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.

could help was gone and I had no idea where

eye. "Ciana, look

said sounded

and said, "That's what you taught me on our first

and did

wouldn't kill Theo, at least, not now. With Justin and Maggie dead and Warren unconscious, Sabastian didn't have many other options. The

at least would spare his life

more cleansing breaths and felt much

squeezed her hands.

rapidly. "It seems that you have some clue

know you could read minds," I chuckled, trying to lighten the mood a little. "Yes. I think I have an idea of

Theo, he can point us to the right direction where others might

"Exactly."

suite. "Theo is the crowned prince and it would make the royal court look bad to have the crowned prince in a public

nodded. "That's true. News would spread quickly."

the king, I would need to hide Theo someplace where no

train of thought. "Somewhere that is close enough for him to

"You stay here 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 even more

nodded her head and I snuck out of the

the night, and I'd been circling around the king' s wing for

was even harder to navigate without being discovered compared

no sign of a dungeon or basement. Maybe I should try again tomorrow, or

hand cover my mouth.

to the ground and

"Shhh."

stopped fighting and the hand released me

it was quite a small hand, and its owner

Alexander.

I whispered, "What

his finger against his lips for me to

to the brightly lit hallway. He wasn't going to get me exposed, was

avoided all the guards and patrols perfectly, and entered a room I had passed

A small library.

this room. Anyone could see everything in it from

books. When he pulled it forward, a staircase revealed behind it, leading downwards.

pull me down the darkened staircase that connected to a concrete walled passageway. The only thing illuminating it

came to a complete stop at the end of the passageway. Then he

him. "What is this place?”

like he was

"A dungeon?"

He nodded.

"Theo is here?"

He nodded again.

want him to die either, do you? You care

time and then turned on his heel

shaky breath and continued

the dimmer the lighting was, which I appreciated. As I approached the end of the narrow pathway, I heard the cracking of

Theo!

along the shadows. Soon, I got to the end, and the space opened up.

formed dent, with large and small rocks scattering the ground, which

hid behind a large rock and saw two dingy cells in the far corner of the dent. Outside of the cells were two posts, where Theo and Jake were each tied