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.

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

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

said sounded familiar...

taught me on our first day

followed her and did the

not now. With Justin and Maggie 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 battlefields like

and at least would spare his life until he found someone or something to

few more cleansing breaths and felt much better.

squeezed her

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

minds," I chuckled, trying to lighten the mood a little. "Yes. I think I have

find Prince Theo, he can point us to the right

"Exactly."

crowned prince and it would make the royal court look bad

true. News would spread quickly."

Theo someplace where no one could have easy access. Somewhere no one even knows."

thought. "Somewhere that is close enough for

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 yourself

nodded her head and I snuck out of the

was deep in the night, and I'd been circling around the

was even harder to navigate without being discovered compared

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

hand cover my mouth.

the ground and I almost

"Shhh."

the hand released me slowly.

and its owner had a small frame too. I

Alexander.

Alexander," I whispered, "What are you

for me

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

the guards and patrols perfectly, and entered a room I had passed many

A small library.

door for this room. Anyone could see everything in it from the hallway, so how could it hold any

few books. When he pulled it forward, a staircase revealed behind it,

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

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

him.

together like he was in

"A dungeon?"

He nodded.

"Theo is here?"

He nodded again.

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

third time and then turned on his heel to

out a shaky breath and

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

Theo!

the shadows. Soon, I got

with large and small rocks

in the far corner of the dent. Outside of the