Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 63: A Final Plea

*Ciana*

I didn’t have a response for Theo when he said I must want to marry Warren. His cold words had taken their toll on me, and I was done.

“You know what, Your Highness? It’s been a long day and you‘ re right, I should go.”

With that, I turned around and walked away from the three of them, even though Warren shouted my name for me to come back.

I was done playing this game with Theo. He continued to baffle and confuse me at every turn, and I just couldn’t take

much more.

I walked back to my room and my initial plan was to start packing–I needed to go check on the situation in my own pack anyway, but I found myself sitting on the edge of the bed, thinking about Theo.

A sharp knock on the door got my attention. It wouldn’t be Brook, because even her knock was gentle. I walked over and flung it open, not really wanting to put up with anyone else at the moment.

I was a little surprised to see Sophia standing there, but only because she had knocked. It seemed to be more like her to just barge in. “What do you want?” I asked her.

However, if I hadn’t heard it with my own ears, I would never have imagined those words were from her mouth in my wildest dreams.

“You should give Prince Theo another chance,” she blurted out. “I think he likes you.”

With my eyes bulging, all I could do was raise an eyebrow and stare at her for a second before a sarcastic laugh bubbled up and out of my lips.

“Why do you say that? Didn’t you just overhear what he said to me in the garden?” She was right there with us!

“Yes, I was there,” she admitted. I went back to my bed and pulled out my suitcase.

Sophia bringing up the situation from her perspective only made me feel more inclined to pack and leave. After all, Theo certainly wasn’t interested in me. He’d made himself clear more than once, and I was sick and tired of being his punching bag.

Sophia followed me into the room and stood at the foot of my bed while I threw my clothes into my bags.

“Listen, Ciana, it’s not what you think it is,” she said.

“What do you mean?”

“I mean… the only time he ever wants me around is when you‘ re there. He summons me whenever he knows you’re going to see the two of us together, and then he pretends like he might be interested in me. But the moment you’re gone, he discards me without a care in the world.”

I stared at Sophia for a long moment, not sure what to make of her statement. It didn’t seem to me like it could possibly be the truth. After all, this wasn’t the first time Theo chose her over me as his attendant anyway.

sound like he was intentionally trying to make me jealous,

continued to toss my clothes into my luggage, not knowing how to respond to her absurd comments. But then I realized, she wasn’t here

do you want me to do, Sophia? And why would

hard, I could see the lump in her throat. “I want you to try and win Prince Theo over, get him to admit he has feelings for you, so that Prince Warren gives up on you and doesn’t

to my

tell me the truth and answered my question

time on you if you already like Prince Theo, isn’t he? Why would you want to

tell me the

up and catching the next train out of here

grunted and shook

Theo is… cold. He’s aloof. I can’t get him to open up to me no matter how hard I try.

walls down for anyone, whereas Warren was an open book. He was always willing to open

one another.

an adequate response from her. “So why does it matter

because… I want Prince Warren to give up on you.”

the girl who has everything, who barks orders at us right and left… you’re

was about to get a taste of the attitude I’d just

up her chin and looked me firmly in the eye. “Yes,

surprised me. I would’ve thought Sophia was the type to go after

front of someone she

interested in, that’s true. But from the moment I first laid

I’d had a crush on Warren for years, from the time I only knew him as the boy from the forest.

that I’d gotten to know him, however, he wasn’t quite

was sweet and kind hearted. He was thoughtful, patient, and caring. I couldn’t think of anything bad to

in me. I started to think

with me on this, Ciana, then we’ll both get what we

word “please“, this was the first time I’d actually had a normal conversation with her. It was probably the best attitude I could

am here to serve you,” I said sarcastically, but I couldn’t help but smile at her at the end of the sentence.

proud to ask for

and someone would just get it done for her. Anyhow, I’d stopped packing. Maybe I shouldn’t

into my suitcases and get out of here, cut my losses, and go back home where

said, with a question mark hanging over her head, “are you

much I knew to be fact. “No, you don’t have to worry about that.” I saw the breath of relief she released

room.

about Theo is true or not, but I

you to stay here and be his

head again. “No, I won’t stay for