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.

like planes in the Dark Realm. It was wild and

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

and

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

we broke this damned curse, I couldn't ask her to give up this technology and luxury. I couldn't ask her to give

humming the song to herself softly. I could only hear the song

she was practically glowing. The light behind her from the

to see her

to see her glow

Eliza and I got our

She rubbed her stomach.

wrong?" I

even have breakfast and then we did all

let's get something to eat." I looked around

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

Then we can put

there were several large hotels. Right away, I noticed they were all a lot nicer than any place we'd stayed in

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

the hotel, so we

lot to get used to in the Realm of Light, but it definitely agreed with

Ciana's contact information. I'm going to give them a

you going to tell

Mila. Do you want me to tell them who you

into Eliza's sweet, imploring eyes.

want them to

nodded and made

meeting my own aunt and uncle soon. Family had always been a murky subject for

hard enough to admit that I had an extended family, let

phone. “Yeah, yeah, it is good to talk to you, too. I was wondering if you and Theo had some

she listened to

let me know

up the phone

the plan is in

to meet your aunt

my smile felt tight and strained. Eliza didn't seem to notice because our food

Once Theo and Ciana found out who I

enough without estranged

if they rejected me? What if they didn't

hadn't felt this insecure

and we'd traveled all day. Eliza and I needed to

you doing in there?" I

been in the bathroom for a

appeared in the doorway. She looked a little

I jumped

not feeling all that well," she admitted,

her to the bed. “Come on, lie

helped her into the