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.

planes in the Dark Realm. It

never looked so at peace in the Dark Realm. She was always

the plane and

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

up this technology and luxury. I

I could only hear the

relaxed that she was practically glowing. The light behind her from the plane window gave her a beautiful halo, framing her curls

see her glow like that,

to see her glow like that,

Eliza and I got our bearings

She rubbed her stomach.

wrong?" I asked, touching

have breakfast and then we did all that

looked around the airport for a possible

sore from the plane ride. Maybe we should get a hotel first and find

we can put our bags down,

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

with it. She booked

in the hotel, so we grabbed

of Light, but it definitely

give them a call and schedule a meeting." She pulled her phone

are you going to

for Mila. Do you want me to tell them who you

table top and I looked into Eliza's sweet,

them first. I don't want them to think that

nodded and made

thought about how I was meeting my own aunt and uncle soon. Family had always been

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

is good to talk to

a pause as she listened to Ciana on the

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

the phone

the plan is

you ready to meet your

and nodded but my smile felt tight and strained. Eliza didn't seem to notice because

family, it 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 money, power,

enough without estranged relatives showing

they rejected me? What if they

much? I hadn't felt this insecure about anything since I

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

are you doing in there?" I called

bathroom for

doorway. She looked a little pale, her legs

okay!?" I jumped

feeling all that well," she admitted, touching

looped my arm around her back and helped her to the

helped her into the