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.”

Xander’s kind words, I could sense that he wanted

back a little later and read to her more.” I gave Lena’s hand one last squeeze and headed back to the

the deck. I knew it like the back

walked the deck again after leaving Lena’s room. Other

room, I just thought of Jared and I got upset. On the deck I got fresh air and exercise. It was better than lying around weepy and

back of the boat. Every time I walked the deck, I ended up there, even without thinking

a few days, and I could still see

I whispered to

Why hadn’t Jared asked to come along? If he had… maybe none of this would

hadn’t told him he couldn’t come; he’d just assumed. Instead of being supportive, he’d dismissed my

hands like I

was all wrong.

rejection coursed through me again and tears wet my eyes. I sniffled

of my guards handed me a tissue. I nodded and accepted it. It was the same guard every

through blurry eyes and

we crossed into the Light Realm, I knew.

in to meet the boat. Xander

hospital. I stood on the deck and watched

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

myself, pacing back and forth on the deck. “It’s what had to

eyes again and I stopped pacing,

guard was there again

took it from him and dabbed

tell he was young, a lot

“Oh, so

at me. His eyes twinkled with kindness, and his smile was so genuine and pure. “Only if you want

someone to talk to, now that my

oblige. My

“I’m Eliza.”

Declan and me to become friends, but it lightened my mood to have someone else to talk to for the rest of

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

“Any news?” I asked.

that the best course of action is to give her a blood transfusion

could work.” My heart

that Xander still didn’t look

“What’s wrong?”

I’d rather have her be alive and without her powers than the alternative… but it would still be a big loss to

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

was there, I tossed and turned, thinking of the impossible decision Xander had to make–to save his wife and possibly have

blessed daughter lose her powers or her life. She doesn’t deserve

to sleep and found myself in

was sleeping. She was hooked up to beeping

she looked perfectly peaceful and content. She

cheeks were

realize she wasn’t wearing her hospital gown. She was wearing an elegant, white dress with a

a dream of

glittering mist that clung to her eyelashes, making them

her hands folded over her chest with a bouquet of white