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.

the Dark Realm.

had never looked so at peace in the Dark Realm. She was always on the go, tenacious, and pushing forward.

I looked around the plane and the wonder

and ease of life in

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

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

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

see her glow like

to see her glow like

landed, Eliza and I got our bearings in the

She rubbed her stomach.

wrong?" I asked,

hungry. We didn't even have breakfast and

eat." I looked around the airport for a possible

the plane ride. Maybe we should get a hotel first and find food there,"

can put our bags

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

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

we

of Light, but it definitely agreed with Eliza. She just

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

What are you going

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

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

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

nodded and made the

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

admit that I had an extended family, let

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

a pause as she listened

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

hung up the phone and grinned

is in

you ready to meet your

didn't seem to notice because our food was brought to us

uneasy. Once Theo and Ciana found out who I was, they might think

complicated enough without estranged relatives

What if they

felt this insecure about anything since

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

you doing in there?"

in the bathroom for

doorway. She looked a little pale, her legs

jumped out of the

I'm not feeling all that

and helped her to the bed. “Come on, lie

helped her into the