Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 142 : Am I the Crazy One?

I opened my eyes to see Lena and Xander peering over me. Relief swept through them both and Lena stepped away.

I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I felt stiff and sore, and like I was just coming back from a bad hangover.

“How are you feeling?” Lena asked.

“Like someone spiked the punch,” I groaned.

Xander handed me some water. “This should help. You gave us a bit of a scare, seeing as Eliza just woke up from the same thing.”

“Eliza?” I arched an eyebrow. “What about her?”

Xander pursed his lips. “You don’t remember? Just a few hours ago, you brought her to Lena because she was exposed to some kind of substance that put her in a dream state. You helped us heal her.”

“How’s the baby?” I asked. My concern for the child blossoming fully.

I noticed Xander look at Lena. He seemed confused.

“Are you not worried about Eliza?”

I scoffed and set my water aside. “Why would I be? I only came here to remind her that I’m the father of her child… the one she ran off with to try and hide out in the Light Realm with to keep it away from me.”

“That’s not….”

“Well, she has another thing coming to her if she thinks I’m not going to exercise my Dark Realm rights. That child is mine.” I pointed to myself.

Admittedly, the details of what Xander described were a little fuzzy. I vaguely remembered seeing Eliza passed out, and all I could think was that I hoped her ineptness hadn’t caused harm to the baby.

Hearing that the baby was fine made me feel a little better, but what I couldn’t figure out was why Lena and Xander were looking at me like I had twelve heads.

“What’s wrong?” I asked. “Am I not better? I’d like to get back to the Dark Realm as soon as possible. Am I well enough to travel after this mess?”

“Jared… you seem kind of… different,” Lena said. “A few hours ago, all you cared about was saving Eliza and now you want to leave her? We don’t even know what happened to the two of you.”

“If I was concerned, then it was for the baby. Eliza means nothing to me. I just wanted to remind her that I have just as much right to that child as her.”

“Don’t you want to see her before you leave?” Lena’s voice was a little hopeful.

I scoffed and rolled my eyes. “Why? You told me the baby was fine. I understand she can’t travel right now. But, I don’t need to stick around any longer.”

Lena huffed and put her hands on her hips. “Jared, this isn’t you! Can’t you remember just a few hours ago?”

I looked at Xander. “Is your wife on drugs?”

Xander glared at me. “Careful, Jared. She’s not the one acting out of character here. We’re just trying to help you and Eliza. We want to know what happened to the two of you.”

“Great, when you find that out, let me know. Until then, I’m going back to the Dark Realm.” I tried to stand up but Xander stopped me.

enough to travel,”

not want to see Eliza. If something happens

and sat on the bed. “Can I ask you some

groaned. “Is that really

was starting to annoy me. I didn’t know how much clearer I could be. They were acting like they didn’t know that Eliza had been a pain in my butt since the moment

now, she thought she could just run off with that child and hide out in the

No, that wasn’t happening.

Lena snapped her fingers in front of

I’m not playing your

backed away. Slowly, she

behind and crossed his

whatever it is. I’m going to figure it out. Honestly,

What are you talking about?” I arched an

were both exposed to a hallucinogenic. I think it altered your minds

I know what I feel. I know what I

need to tone it down a bit Jared. My wife was about ready to

remark. I didn’t really think that I needed help, but Xander and I were just starting to piece together our brother relationship. I wasn’t ready to toss

this kind of thing than me. Plus, he is

I nodded slowly.

I’d met him once before when Eliza was dragging me all around, so intent on breaking the curse. It had been an agonizing journey, even though

like she thought that any second, I’d magically

As if!

what you do remember?” Theo

“About what?” I snarled.

“About Eliza,” Theo clarified.

village, she has been nothing but a pain in the ass.

that so?” Theo asked, raising

idea what it is like to have a lovesick puppy following you around. It’s like she thinks that just because we are mates, we’re destined to be together.” I

cleared his throat. “Jared… that is

is, I wanted her to keep house and have my children. Apparently, that was too much to ask because she decided to run off to the Light Realm and try to take my child

Theo exchanged a look, similar to the

“What, what is it?”

you blame Eliza for wanting to get away from you? According to you, you treated her like

bought her at an auction, as a

boy….” Xander

and stroked his chin. “Actually, I’ve heard of something like this

fix it?” Xander asked, perking

isn’t the same as this yellow powder. This is similar to

the excitement leave

we know

met the two of you once before, and I could tell how much you loved and cared for her. You’d do anything to protect her

here because I wanted to remind her that I’m

I think there’s something more proactive than trying to get Jared to remember what really happened