Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 143: Letting Go of What's Gone

Soren froze.

I let out a breath of relief inwardly. Based on his reaction, it seemed he knew more about the White Queen than us.

"What do you want to know about her?" he sighed after his short pause.

"As I mentioned before, Ciana was immune to me, but we don't think she is right now, or at a minimum not as much as before."

He nodded to let me know he was listening.

"We of course dare not test it by risking her life without knowing why she wasn't impacted by me to begin with. So far, all the information we gathered leads us to believe she was blessed by the White Queen somehow, but that's as far as we got."

I sighed, "Only very recently we'd heard of the White Queen and believed that she may exist. Other than that, we know nothing about her. Whatever you could share would be a great help."

I couldn't read exactly what his mixed emotions were, but whatever they were, it meant only one thing. Soren Black had not only heard about this mysterious character, he might even know her well.

As expected, he chuckled lightly. “I was planning to tell Ciana when she turns twenty- one. Since she isn't... ready, I’ll tell you, Your Majesty."

"Please."

He stood up and paced to the window. The sun had started setting, and the bright orange rays warmed his features. He said in a tone as if he was telling a fairytale story from long ago, but I knew it was his own memory.

"The White Queen does exist, just as the Dark King does. As crazy as it sounds, there is more than one realm in this world, and where we are right now, is the Realm of Shadow, ruled by the Dark King Lycaon and his descendants," he explained.

I added for him, "And the realm that the White Queen rules is the Realm of Light."

I'd heard that from Dottie once, and Jake's study of the scroll also confirmed that.

"Exactly. And that's where I was born!"

I gasped. He didn’t wait for me to say anything, and asked, “You want to know why Ciana was immune to your deadly power?"

I nodded, waiting anxiously for his answer. However, all of a sudden, his eyes turned cold, and without any reason or advance notice, he charged at me, a knife in his hand.

I paused for a second, trying to figure out what he was doing and how I should react. But he was too fast.

Before I knew it, the blade shredded my gloves and then was thrust right toward my heart. Soren’s movements were like lightning and all I could do was defend myself instinctively by grabbing his wrist.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" I grunted through clenched teeth.

"Not bad, Your Majesty," he smirked as I threw his hand, which was holding the knife, away from me.

He complimented, "You’re indeed a great warrior."

But I was extremely frustrated and didn't understand what it was all for. If he wasn't Ciana's father, I might've had him thrown out of the palace.

Then I realized something crucial.

also immune to

fact, not only did I know the White Queen in person, years ago, she blessed me with

she lose

you think contains the most power within you?” Soren asked me casually, like a teacher quizzing

comes from my bloodline. The part that contains most

"Correct. The same goes for the White Queen

Now everything made sense.

light bulb went off. I murmured, to him

with hope and I couldn't hold back the trembling in my voice. "Then, does it mean that as long as the White Queen is willing to help Ciana by

"I believe

I started pacing impatiently. It was such good news, and I could sense the hope in the

out to the

two completely different worlds. They each have their own space and sometimes even

Otherwise, I wouldn't have just recently heard of the White Queen and the Realm of

so to speak. With the right artifacts, it can take us to the Realm of Light. Not many

there was a way to solve the biggest obstacle between Ciana and I. If this worked, not only Ciana would be safe from me, but

even one second

Black, when can we leave? The earlier we can get Ciana her immunity back, the safer she would be from me. By the way,

you because Ciana is also my daughter," he smiled, "and you are

a moment and was at a loss for words, swallowing

period of time, and we still hadn't gotten to an agreement on whether I could court his daughter, Soren had

kept it a secret to himself. I was sure he had many reasons to do so, but one of

the Lycaon bloodline, people

be honest about his homeworld with me. I'd forever be honored and grateful

portal isn’t something that stays in one place waiting for anyone to

"You mean, it moves?"

the last time I did that was many years ago. The next time I tried to go back there again, it was already gone. I

Ciana told me about her family trips all over the world, and the recent years when the Alpha and Luna of Alvar pack would "travel" a few months every year. Was that because he'd

a cold bucket of water dumped right over my spark of hope. Soren had spent

I would be patient, was it fair to Ciana and our unborn child

handle the portal subject with delicacy. It should

was. This wasn't the first time

does the portal always connect to

"In my experience, yes."

does it feel all

asked surprisingly, "Not to my knowledge.

what we saw that day in our final battle with Luther and that Warren and Jake had also told us that the source of

at the same time. I don't know it for

Knock. Knock. Knock.

burst into my office without waiting for

noticed Warren's windswept,

"Warren, what's wrong?"

run away!"