Chapter 31: Ciana Was in Danger
*Theo*
Ciana and I had discussed the situation, and she insisted on waiting until the scheduled wedding day, when she could get a clear sense of who was on Raymond’s side, and what his ultimate purpose was behind forcing this marriage.
I didn’t fully agree with her plan, but I wasn’t going to pick another fight now that she was willing to talk to me again. Luckily, nothing much had happened since Raymond left a couple of days ago.
The only problem was that, with Ciana’s house arrest, more guards were placed within and around the pack house and the overall security had been tightened in the Alvar pack. As a result, while Jake was able to mind–link me, he couldn’t see me as easily as before.
‘Alpha, are you able to meet in person? I have something to show you.‘
‘See you in forty minutes outside of the town border,‘ I told him via mind–link and turned to the woman sitting next to me. “Ciana, I’ll be back.”
She lifted her gaze from her book to look at me. I saw a hint of concern in her eyes, but she only asked, “What would you like for dinner? I’ll ask them to prepare it.”
Ever since Raymond’s announcement, while Ciana was putting on a calm face, I knew she felt insecure. For example, right now, I could tell she was concerned about being surrounded by Raymond’s men alone, and what she really wanted to ask me was whether I’d be back by dinner time.
“I’ll be back in no more than an hour and a half.” I got up
from the couch and continued, “By the way, if you want to know how long I’ll be gone, you can just ask it directly rather than beating around the bush.”
“I didn’t—”
“And you can make steak for dinner.”
“Why do I have to cook?” she protested. “Between you and me, who is supposed to be the servant anyway…”
I chuckled as I walked out of the room in a pretty good mood.
Raymond’s men wouldn’t allow Ciana to leave, but they didn’t seem to care about where went, which made things easier for me.
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Glancing over my shoulder, I made my way to the back door of the kitchen, making sure that no one was following me. All of the servants and guards were elsewhere. Since Ciana had been on house arrest and Raymond had decided he was in charge, the pack house was filled with irrelevant people.
I made sure they didn’t feel comfortable staying in the same room with us so that I could enjoy some quiet moments alone with Ciana.
When I arrived at my destination in the woods, I saw a familiar figure in a warrior’s uniform standing there.
“What did you find?” I asked briefly, not having any time for my Beta to waste.
and I saw
the
until the blood moon to regrow the dreamberry. It can create
was indeed great news.
last time had been wearing off, and
his face, and I could tell he was proud of himself.
his concerns were
Alpha.” With that, he gave the sign of respect and
***
*Ciana*
more time reading, but the longer he was away, the more unsettled I
something bad was about to happen. I didn’t
had been over an hour since Theo left the house.
I wasn’t relying on him… it was just that the situation was sticky right now. I just really didn’t want to deal with Raymond or Hawke when Theo was
parlor doorway, a smug look on his face. My stomach churned. He was the last person
he said in a smarmy tone as he came in without being invited. He sauntered over and planted himself on my couch, about two feet from me. “I bet
I asked, looking back at my book. I wasn’t able to concentrate on reading with him there, but I pretended to leave since that meant he’d
father told me the depths that you’ve sunk to recently, I realized that you need me much more than I need you, in order to
had my attention now. I set my book aside and brushed my hair back over my shoulders, trying to decide how to respond to that.
Ciana!” he said, smirking at me. “Everyone knows that you’re having sex with your manservant. But that needs to end now. You and I are betrothed, and I will not
you, I am not having any sort of romantic relations with my servant.” I swallowed down the rest of what I wanted to say. If I’d
in the garden.
“No, that’s not what-”
over and took my hand. I tried to pull it away, but his grip was strong. “You have to stop fucking him, you hear me? Now, I know you’ve got to be happy to be marrying someone like me, someone with
him away. “Hawke, stop. We haven’t even seen
at me. I wished that Theo was there, but I had no idea where he
the prince in the room while this wanna–be
you. Let’s get him in here. I have some work for him to do. Boy!
cautioned, but Raymond’s son was incapable of listening. “Stop
for your boy right now!” he continued. “I stepped in dog shit on my way over here.” He kicked off his loafers, and the smell of dog poop I hadn’t noticed before mingled with his awful foot odor. “Get
that Hawke was imbalanced at the moment,
off of the couch to chase Theo down, but I put a hand on his leg to stop
He’s not an ordinary servant. He only responds to me,”
in here and clean my shoes,” he
my head.
He picked up his shoes, and the
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