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.

nothing like planes in the Dark Realm.

was always on the go,

I looked around the plane and the wonder

to give up the luxury and ease of life in the Realm of Light and

give up this technology and luxury.

eyes closed, humming the song to herself softly. I could only hear the song in her voice now. and that didn't

The light behind her from the plane window gave her a beautiful

her

wanted to see her glow like that,

the plane landed, Eliza and I got our bearings

She rubbed her stomach.

something wrong?" I asked, touching her

hungry. We didn't even have breakfast and then

get something to eat." I looked around the airport for a possible place to

pretty tired, too. And my back is a little sore from the plane ride. Maybe we should get a hotel first and find food there,"

we can put

away, I noticed they were all a lot nicer than any place

of the hotels, apparently familiar with it. She booked us a room and we

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

to in the Realm of Light,

to give them

you

we are looking for Mila. Do you want

and I looked into Eliza's sweet, imploring

I don't want them to think that

and made the

aunt and uncle soon. Family had always

I had an extended family, let alone that I'd

talk to you, too. I was

as she listened to Ciana

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

hung up the phone and grinned

the plan is in

you ready to meet your aunt

and strained. Eliza didn't seem

as I wanted to meet my family, it still made me uneasy. Once Theo and Ciana found out who I was, they might think I was

families were complicated enough without estranged relatives showing

if they rejected me? What

was all too much? I hadn't felt this insecure about anything since I was a

just boxers, and slipped into bed. It was late and we'd traveled all day. Eliza and I needed to rest in order to get ready for this family

in there?"

in the bathroom for

looked a little pale,

you okay!?" I jumped out of

not feeling all that well,"

to the bed.

helped her into