Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 945

Chapter 151 : Hestia’s Lair

*Jared*

King Xander sent me an order to gather a team and clear out the Dark Forest.

I got Archer and Brandt together, along with many of my most trusted warriors, and we headed into the forest.

It was supposedly where Hestia's lair was, but all the searching we'd done in the forest before her death led to absolutely nothing.

Xander hoped that this time, it would be different. If nothing else, we could get rid of any lingering rogues or witches that were still hanging around, hopeful for Hestia's return.

The Dark Forest was crowded with old, thick trees that groaned in the wind.

My heart raced as I stepped onto the path. The air felt so close and heavy between the trees. I felt like there was a weight crushing down on me. The canopy was so dense that hardly any light got through, making the forest dark and eerie.

I had no idea what to expect within the forest. There was dark magic there, and rumors of terrifying beasts.

I could tell that my men were tense. Whenever the wind rustled dry leaves or a gnarled, twisted tree trunk groaned, they whipped around, brandishing their weapons.

Thick vines twisted around the tree trunks, making them look deformed, and some of them even looked like hunched-over people in the distance.

The shadows started playing tricks on us within seconds.

“Jared, there's a clearing up ahead," Archer spoke.

We all froze. His voice sounded so loud and harsh in the quiet, creepy forest.

“We'll start there, even if just to get a glimpse of sunlight. It might take the edge off." I nodded and took the lead, heading down the path to the clearing.

If I thought my mind would ease from entering the clearing, I was sorely mistaken....

Rising up from the center of the clearing was a tall, dark tower that blocked out the sun. It was a single spire, rising up into the sky, made of black stone. There was one door and no windows that I could see.

I tilted my head back and could barely see the top of the tower in the glare of the sun.

“This wasn't here before," I murmured, feeling my brows furrow.

What horrors were hidden in this tower?

“This must be Hestia's lair," Archer suggested.

I nodded and walked up the steps to the door. I knocked, and a loud echo rippled through the inside of the tower.

“It's possible that Hestia cloaked it with her magic, so we couldn't see it before."

“Killing her broke the spell," Archer continued.

“Everyone, on guard. This tower could be booby-trapped. Expect anything!" I ordered.

The men quickly took up a perimeter around the tower and stood at the ready.

“If her cloaking magic is gone, any protection spells she cast might be too," Archer pointed out.

“I'm not taking any chances. It doesn't take magic to put in booby traps and protect a secret lair."

I reached for the doorknob but Archer stopped me.

“Let me."

the door. I held my breath, waiting for some strange trap to trigger. I was ready to pull Archer out of the way in a second if

creaked open, loudly, sending another echoing sound

and held the

stopped. Nothing jumped out

safe,"

pointed to several guards. “The rest

into the tower

but keep quiet and keep alert. Don't touch anything. If you find something of interest, let me know and I'll come

and spread

left where the

were a few rooms on the first floor and then a spiral staircase that went all the way up through the tower. It must have led to other

secure the first floor first

here!" Brandt

another chamber. It was lit up with luminous

the center of the room was a mound of moonstones. They shimmered in the dim light… so many moonstones

so many moonstones,"

an old grimoire splayed

back to

another language. I recognized a few words that indicated this book held all the dark

of the book that I didn't

of Hestia's

the latest entries in the family tree,

wasn't alone here in her

“What do you mean?"

a loud wail filled the

through the tower, a blood curdling scream.

knew that kind of

there." I nodded to a cobweb-covered tapestry on the

and I tore the tapestry down, revealing a

there were two small beds. A boy and a girl, no more than five and six years old, were wrapped in tattered

The children had wide, terrified eyes, their skin pale and sickly. They didn't look well, but they were

are they?" Archer

the grimoire again. “They're Hestia's children. Orion and

here." I snapped to

children up and brought them outside into

the palace. Stay alert and let me know

you back at

made arrangements to get the children back to the castle with Eliza's

nursed back to

the castle with the children, a new sense of unease

was going to happen

the proper care. But was that the right thing to do? Were they

case, these children had to be treated

Is it right for us to condemn them for what they might do? Should we punish

do the right thing," she

think of who their father might be before we arrived at

the infirmary and

you really bring Hestia's children back to my palace?" He

Well, word traveled fast.

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