unsteady from all of the drugs. I’ve got to make this work, one way or another.