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.

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

in the eye. "Ciana, look at me. Take

she said sounded familiar...

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

and did

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 sent to

life until he found someone or something to

cleansing breaths

at Brook, I squeezed her hands.

She blinked a few times rapidly. "It seems that you have

mood a little. "Yes. I think I have

right direction where others might be, even if they're not with him."

"Exactly."

side chamber which was connected to Theo's suite. "Theo is the crowned prince and it would

true. News would

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

thought. "Somewhere that is close enough for him to check

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 paranoid. Watch out for

head and I snuck out of the room.

circling around

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

here for a while, but there was no sign of a dungeon or basement. Maybe I should try again tomorrow, or maybe I should

hand

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

"Shhh."

and the hand released me

it was quite a small hand, and its owner had

Alexander.

whispered, "What are you doing here?"

his lips for me to

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

the guards and patrols perfectly, and entered a room

A small library.

no door for this room. Anyone could see everything in

few books. When he pulled it forward, a

connected to a concrete walled passageway. The only thing illuminating

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

after him.

wrists together like he was in

"A dungeon?"

He nodded.

"Theo is here?"

He nodded again.

want him to die either, do

then turned

let out a shaky breath and continued my way

As I approached the end of the narrow pathway, I heard the cracking of whips every

Theo!

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

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

of the dent. Outside of the