Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 144 : The Promises We Made

*Jared*

I opened my palm and looked at the moonstone ring in my hand. She’d thrown it at me, but I hadn’t gotten a good look at it.

The ring was familiar, but I couldn’t place it.

I frowned and creased my brow. The ring sparked a strange memory. I saw the gardens back at my village and a flash of Eliza walking toward me in a wedding dress. Was it true? Did we get married? Did I really love her?

I scoffed and shook my head.

“The choice is yours. But either way, it will come to pass.” I put the ring in my pocket with my mother’s necklace and left Eliza’s house.

I wasn’t sure why I held onto the ring but I couldn’t help it. Something about it made it impossible for me to let it go.

I headed back to the hotel to meet up with Xander and Theo. They were still working on a plan to get Hestia in the Southern Jungle.

While I walked back to the hotel, I thought about the strange flash and the feelings that came with it. My wolf was restless and agitated. I wasn’t sure if that was because he was upset by the memory or upset that it had gone away so quickly.

Whatever I’d seen, it didn’t change how I felt about her.

Theo and Xander were waiting for me in the penthouse. When I arrived, they both stopped talking quickly and I knew that they’d been talking about me.

“What’s going on?” I closed the door gently and locked it, knowing we couldn’t be disturbed while coming up with a plan.

“Scarlett called Archer and he called me,” Xander said, “about your little visit with Eliza.”

I scoffed. “What about it? I thought we were here to talk about Hestia.”

“We’ll get to that,” Theo said, a deep rumble in his voice that told me I should listen.

Theo nodded to a nearby chair and I took a seat. This was such a waste of time. I knew they were just going to talk at me about Eliza and try to convince me that my memories and feelings weren’t real.

Even with that little memory flash, I couldn’t fathom ever loving her.

“Jared, we’ve worked hard to restore our family’s image and honor. The way you’ve been treating Eliza, it is reminiscent of the days of Sebastian, and it doesn’t sit well with any of us,” Theo said.

“I’m NOT Sebastian!” I glared at my brother and uncle.

What was this, some kind of intervention?

“We know that,” Xander jumped in. “The point Theo is trying to make is that even if you can’t remember loving Eliza, there’s no reason for you to treat her like a breeder slave.”

“I did buy her as one.”

treat her that way. It is a really shitty way to treat anyone, especially someone that you loved and that cares a lot about you and

this past where I’m in love with Eliza when I don’t remember it. Obviously, something

you can see that much,” Theo

a look. “I might even be willing to entertain the notion that I was in love with her and that is somewhere buried in my memories. But the truth is, I don’t love her now and I might

be concerned. I didn’t like the way I was treating Eliza. I

frustration just boiled over. It was unlike anything I’d ever experienced with anyone else in my

where that frustration came from, or

would ever describe me as rude, mean,

sure that you get your real memories and feelings back,” Xander

after the child is born. Will that put your

evident in his eyes. The way he looked at me, I felt like

his

was the best I could offer at this point, and they were either going to have to be okay with it or

settled. So, Hestia is in the Southern Jungle. How are we going to defeat her?” I steered the conversation back to

intel on Hestia, her powers, and her goals. The archeologists just unearthed it and are still digging through the artifacts.” Xander pointed to the spot on the map where

“Archeologists,” I grumbled.

did everything in this place have to remind me

agreed to meet with us at the temple site and show us everything

“Great….” I sighed heavily.

supposed to be a distraction from everything going on with Eliza. It wasn’t having the

my men to the Southern Jungle. We didn’t talk much. I had nothing left to say on the

dig site. He gave me a look, like

a lot of the artifacts are delicate. You two need to be

this find and will treat it respectfully.” Xander agreed,

temple, again?” I asked as George led

centuries, and large chunks of it still were. From what I

in with dirt and were

Even the broken ones were so tall, I had to crane my neck back to see

standing, it

you’re looking for,” George explained. “Our restorers are working to repaint the graphics in the same style as they were originally done. We’ve even found some old texts that

to look at

glanced over his shoulder at me and narrowed

working to translate them and reprint

had a problem with

with the murals. I’ve heard that pictograms and hieroglyphics can tell just as elaborate stories as old texts.” Xander stepped

said George. “We’ve learned more about our history from wall paintings

us through a narrow, dark hallway. The walls crumbled a little and I got the sense there was a massive amount of dirt piled on top of this hallway, threatening to break through the ceiling

large chamber that was almost perfectly intact. There was a tile floor with some cracks in it and marble walls. The large pillars rose to a

doing when he was in the Light Realm.” George waved his arm over a