Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 15 : Gone

*Sasha*

“Sasha," Amanda said, giving me a shake.

I yawned and blinked owlishly at the clock. “Sweet mercies of the White Queen, Amanda, it's nearly dawn. Don't you have class this morning?"

“I do, but I was on the dorm phone all night with Chelsea–boy trouble–and the line beeped, so I switched lines, and it was Lucas," Amanda said hurriedly.

“Lucas Black?" I asked, peering at her in the low lighting.

“Do we know another Lucas?" Amanda responded with an eye roll. “He's waiting for you on the line right now."

I wanted to tell Amanda I didn't want to talk to him, roll over, and go back to sleep, but I wasn't going to make her into my errand girl. With a groan, I pulled myself out of bed and padded down the hall in boys' boxers and an oversized T-shirt to take the phone.

“Lucas," I groused. “Do you have any idea what time it is?"

“I need you," Lucas replied without preamble.

I blinked, pulled the receiver away from my ear to stare at it, then put it back to my ear to listen once more.

“… dream dancer?" Lucas was saying.

“What?" I asked. “Look, Lucas, if you're going to phone me for s*x while you're drunk and then…"

“Haven't you been listening?!" Lucas asked, exasperated.

“I was trying to figure out if you'd lost your mind… so… no…?" I replied.

“For the Moon Goddess's sake, Sasha, I'm talking about the temple, not s*x," Lucas said.

I felt my cheeks get hot and was glad he couldn't see me this mortified. “Oh. Um… sorry… um...."

“Forget it. Not important right now," Lucas sighed.

“Okay, so, it's still almost two in the morning," I said, shifting the phone to my other shoulder.

“I need you to use your dream dance abilities on something I found in the temple. I'll explain when I see you," Lucas responded. “Get dressed and meet me outside your dorm in fifteen minutes."

“But—“

“No buts. Get a move on," Lucas ordered.

I grumbled something under my breath but agreed. After hanging up, Amanda cornered me in our dorm room.

“So?" she asked. “Did Mr. Yummalicious call you for some… private time?"

I shook my head, then nodded, then shook my head. “No… I mean, not the way you're thinking. He needs me to use my dream dancer gifts to help him with something." I kicked off my pajamas and yanked on a sports bra, panties, pants, and a sweater.

that's a new euphemism for

but laugh as she stood there in frilly, pink, nearly see-through lingerie and was worried about my s*x life. “No. I can't believe he remembers I am a dream dancer. I haven't used

systems," Amanda lamented. She plopped down on

room just as Amanda was snuggling down

downstairs, Ian was already standing next to Lucas's sedan, holding

stop meeting like this," I said to the long-suffering

ma'am," he grunted back, though he didn't

a sympathetic look before Lucas reached over and tugged me inside

almost landed in his

chauffeur quickly closed our door and got behind the wheel, turning us back

down my sweater self-consciously. “What is

murmured, raking a hand through his hair. It bounced back into its stylishly messy-on-top coif.

starting to get peeved. It was nearly sunrise and I should have been getting ready

said, looking at me, his gray eyes troubled. “Brady and I went to the temple last

temple?" I

it happen again. “I brought it home. I have a cousin, Eliza, who might be able to shed some light on it, but she's far away and

“The archeologist," I remembered.

“But you also showed us once when you were starting to use your powers that you were a dream dancer.

like they go away,

“It's in my house. I'm going to show it to you when we get home. But if it's… something truly evil… that you think is going to hurt you… I'll destroy

gray eyes. It was like they danced with stars. I shook my

am," Lucas admitted. “But I can't think of any other way

you have to know I can't control what

we pulled into the pea rock driveway in front of

dashed around to let us out, but Lucas was faster. He gave me his hand and pulled me out of

around my waist as we

it in the foyer?" I asked, my muscles tensing a bit. If Lucas was nervous, I had the feeling I ought to be scared out

course not. Phoebe might stumble on it there. No, it's in my office," Lucas

take me there to study what might be a cursed object. I was starting to really not like that office

the top of the stairs, just out of view, so when we

look at it," Brady hissed, his

must be asleep, I

okay," I said, proud

but followed us to Lucas's office just the same, stopping right outside the door. He'd drawn his line

behind his desk and opened a wood panel that looked

I felt a sense of dread, even before I saw the black-veined, white marble orb

don't think I should touch it," I wheezed as my lungs seemed to fail me and I backed away. “Please put it

slipping it back in the safe. “I'll bring it back to the construction site and use the tools there to break it

on board with that plan," Brady said from

head, my other hand going

out of the office.

at least try to figure out what it was. I'm sorry