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.

that could help was gone

the eye. "Ciana, look at me. Take

said sounded familiar...

what you taught me on our first day here, remember?" Then she took a deep inhale

her and did the same. Inhaled...exhaled.

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

at least would spare his life

more cleansing breaths and felt much better.

I squeezed her hands. "Brook, you're

I learnt from the best." She blinked a few times rapidly.

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

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

"Exactly."

Theo's suite. "Theo is the crowned prince and it would

nodded. "That's true. News would

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

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

desires and the heir to the throne. He's going to be even more paranoid. Watch out for yourself and

her head and I

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

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

been 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 cover my mouth.

plummeted to the ground and I almost screamed and

"Shhh."

and the hand released me

quite a small hand, and its owner had a small

Alexander.

"What are you doing

lips for me to be quiet and he grabbed

him through the garden and down to the brightly lit hallway. He wasn't going to get me

and entered a room I had passed many times

A small library.

there was no door for this room. Anyone could see everything in it from

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

to a concrete walled passageway. The only thing illuminating it were the dim. orange

stop at the end of the passageway. Then he let go of my hand and turned to

called after him. "What is this

like he was in shackles.

"A dungeon?"

He nodded.

"Theo is here?"

He nodded again.

die either, do you? You care about him."

and then turned

out a shaky breath and

approached the end of

Theo!

I moved along the shadows. Soon, I got to

rocks scattering the ground, which would provide

cells in the far corner of the dent. Outside of the cells were two posts,