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.

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

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

she said sounded

"That's what you taught me on our first day here,

did the same. Inhaled...exhaled.

Sabastian didn't have many other options. The only

would spare his life until he found someone or

a few more cleansing breaths and felt much

at Brook, I squeezed her hands.

blinked a few times rapidly. "It seems that you have some clue now. Mind

you could read minds," I chuckled, trying to lighten the mood a little. "Yes. I think I have an idea of where they might be, well, at least where Theo might

the right direction where others

"Exactly."

is the crowned prince and it would make the royal court

true. News would spread

would need to hide Theo someplace where no one could have easy access. Somewhere no one even

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

sight, okay? The king just got betrayed by the woman he desires and the heir to

I snuck out of the

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

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

sign of a dungeon or basement. Maybe I should try again tomorrow, or maybe I

I felt a hand cover my

to the ground and I almost screamed and

"Shhh."

the hand

was quite a small hand, and its owner had a small frame too. I

Alexander.

"What are you

finger against his lips for me to be quiet and he grabbed

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

astonished to find that somehow he avoided all the guards and patrols perfectly, and entered a room I had

A small library.

no door for this room. Anyone could see everything in it from the hallway,

a few books. When

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

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

after him. "What is this

together like he

"A dungeon?"

He nodded.

"Theo is here?"

He nodded again.

die either,

a third time and then turned on his heel to leave.

a shaky breath and continued my way alone.

which I appreciated. As I approached the end of the narrow pathway, I heard the cracking of whips every few

Theo!

my chest as I moved along the shadows. Soon, I got to the end, and

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

far corner of the dent. Outside of the cells were