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."

door. I held my breath, waiting for some strange trap to trigger.

another echoing sound through the entire

a step back and held the hilt of his

waited until the echoing stopped. Nothing jumped

safe,"

come with me." I pointed to several guards. “The rest of you

went into the tower with

and look around but keep quiet and keep alert. Don't touch anything. If you find something of interest,

nodded and

the main entryway

the first floor and then a spiral staircase

to secure the first

Brandt called to

another chamber. It was lit up with

shimmered in the dim light… so many moonstones of all

seen so

looked around the room and found an

back to the capital," I

up the moonstones, I flipped through the ancient pages. Most of it was written in another language. I recognized a few words that indicated this book

one section of the book that I

of Hestia's bloodline, showing her long lineage of dark

across the latest entries

alone here in

“What do you mean?"

a loud wail

The cry echoed through the tower, a blood curdling scream. It tapered off

knew that

tapestry on the wall. “There's something behind

and I tore the tapestry down, revealing a

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

children had wide, terrified eyes, their skin pale and sickly. They

they?" Archer

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

out of here." I snapped to two

and brought them outside

all this packed up. I want it shipped to the palace. Stay alert

meet you back at

and made arrangements to get the

by a healer and nursed back to health. Or… their

the children, a new sense of

was going to happen to

right thing to do? Were they dangerous? What kind of dark powers

case, these children had to be treated

what they might do? Should we punish them because of who their mother was?" I

will do the right thing,"

who their father might be

sent the children to the

children back to my palace?" He glared

Well, word traveled fast.

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