Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 149: That's My Daughter

*Soren*

Hugging my unconscious Ciana tightly, I picked her up, trying to steady her trembling body. Her eyes were closed, a look of extreme pain on her face. It was pouring rain, the wind howling, whipping through the trees of the forest, soaking all of us.

The king's Beta, Jake, along with six others had arrived almost the same time as us. From the way they moved, all top warriors.

The young king uttered. “Thank you, Alpha and Luna Black."

“Let's find someplace dry,“ my wife suggested. I nodded.

'We can use the secret tunnel that Ciana and I found when we were here last time.

Jake, lead the way, I'll tell you where to go." Theo's voice was weak, but just enough for us to hear him through the downpour.

He was in obvious pain and his face twisted slightly. As he spoke, his body was weakened by the loss of blood. I could see the stark white of his shirt, now stained a deep red by the stab wound in his chest. I was worried that if we didn’t get him medical attention soon, he might not make it.

Jake quickly called for one of Theo's warriors, who shifted into his wolf form. The Beta gently helped his king up and got him onto the warrior's back. I followed behind with my daughter in my arms and my wife by my side as we made our way through the pouring rain.

Ciana's face seemed to be turning more pale by the moment.

'She is going to be okay," I assured my wife, who was almost as pale as our daughter.

She nodded and whispered, "Yes, she’ll be okay," as if she was sending positive thoughts and prayers for our baby girl to the universe.

I knew the tunnel Theo spoke of. It would provide us with the shelter we desperately needed. On my many travels looking to open the portal between the Realm of Shadow and the Realm of Light, I'd discovered just about every secret this kingdom had to offer, but I hadn't realized it was so close.

It didn't take us too long to get there, but when we did, Theo had also passed out.

The tunnel was narrow and dark, its walls slick with moisture. The air was musty and damp, and I could hear the sound of dripping water echoing off the stone walls. A few other wolves followed us at a distance, their panting breaths and soft footsteps blending together in the darkness. Since Jake didn't seem to be concerned, I had to assume that these were also Theo’s men.

At one of the intersections that lead to four different directions, Jake hesitated. It was obvious that he hadn't been here before and Theo wasn’t there to direct him.

'This way," I told the group. Jake was a little surprised, but he respected my privacy and didn't ask why I was so confident about a secret tunnel within the Ortiz pack.

Everyone else followed without questioning as well.

quiet and I led the group turning and twisting through the endless

sweetie, almost there,'

an eternity, we came to a small alcove, where we could rest for a few moments. I

her head and said quietly. 'If this is a curse, I'm afraid there's not much we

more information over the mindlink before he passed out,' Jake said while he tended to Theo, doing

him. Knowing her, she would never have done such a thing had she been in her right mind. It was almost like someone had not only modified her memory, but also forced their emotions and wishes on her. Something that may be

heart sank.

her back home. If I had,

I should’ve protected our little girl better! Damn it, what the fuck was I thinking letting

"Honey, self-blaming is not going to solve anything right now. Our

of deep breaths in. I needed to find a way to get her help, but now that Ciana was not in immediate danger, all of us

asked Jake, not wanting to tear my eyes away from my daughter but I needed to check on her victim, and potentially her love. "What can we do to

should be okay, thank goodness," Jake replied, and then he showed us something stuck at the tip of the dagger.

relieved to hear that Theo was alive. It was difficult

thing?" I asked, gesturing at the object he was

he replied. "Thank the goddess it was there so that the dagger couldn't go right through his heart! Had it not been there, I don’t know how he would survive the blow. With his strong bloodline, hopefully

my wife said

ask something, but I bit my tongue. I didn't want to sound rude to the king, especially when his almost-fatal injury was caused

who the hell would wear a lapel pin under

I saw that it looked like something a child would make, with strange objects adorning the front. Maybe it was a gift from

was a gift from

critical thoughts of the craft now. Now that I took a second look at it, it didn't

knick-knacks was

Majesty has been wearing it whenever Ciana isn’t around him. It’s like solace for him. That way he always has something from Ciana

at a loss for words for a

I would need to think about it, but perhaps Theo did truly love her. It wasn't just

prince, but Rosalie had found a way to melt his icy exterior. Was this the same way that my Ciana had

I could hear, "Your Majesty, when you recover, you have my blessing

what did you

it, I hoped that it at least would

attention back to Ciana’s unconscious form, took her hand in mine and whispered, ’Ciana, my darling girl. I’m so sorry that you have to go through all of this. But I promise you, I will

holding her hand and watching over her as she rested, praying that she would wake