Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 78: I've Been Waiting For You

I stared at the fake me, Jasmine, on the ground. Warren was still leaning over her. His eyes were half-lidded, but I could see underneath the tears brimming in his eyes. I couldn't deny that I felt mortified, too. I promised we'd protect her, and I failed to honor my word.

"Everyone! We have all been fooled by the imposter!"

Raymond announced, waving dismissively at Jasmine's lifeless form. He had shifted back and someone had quickly dressed him with a cloak. "The Moon Goddess has sent us the real Ciana just in time. The pack can finish preparing for the arrival of our esteemed guest."

"Show some remorse!" I snapped, turning to glare at him. "You just murdered a young girl, one that you were using for horrible crimes."

Raymond scoffed and rolled his eyes at me, he whispered, "She understood the risks of disobeying me. If she wasn't going to do her part, she was no longer useful." His voice was so casual and uninterested.

"You're a monster! Moon Goddess above, in the name of Lord

Lycaon, you'll get what you deserve!" Warren said, finding his voice. He stood and balled his hands into fists.

I didn't think I'd ever seen Warren so mad, but he was ready to fight for Jasmine's memory and keep his promise to always remember her.

"That is more corruption coming from a member of the royal family. You can't just come in here and throw your weight * around. We don't bow down to royal tyranny," Raymond scoffed loudly. "Take him into custody."

"You can't! You have no jurisdiction over the royal family," I argued.

Warren added, "You claimed that the crown are tyrants that lord over Alvar. What's your evidence?"

"Seize him!" Raymond didn't answer, only gave his order. His guards pounced on Warren.

"Now, what do you think the king is going to do to Alvar pack when he finds out what you've done to his son?" I asked. I glanced at the rest of the pack.

No one spoke up at all. They wouldn't look at me either.

"Hold him down. If he twitches, knock him out," Raymond demanded. He stood over Warren, smirking and leering in front of the captured prince.

Rage pumped through my veins and my hand tightened around the feather. I'd knock that smug, arrogant look right off his face!

"Your decoy is dead. There's no way you'll complete the alliance with Luther now," I said, pointing a finger at Raymond.

He smirked and chuckled darkly in a tone only audible to me. "I see you haven't let go of the feather, Ciana dear."

"The feather?" I asked, creasing my brow.

Suddenly, a tingle shot up my arm and it dropped limply at my side. I couldn't move it! I kept telling my fingers to release the feather, but they wouldn't respond.

That same tingle spread through my shoulders.

What was happening?!

to the side, catching myself on a

made sure it would work to my advantage," he said with

feel my legs anymore and my mind was getting fuzzy. I fought to keep my eyes

let Raymond win like this!

But until then,

Ciana has been overcome by fatigue. But she is prepared to honor our alliance with Alpha Luther."

to ear. He was a snake! I half expected him to unhinge

muttered, trying to force my legs and arms to move.

He'd gained Jasmine's trust and we'd set this plan up

I blinked rapidly, forcing myself to

you," Raymond taunted in a low

Warren watched with horrified eyes, still unable to move against the guards that were holding him

After all, Warren was only one person, how

against Raymond by now. Unfortunately,

it was noisy, but no one dared to

sure if it was from the paralyzing poison or if it was because I

could do whatever he wanted with me. Even give

couldn't be... Father, Mother, what should I do? What else could

I heard a deep, smooth voice utter beside me as my body finally collapsed onto the floor.

my eyes to see Tallis a few steps

me," I mouthed silently, I was no longer able to

shook his

Tallis wasn't my biggest fan, but I couldn't believe that he was just going

that it would be for the

the stage. People parted to make way. As I moved through the crowd, I heard, "Just play along. This is your

could do anything... I would

won't let anything happen to

how sure he was that he could keep me safe made me believe him. That kind of confidence only came from the

a sweatshirt over his shirt and I could see an imprint of something pressing against the sweatshirt. It was familiar. I tried to place the

I'll make sure you are safe," he said again, lowering his voice so

shape on Tallis' sweatshirt was a lapel pin. It was familiar because

too heavy to lift, now. If Tallis was wearing a lapel pin

I knew it!

of relief swept through me as he stepped back before Raymond could notice him. I gave myself over to it, trusting that Theo would

in the world would wear a lapel

**

eyes open, the first thing that I realized was that I was moving. My ears pricked up with the whirr of car tires and the gentle hum of an engine.

a car, getting driven who knows where.

my temples as a massive headache immediately pounded against

leaning forward and resting my forehead on the driver's seat in front of

a luxury car with real leather seats and the leather was cool, helping my