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

White Queen in person, years ago, she blessed me with her blood before Ciana was born. My daughter carries my blood, so she has

she lose that

where do you think your power comes from? What do you think contains the most power within you?” Soren asked me casually, like a teacher quizzing

comes from my bloodline. The part that

and smiled. "Correct. The same goes for the

Now everything made sense.

a light bulb went off. I murmured, to him and to myself, "Because she lost

hope and I couldn't hold back the trembling in my voice. "Then, does it mean that as long

nodded, "I

It was such good news, and I could sense the hope in the

out to the White Queen?"

two completely different worlds. They each have their own

have just recently heard of the

magical portal, so to speak. With the right artifacts, it can take us to the Realm of Light. Not many know of it or how to access it. I've kept it a secret for

my mind, but I couldn't catch them. All my being was overwhelmed by the great news that there was a way to solve

even

earlier we can get Ciana her immunity back, the safer she would be from me. By the way, I could not thank you enough for trusting me with this

trust you because Ciana is also my daughter," he smiled, "and you are not your

moment and was at a loss for words,

still hadn't gotten

to himself. I was sure he had many reasons to do so, but one of the most important reasons was probably to protect the Realm of

bloodline, people like Sebastian

homeworld with me. I'd forever be honored and

young king, unfortunately, the portal isn’t something that stays in one place waiting

"You mean, it moves?"

and while I was able to go back and forth between the two realms, the last time I did that was many years ago. The next time I tried to go

that the 12-year-old Ciana told me about her family trips all over the world, and the recent years when the Alpha and

It was a cold bucket of water dumped right over my spark of hope. Soren had spent the last twenty years without luck, how much longer would we

years, ten years? Even if I would be patient, was it fair to Ciana and our unborn child that I couldn't even touch

subject with delicacy.

was. This wasn't the

Black, does the portal always connect to the Realm of

"In my experience, yes."

does it feel all dark and cold,

moment and asked surprisingly,

that day in our final battle with Luther and that Warren and Jake had also told us

no circumstances should two moons exist at the same time. I don't know it for sure, but if what you said was truly a portal, I'd say it is not meant to be opened

Knock. Knock. Knock.

office without waiting for a

Warren's windswept, frenzied

"Warren, what's wrong?"

has run