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.

could help was gone and I had no idea where to

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

she said

and said, "That's what you taught me on our first day here, remember?" Then she took a deep inhale and let out a long breath.

and did

have many other options. The

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

few more cleansing breaths and felt much better.

her hands. "Brook, you're

She blinked a few times rapidly. "It seems

lighten the mood a little. "Yes. I think I have an

can point us to the right direction where others might

"Exactly."

is the crowned prince and it would make the royal court look bad to have the

"That's true. News would

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

"Somewhere that is close enough for him

stay here and stay out of sight, okay? The king just got betrayed by the woman he desires and the heir to the throne. He's going

I snuck out of the

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

frequent, and it was even harder to navigate without being discovered compared to our last

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

felt a hand

ground and I almost screamed and

"Shhh."

fighting and the hand released me

hand, and its owner had a small frame

Alexander.

"What are you doing

finger against his lips for me to be quiet

the garden and down to the brightly lit hallway. He wasn't going to get me exposed, was he?

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

A small library.

could see everything in it

bookcase and rearranged a few books. When he pulled it

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

at the end of the passageway. Then he

him. "What is

wrists together like he was in

"A dungeon?"

He nodded.

"Theo is here?"

He nodded again.

don't want him to die either, do you? You care

and then turned

let out a shaky breath and continued my way alone.

of the narrow pathway, I heard the cracking of whips

Theo!

moved along the shadows.

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

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