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

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

I looked around the plane and the wonder of technology

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

to give up this technology and

to herself softly. I could only hear

glowing. The light behind her from the plane window gave her a beautiful halo, framing her curls

to see her glow

her

I got our

She rubbed her stomach.

I asked, touching her

breakfast and then we did

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

pretty tired, too. And my back is a little sore from the plane

can put our bags

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

apparently familiar with it. She

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

Realm of Light,

them a call and schedule a meeting." She

you going to tell

for Mila. Do you want me

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

don't want them to think that I'm after something from the

nodded and made

my own aunt and

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

into the phone. “Yeah, yeah, it is good to talk to you, too. I was wondering if you

a pause as she listened to Ciana on the

and my friend Jared. Just let me know

hung up the phone and grinned at

plan is in

to meet your aunt

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

made me uneasy. Once Theo and Ciana found out who I was, they

enough without estranged relatives

they rejected me? What if they didn't like

this insecure about anything since I

bed. It was late and we'd traveled all day. Eliza and

doing in

bathroom for

in the doorway. She looked a little

I jumped out

feeling all that well," she admitted, touching

helped her to the

her