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.

was nothing like planes in the Dark Realm.

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

plane and the wonder of technology that it

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

up this technology and luxury. I couldn't ask

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

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

to see her

to see her glow like

Eliza and I

She rubbed her stomach.

I asked,

and then we did all

around the airport for

the plane ride.

Then we can put

were several large hotels. Right away, I noticed they were all

familiar with it. She booked us a room and

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

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

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

are you going to tell

that we are looking for Mila. Do you want me

finger on the table top and I looked into Eliza's sweet, imploring eyes. I

don't want them

and made

aunt

an extended family, let alone

to talk to you, too. I was wondering if you and Theo had some time to meet with me and a

pause as she listened

my friend Jared. Just let

hung up the phone and grinned

is in motion,"

to meet

tight and strained. Eliza didn't

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

were complicated enough without estranged relatives

they rejected me? What if they didn't

too much? I hadn't felt this insecure

my shirt and pants, wearing just boxers, and slipped into bed. It was late and we'd

what are you doing in there?" I called

bathroom for a long

doorway. She looked a

jumped

feeling all that well," she

her to the bed.

helped her into the