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.

in the Dark

always on the go,

plane and the

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

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

the song to herself softly. I could only hear the

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

to see her glow like

to see her

landed, Eliza and I got our bearings in the

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 place

my back is a little sore from the plane ride. Maybe we should get a hotel first and

we can put

airport, there were several large hotels. Right away, I noticed they were

with it. She booked

the hotel, so we grabbed some lunch

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

them a call

What are you going to

are looking for Mila. Do you want

I looked into Eliza's sweet, imploring

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

nodded and made the

hadn't really thought about how I was meeting my own aunt and uncle

had an extended family,

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

she listened to Ciana

friend Jared. Just let me know where you want to meet. We

phone and grinned at

is in motion,"

Are you ready to meet your aunt

and nodded but my smile felt tight and strained. Eliza didn't seem to notice because our food was brought to us at

I wanted 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 money, power, or

families were complicated enough without

me? What

felt this

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

are you doing in there?" I called to

in the bathroom for a long

appeared in the doorway. She looked a little pale, her

jumped out of

feeling all that well," she admitted, touching

arm around her back and helped her to the bed. “Come on, lie down. Did you

her into the