Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 56 The 21st Generation of King Lycaon

Cedrick wanted to say something but my mother raised her hand to stop him.

“I suppressed your mate sense,” she answered my ques- tion instead. Her voice wasn’t loud, but shock settled into my bones.

“How could you….”

“If you cannot find your mate, then you will not have to worry about losing control around her.”

All I could do was stare at her from across the room.

So what was I? A crazy, heartless freak who was cursed to live in this world all alone until the end of his pathetic life? I was not allowed to love, nor was I allowed to hate. No emo- tions, no friends, and no… hope.

“Why me?” I murmured.

“I do not know. But what I do know is that you’re the 21st generation of King Lycaon’s bloodline and your power is un- paralleled. Whether you like it or not, it’s a blessing from the Moon Goddess herself.”

I’d never asked for it! I never wanted this damn power!

She sighed and said softly, “Now, let’s take care of what- ever it is you feel you must do as ramifications for the crystal, and we will talk about these other matters at another time.”

*Ciana”

It had been almost two days since Lady Nita and Theo were locked in his room.

I assumed she was treating him for the nightmares Luther had inflicted upon him. I spent much of that time wandering outside-waiting.

What I was waiting for exactly, I wouldn’t admit to any- one. Whenever Brook came to check on me, to bring me some food or see if I needed anything, I’d eat a little to appease her, but mostly, I just pretended to be tending to the garden or feeding the animals that sometimes came by.

But I think she knew, as I did, that I was worried about Prince Theo. I wanted to make sure that he was well.

Just as the sun was beginning to set on the second day, the door opened, and she came out, along with her servant, Cedrick and… Theo.

I tried not to rush in to see if he was okay, but instead, I casually walked over, keeping my hands folded behind my back, pretending to be nonchalant.

Lady Nita looked down her nose at me and shook her head, obviously irritated at my presence. “You’ll be happy to know that whatever that was bothering him has been lifted,” she said.

I noticed then that she had something in her hand. It was the Moonlit Crystal. It looked benign just resting in her palm, but I knew better. It could be dangerous.

“That’s wonderful!” I couldn’t help but bounce up and say a silent prayer to the Moon Goddess. Perhaps it made me seem like a little girl, but what I really wanted to do was hurl myself at him and wrap him in a hug.

do that, though. If I had learned one thing about Theo over the weeks that I had known him, it was that, under normal

between us and wrapped his arms around me

Ciana,” he

cheeks immediately flamed from his touch, and the thoughts that filled my mind were of all of the intimate times we’d spent

passionate ex- change we’d used to attempt to fool Raymond at my

I said, finally managing to pull away from him. “I’m just glad you’re feeling

“You know, Theodore, the terms of my agreeing to

gave me told me I’d better shut my

Mother. I don’t remember

had released me, but we were still standing very close to one another, and seeing his resolve made me proud to know

have been warned about what will happen, Theodore!” Queen Nita folded her arms beneath her chest, her nostrils

“It won’t matter, Mother.”

they talking about? What

added, “Because I

been surprised to hear him say that. Of course, he

had right before we’d all fallen into the dream

crystal?” Theo asked.

arms and held her hand out so we could clearly see the

a relieved breath. “It was cleansed and now

thought we failed,” Theo muttered,

in my mind we had failed the quest. Theo had been forced to smash the ring to protect me from being killed. So no token of the love between the king and the woman I was role playing was

Unless….

wrist. “Could it be?” he asked, both of us staring at the place where Warren had slipped the bracelet on. It wasn’t there

the token instead,” Theo con- tinued. “It was special to you both. Maybe that was enough to

Theo. While we had been talking,

over the crystal, probably thrilled that I would be leaving the second the ceremony was over with. I couldn’t think about that at the moment. I just needed to help Theo

he called Jake to meet us there through the mind-link. When we arrived,

no idea what needed to be done, so I followed Theo up the stairs. I stayed

the moon- light was hitting it. The crystal reflected the light, creating an eerie red glow, giving us all the illusion of a blood moon. It had

he said, looking

nodded and stepped forward, thinking he would use a knife or something to

Theodore,” Lady Nita warned

looked over my shoulder and scowled at her. “I know what I’m doing, Mother,” he said. “Now,

of robes behind me. I wasn’t

into his bottomless dark eyes, and as he took a deep breath, so did I. The scent of the forest embraced me, and I couldn’t help but let my

command. Why he was kissing me, I wasn’t sure. He’d

he bit down