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 wild

peace in the Dark Realm. She was always on the go,

I looked around the plane and the wonder of technology that

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

ask her to give up this technology and luxury. I couldn't ask her to give

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

from the plane window gave her a beautiful halo, framing her curls and

wanted to see her glow like that,

see her glow

landed, Eliza and I got our bearings

She rubbed her stomach.

wrong?" I asked, touching her

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

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

is a little sore from the plane

put

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

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

so we grabbed some lunch

in the Realm of Light, but it definitely agreed with Eliza.

going to give them a call and schedule

What are you going

Do you want

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

first. I don't want

nodded and made the

I was meeting my own aunt and

was hard enough to admit that I had an

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

pause as she listened to

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

up the phone

is in

to meet your

and strained. Eliza didn't seem to notice

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

families were complicated enough

rejected me? What if they didn't

this insecure about anything since I was a

took off my shirt and pants, wearing just boxers, 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

in there?"

the bathroom for

looked a little

I jumped

that well," she admitted,

her back and helped her to

helped her into