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

She was always on the go, tenacious, and pushing forward. Was that because she

and the wonder of technology that

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

ask her to give up this technology and luxury.

the song to herself softly. I could only hear the song in her voice

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

see her glow like that,

to see her

Eliza and I got our bearings

She rubbed her stomach.

something wrong?" I asked, touching

We didn't even have breakfast and then we did all that traveling," she

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

too. And my back is a little sore from the plane ride. Maybe we should get a

can put our

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

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

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

a lot to get used to in the Realm of Light, but it definitely agreed with Eliza. She just

I'm going to give them a call and schedule

you going to

are looking for Mila. Do you want me

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

not. I'd rather meet them first. I don't want

and

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

that I had an extended family, let alone that

“Yeah, yeah, it is good to talk to you, too. I

listened to Ciana on the

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

the phone and

the plan is

you ready to meet your aunt

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

to meet my 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

were complicated enough

me? What if they didn't

I hadn't felt this insecure about anything

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

you doing in there?" I

the bathroom

in the doorway. She looked a little pale, her

I jumped out of the

that well," she admitted, touching her

her to the bed. “Come on, lie down. Did

her