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

eye. "Ciana, look at me. Take

said sounded

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

followed her and did the same.

many other options. The only one that carried the royal bloodline was young Prince Alexander, but he was too young to

spare his life

few more cleansing breaths and

her hands.

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

I think I have an idea of where they might be, well, at least

we find Prince Theo, he can point us to the right direction where others might be, even if they're not with

"Exactly."

started walking towards my side chamber 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 in a

News would spread

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

thought. "Somewhere that is close enough

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

nodded her head and I snuck out of the

I'd been circling around the

was even harder to navigate without being discovered compared

no sign of a dungeon or basement. Maybe I should try again tomorrow, or maybe I should go back

hand

me! My heart plummeted to the ground and I almost

"Shhh."

the hand released me slowly.

its owner had

Alexander.

whispered, "What are you doing here?"

finger against his lips for me to be

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

perfectly, and entered a room I had passed many times but didn't pay much attention to.

A small library.

room. Anyone could see everything in it from the hallway, so how could it hold any secrets?

a few books. When he pulled it

allowed him to pull me down the darkened staircase that connected to a concrete walled passageway. The only thing illuminating it were the dim. orange light bulbs that were mounted to

of the passageway. Then he

called after him.

his wrists together like he was in

"A dungeon?"

He nodded.

"Theo is here?"

He nodded again.

him to die either, do you? You care about

a third time and then turned on his heel

shaky breath and continued

appreciated. As I approached the end of the narrow pathway, I heard the cracking of whips every few seconds, mixed with hushed

Theo!

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

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

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