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.”

her that way. It is a really shitty way

I find it very strange that everyone else remembers this past where I’m in love with Eliza when I don’t remember

see that much,”

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

concerned. I didn’t like the way I was treating Eliza. I never treated anyone

boiled over. It was unlike

didn’t even know where that frustration came from, or the desire to treat her

village would ever describe me as rude, mean,

your real memories and feelings

making arrangements with Eliza after the child is born. Will that put your minds

disappointment evident in his eyes. The way he looked at me, I felt like my own father, who I never met, was

a similar look, his lips pulled

I could offer at this point, and they were either

How are we going to defeat her?” I steered the conversation back

in the Southern Jungle where we can get some intel on Hestia, her powers, and her goals. The archeologists just unearthed it and are still digging through the artifacts.”

“Archeologists,” I grumbled.

did everything in this place

heading the excavation team. He’s agreed to meet with us at the temple site and show us everything

“Great….” I sighed heavily.

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

Southern Jungle. We didn’t talk much. I had nothing left to say on the matter and it

gave me a look, like I was a bug that needed to be

lot of the artifacts are delicate. You two need to be careful.” When he spoke his warning, he looked directly at

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

this temple, again?” I asked as George led us into

been buried for centuries, and large chunks of it still were. From what I could tell, the

in with dirt and were

rose up throughout the site; many were broken off at the top. Even the broken ones were so tall,

it had

murals up ahead that have the information 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 have a lot of interesting history

at

shoulder at me

ready to be handled. I have expert recreators working to translate them and reprint them on more durable

wasn’t surprised that George had a problem with me.

I’ve heard that pictograms and hieroglyphics can tell just as elaborate stories as old texts.” Xander stepped in again. I knew he was trying to keep the mood

more about our history from wall paintings

got the sense there was a massive amount of dirt piled on top of this hallway, threatening to break through the ceiling

cracks in it and marble walls. The large pillars rose to a ceiling that had crumbled away and light shone in, sun rays

section is about King Lycaon and what he was doing when he was in the Light Realm.” George waved his arm