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. I was

sending another echoing sound through

and held the hilt

stopped. Nothing jumped out

seems safe," Archer

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

Brandt, and I went into the tower with several other

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

nodded and spread

the main entryway opened

I could tell, there 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

wanted to secure the first

Brandt called

up with luminous stones,

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

never seen so many moonstones," Brandt

found an old grimoire splayed

them back to

the ancient pages. Most of it was written in another language. I recognized a few words that indicated this book held

section of the book

was an extensive family tree of Hestia's

across the latest entries in

wasn't alone here in her

“What do you mean?"

loud wail filled the

The cry echoed through the tower, a blood curdling

that

cobweb-covered tapestry on the wall. “There's something behind that

tapestry down, revealing a

no more than five and six years old,

children had

they?"

at the grimoire again. “They're Hestia's

to get them out of here." I snapped to

the children up and

with the men and finish getting all this packed up. I want it shipped to the palace. Stay alert and let me

meet you back

and made arrangements to get the children

and nursed back to health. Or… their danger levels needed to be

castle with the children, a new

was going to happen to these

protect them and get the proper care. But was that the right thing to do?

the case, these children had to be treated

might do? Should we

will do the right thing," she

chance to think of who their father

children to the

Hestia's children back to

Well, word traveled fast.

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