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.

help was gone and

my hand and looked me in the eye. "Ciana, look at

she said sounded familiar...

taught me on our first

followed her and did

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

life until he

cleansing breaths and felt much better.

at Brook, I squeezed her hands. "Brook, you're amazing.

the best." She blinked a few times rapidly. "It seems that you have some clue

mood a little. "Yes. I think

right direction where others might

"Exactly."

and I started walking towards my side chamber which was connected to Theo's suite. "Theo is the crowned prince and it would make the royal court look bad

nodded. "That's true. News would

I were the king, I would need to hide Theo someplace where no one could have easy

that is close enough for him to

and stay out of sight, okay? The king just got betrayed by the woman he desires and the heir to the throne. He's going to be

and I snuck out of

and I'd been circling

guarded heavier. The patrol was more frequent, and it was even harder to navigate

Maybe I should try again tomorrow, or maybe I

a hand cover

ground and I almost screamed and

"Shhh."

and the hand released me slowly.

and its owner had a small frame

Alexander.

Alexander," I whispered, "What are

lips for me to be

brightly lit hallway. He wasn't

astonished to find that somehow he avoided all the guards and patrols perfectly, and entered a room I had passed many times but didn't pay much

A small library.

door for this room. Anyone could see everything in it from the hallway, so how

books. When he pulled it

me down the darkened staircase that connected to a concrete walled passageway. The only thing illuminating it were the dim. orange light bulbs that

complete stop at the end of the passageway. Then he let

called after him. "What is

put his wrists together like

"A dungeon?"

He nodded.

"Theo is here?"

He nodded again.

don't want him to die either, do

time and then turned on his heel to

breath and

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

Theo!

shadows. Soon, I

rocks

dent. Outside of the cells were two posts, where Theo and Jake were each tied to one.