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.

help was gone

looked me in the eye. "Ciana, look at me. Take a deep breath."

said sounded familiar...

her face, and said, "That's what you taught me on our first day here, remember?" Then she took a deep

did

With Justin and Maggie dead and Warren unconscious, Sabastian didn't have many other options. The only one that carried the royal

would spare his life until he found someone or something

a few more cleansing breaths and felt much

I squeezed her hands. "Brook, you're amazing.

rapidly. "It seems that you have some clue now. Mind sharing with me?"

"Yes. I think I have an idea of

to the right direction where others might be, even

"Exactly."

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

"That's true. News would spread

someplace where no one could have

"Somewhere that is close enough for him to check on

woman he desires and the heir to the throne. He's going

her head and I

and I'd been circling around

even harder to navigate without being discovered compared

or basement. Maybe I should try again tomorrow, or maybe I should go back and discuss with

I felt a hand

plummeted to the ground and

"Shhh."

the hand released me slowly.

quite a small hand, and its owner had a

Alexander.

I whispered, "What are you

finger against his lips for me to be

the garden and down to the brightly lit hallway.

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

A small library.

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

When he pulled

to say anything, I allowed him to pull me down the darkened staircase that connected to a concrete walled passageway. The only thing illuminating it were the

of the passageway. Then he

called after him. "What

his wrists together like he

"A dungeon?"

He nodded.

"Theo is here?"

He nodded again.

to die either, do you? You care about

time and then turned on his heel

shaky breath and continued my way

appreciated. As I approached the end of the narrow pathway, I heard the cracking

Theo!

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

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

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 to one.