Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 107: I Was Their Only Hope

*Ciana*

My breath came out in low and shallow pants as I heard the protests from Nita and the roars from the king.

However, I couldn't see anything from here until I saw Theo and Nita being escorted out of the room. When Theo walked past the closet, I thought I saw him shift his eyeballs very subtly.

Yet I understood what he wanted from me.

Stay safe.

I had hoped for this plan to go smoothly but I should have known someone like Sebastian wouldn't be easy to trick.

It wasn't like I didn't consider bursting out of this closet and playing the hero, but that would've been flat-out stupid.

Theo had placed me here for a reason and I agreed with him on that. At this point, I was their only hope, and getting myself locked up with them really wouldn't do us any good:

When I was sure everyone had left the king's suite, I counted to 100 before slowly opening the closet door and peeking down the hallway.

Empty.

Perfect.

Keeping my steps as light as could be and sticking to the corners, I managed to get out without drawing any more unwanted attention.

Where would Jake be? I needed him. Now.

He would know what to do in times like this.

My legs took me back to Theo's wing. Jake had to be waiting there. However, as I got close, I stopped when I heard someone jogging over from a distance. My first instinct was to hide, but then I recognized the footsteps.

"Brook?"

"Ciana! Thank the Goddess you're here!"

A sense of foreboding rushed through me. "What happened?"

"They took him." She cried. The tears streamed down her face and her cries got harder with each passing second. "They put him in chains and took him away."

"Who, Brook? Who did they take?" I pulled out of her hold and grabbed her shoulders. "Jake?!"

"Yes!" she sniffed. "One moment he was at the library with me and the next these guards came barging into the door and put chains on him. They beat him into submission because he was trying to push me out of the way."

My heart sank.

"I came here to seek help for Prince Theo because Jake is his Beta." Brook probably noticed my face was as pale as ash. "Ciana, don't look at me like that. You're scaring me now..."

"They took everyone then." I stared at her solemnly. "Brook, we're in big trouble now,"

"Everyone?" She wiped away the last few stray tears.

I nodded. "Prince Theo and Lady Nita included."

"No..." Brook covered her mouth with her hands.

We looked at each other worriedly, and we both saw panic in each other's eyes.

knew that could help was gone and I had no idea

my hand and looked me in the eye. "Ciana, look at me. Take a deep breath."

she said sounded familiar...

a smile on her face, and said, "That's what you taught me on our first day here, remember?" Then she took a deep inhale and let out a

did the same.

Maggie dead and Warren unconscious, Sabastian didn't have many other options. The

would spare his life until he found someone or something to replace him.

more cleansing breaths and felt much

back at Brook, I squeezed her hands.

times rapidly. "It seems that

trying to lighten the mood a little. "Yes. I think I have

to the right direction where others might be, even if

"Exactly."

prince and it would make the royal court look bad to have the crowned prince

News

to hide Theo someplace where no one could have easy access. Somewhere

was following my train of thought. "Somewhere that is close enough for him

got betrayed by the woman he desires and the heir

nodded her head and I snuck out of the room.

deep in the night, and I'd been circling

heavier. The patrol was more frequent, and it was even harder to navigate without being discovered compared to our

sign of a dungeon or basement. Maybe I should try again tomorrow, or maybe I should go back and

I felt a hand

the ground and I almost screamed

"Shhh."

stopped fighting and the hand released me

quite a small hand, and its owner had a small

Alexander.

"What are you doing

his finger against his lips for me to

garden and down to the brightly lit hallway. He wasn't going to get me exposed, was he?

and patrols perfectly, and entered

A small library.

no door for this room. Anyone could see everything in it from the hallway, so how

to a bookcase and rearranged a few books. When he pulled it forward, a staircase revealed behind it,

anything, I allowed him to pull me down the darkened staircase that connected to a concrete walled passageway. The only thing illuminating it were

passageway.

called after him. "What

like he was

"A dungeon?"

He nodded.

"Theo is here?"

He nodded again.

want him to die either, do you? You care about

time and then

let out a shaky breath

was, which I appreciated. As I approached the end of the narrow pathway, I

Theo!

my chest as I moved along the shadows. Soon, I got to the end, and the space opened up.

with large and small rocks scattering the ground, which would provide great cover for me.

hid behind a large rock and saw two dingy cells in the far corner of the dent. Outside of