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.”

could sense that he wanted to be

Lena’s hand one last squeeze and headed back to the deck

deck. I knew it like the back of

behind me as I walked the deck again after leaving Lena’s room. Other than reading

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

took me to the back of the boat. Every time

and I could still see the border

whispered

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

just assumed. Instead of being supportive, he’d dismissed my concerns about

clenched and I covered it with my hands like I could keep it

was all wrong.

pain from the rejection coursed through me again and tears wet my eyes. I sniffled and bowed

and accepted it. It was the same

Realm fade through blurry

the Light Realm, I knew. The

flew in to meet the

deck and watched the helicopter disappear; my unruly, curly hair even more tangled from

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

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

eyes again and I stopped

was there again with a

from him and dabbed at my eyes. “Thank

tell he was young, a lot younger than I expected, more like

“Oh, so

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

nodded. “I’d like to have someone to talk to, now that my

oblige.

“I’m Eliza.”

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

I headed to the hospital and met up

“Any news?” I asked.

lot of tests. The doctors think that the best course of action is to give her a

could work.” My heart

Xander still didn’t look

“What’s wrong?”

loses her White Queen powers. Of course, I’d rather have her be alive and without

lose her powers

to Lena. The first night I was there, I tossed and turned, thinking of the impossible decision

I looked at the ceiling. “Please, Moon Goddess, don’t let your beloved, blessed daughter lose her powers or her life. She

and found

was sleeping. She

distance, she looked perfectly peaceful and content. She didn’t look like she

were

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

definitely a dream

air around Lena swam with a glittering mist that

folded over her chest with a bouquet