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.

was I going to do then? Everyone I knew that could help was gone and

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

she said

our first day here, remember?" Then she took a

did the

Sebastian wouldn't kill Theo, at least, not now. With Justin and Maggie dead and Warren unconscious, Sabastian didn't have many other options. The only one that carried the royal bloodline was young Prince Alexander, but he was too young to be

and at least would spare his life until he found someone or something to

cleansing breaths and

back at Brook, I squeezed her hands.

She blinked a few times rapidly. "It

to lighten the mood a little. "Yes. I think I have an idea of where they might be, well, at

he can point us to the right direction where others might be, even if they're not with him."

"Exactly."

connected to Theo's suite. "Theo is the crowned prince and it would make the royal court look bad

"That's true. News would spread

hide Theo someplace where no one could have easy access. Somewhere no one even knows."

following my train of thought. "Somewhere that is close enough for him to check on the situation easily and

stay here and stay out of sight, okay? The king just got betrayed by the woman he desires and the heir to the throne.

I snuck

deep in the night, and I'd been circling around the king' s wing for a while

frequent, and it was even harder to navigate

should try again tomorrow, or

hand

to the ground and I almost screamed and flailed my arms about.

"Shhh."

stopped fighting and the hand released me

small hand, and its owner had a

Alexander.

I whispered, "What are you

his lips for me to be quiet and he grabbed my

the brightly lit

astonished to find that somehow he avoided all the guards and patrols perfectly, and

A small library.

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

a bookcase and rearranged a few books. When he

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

to a complete stop at the end of the passageway. Then he let go of my

after him. "What

like

"A dungeon?"

He nodded.

"Theo is here?"

He nodded again.

don't want him to die either, do you? You care

a third time and then turned on his heel

out a shaky breath and continued my

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

Theo!

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

naturally formed dent, with large and small rocks scattering the ground, which would provide great

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