Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 84 : Glowing

*Jared*

We boarded the plane and I stopped dead, staring down the narrow tube that was supposed to fly us tens of thousands of feet in the air.

“What's wrong?" Eliza asked, turning to me.

“This… is very small."

Eliza shook her head and grabbed my hand. “Come on, it is perfectly safe."

She pulled me to our seats. Like an expert, she sat down and fastened her seatbelt.

I mimicked her. When the plane jolted, I grabbed the armrests and pressed myself into the back of the seat.

“Jared, we're not taking off yet. They'll make a big announcement, it is fine," she assured, taking my hand again and holding it in her lap.

She relaxed in her seat and closed her eyes.

Glancing around the plane, I noticed that everyone else was getting settled into their seats and they didn't seem at all concerned.

Sweat practically poured down the back of my neck. I breathed in and out repeatedly and looked around at the tiny tube that was somehow an acceptable form of transportation.

When everyone was on the plane, the announcement for takeoff was made.

The engines roared to life and the entire plane vibrated.

“And you've done this before?" I asked, leaning toward Eliza.

She smiled and nodded. “Yes. I promise, nothing will happen."

She squeezed my hand comfortingly.

I nodded but I wasn't entirely convinced. It was such an odd contraption. Sure, it beat walking all the way there, but my mind raced with all the things that could go wrong from a narrow, metal tube hurtling through the sky tens of thousands of feet above land.

I clenched my fists as the plane raced down the runway, squeezing Eliza's fingers. If it hurt her, she didn't show it.

My jaw tensed and I ground my teeth together, getting sucked back into the seat as the plane went faster and faster.

Suddenly, my stomach leapt into my throat and I felt like I was floating. I glanced out the window and saw that we weren't on the ground anymore. The plane was in the air, angled upward, and ascending quickly!

I looked over at Eliza and she was completely unconcerned.

Taking a deep breath, I forced myself to relax and try to enjoy this flight.

Eliza was humming the song from the locket. I looked over at her and saw her fiddling with the necklace.

She was doing that more and more, it seemed. Like the locket was somehow a reminder of what we needed to do.

There was something different about her. From the moment we stepped off the boat, I'd noticed it. She was lighter, happier, more relaxed.

Sitting on the plane, a piece of technology she'd been exposed to as a child, it seemed like it was an everyday activity.

in the Dark Realm. It

looked so at peace in the Dark Realm. She was always on the go, tenacious, and pushing forward.

plane and the wonder of technology

luxury and ease of life

we broke this damned curse, I couldn't ask her to give up this

her eyes closed, humming the song to herself softly. I could

relaxed that she was practically glowing. The light behind her from the plane window gave

to see her

see her glow

Eliza and I got our

She rubbed her stomach.

something wrong?" I asked, touching

have breakfast and then we did all that traveling,"

I looked around

little sore from the plane ride. Maybe

put

outside the airport, there were several large hotels. Right away, I noticed they were all a

hotels, apparently familiar with it.

was a garden restaurant in the hotel, so we grabbed some lunch and sat out in

Light, but it definitely agreed with Eliza. She just kept smiling and

going to give them a call and schedule a meeting." She pulled

What are you going to

looking for Mila. Do you want me to

table top and I looked into Eliza's sweet, imploring eyes. I knew she'd do

not. I'd rather meet them first. I don't want them to think that I'm after

and

hadn't really thought about how I was meeting my own aunt

I had an extended family, let

yeah, it is good to talk to you, too. I was wondering if you and Theo had some time to meet

she listened to

You'll be meeting with me and my friend Jared. Just let me know where you want to meet. We can

hung up the phone and grinned

the plan is in

you ready to meet your

didn't seem to

still made me uneasy. Once Theo and Ciana found out who I was, they might think I was trying to extort something from the royal family, like

were complicated enough without estranged relatives

What

this insecure about anything since I

shirt and pants, wearing just boxers, and slipped into bed. It was late and we'd traveled all day. Eliza and I needed to rest in order to

doing in there?" I

the bathroom for a long

in the doorway. She looked a little

you okay!?" I jumped

not feeling all that well,"

to the bed. “Come

helped her