Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 129: Mysterious Ways

Normally, I didn’t mind traveling by boat.

But for the first couple of days, every wave turned my stomach and made me run straight for the bathroom.

I wasn’t sure if it was because I was pregnant or because I was so sad over losing Jared… again.

The mate bond was gone all over again. I’d had to do it, though. It was the only way to be there for my family and right now, they needed me more than Jared did.

The threat to the Dark Realm was nearly gone. Hestia was all that was left, and she was weak.

Lena was in trouble, and so was the White Queen line.

Even though the boat was small, Xander assigned two Royal Guards to me. They followed me around everywhere I went and were constantly stationed outside my door.

They didn’t talk to me much, but I knew they were always there.

I went to the back of the boat and watched the Dark Realm fading into the distance.

The memory of Jared’s pained, broken look as the boat pulled away from the dock swam in my mind.

My stomach clenched and I sniffled.

One of the guards handed me a tissue. I nodded and wiped my eyes. That was some real, full-service guard duty….

I headed to Lena’s room and sat next to her bed. There’d been no change since we got on the boat. I hadn’t expected to see any change in her, but it worried me about how still she was getting.

She used to jerk when I touched her. Now, the reactions were less and less.

Was her brain shutting down already?

When I left the palace, I hadn’t had a lot of clothes to bring with me but I had seen some familiar books on a shelf in my room. I didn’t think Lena would mind me borrowing them.

I kept one of the books in her stateroom. It was one of her favorites.

The healers made it seem like since she was asleep, she could still hear us. Xander talked to her a lot but as king, he couldn’t be with Lena all the time.

I picked up the book and started reading where I’d left off. For some reason, I thought that if I kept reading to her and talking to her, she’d hear me and hold on a little longer. She would fight to stay alive.

I read a few ##Chapters and then set the book aside. Taking Lena’s hand, I squeezed her fingers four times until I got a reaction from her.

“Don’t ever stop doing that, okay?” I asked.

There wasn’t much else I could do except be there for her.

Xander joined me. “How is she today?”

“The same.” I sighed and bowed my head.

“Thank you, Eliza, for reading to her and being with her when I can’t.”

“She’s my cousin. I’m not giving up on her.”

“And I know she will be forever grateful to you for that, as am I, and our children.”

kind words, I could sense that he wanted to

her more.” I gave Lena’s hand one last squeeze and headed back to the deck of

knew it like

deck again after leaving Lena’s room. Other than reading to her and walking around, there wasn’t

in my room, I just thought of Jared and I got upset. On the

boat. Every time I

days, and I could still see the

whispered to

I had family with me, I still felt alone. Why hadn’t Jared asked to come along? If he had… maybe none

told him he couldn’t come; he’d just assumed. Instead of being supportive, he’d dismissed my concerns about my cousin and my desire to

I covered it with my hands like I could keep it from falling out of

wrong.

and tears wet my eyes. I sniffled and

and accepted it. It was the same guard every time. The other

through blurry eyes and returned to my

we crossed into the Light Realm,

meet the boat. Xander

on the deck and watched the helicopter disappear; my unruly, curly

me on the boat, but a heart-sinking loneliness set in. Everyone I loved

thing,” I told myself, pacing back and forth on the deck. “It’s what

I stopped pacing, wrapping

there again

it from him and dabbed

in a strong, deep voice but I could tell he was young, a lot younger than I expected, more

a little. “Oh, so

with kindness, and his smile was so genuine and pure.

someone to talk to, now that my

oblige.

“I’m Eliza.”

friends, but it lightened my mood to have someone

we docked, I headed to the hospital and met up with

“Any news?” I asked.

course of action is to give

work.” My

Xander

“What’s wrong?”

her be alive and without her

Queen. To lose her powers could devastate her, even if it meant

anyone that wanted to stay close to Lena. The first night I was there, I tossed and turned, thinking

don’t let your beloved, blessed daughter lose her powers or her life. She doesn’t deserve this.

drifted to sleep and found myself in a strange,

the hospital room where Lena was sleeping. She was hooked

she looked perfectly peaceful and content. She

cheeks were rosy and

wasn’t wearing her hospital gown. She was wearing an elegant, white dress with a silver tiara on her head and fresh flowers in

was definitely a dream of some

swam with a glittering mist that clung to

chest with a bouquet of white