Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

Chapter 973

Chapter 24 : Rude Awakenings

*Sasha*

I could feel the air change around me as Lucas stretched his hand toward me. Panic gripped me and I let the orb slip from my fingers to reach for him. But he vanished as the now-glowing blue sphere took me away.

This time the trip was instant, and I found myself on my back in a space that was cold and musty, nothing like the Goddess's temple.

The floor beneath me was made of stone, my hands lay criss-cross on my chest, the orb cradled in my palms. There was no Lucas. There was no stranger. There was no train, no chasing rogues, and no evil priestess.

There was, however, an assembly of people in dated clothing, looking at an altar at the front of… well… a temple–not one for the White Queen, but another temple for certain.

Low murmuring and chanting echoed in the air, dying off as the people turned to look at me.

I stood to my feet, clutching the orb to my chest. There was only one of me and perhaps a hundred of them. I hated the stupid thing, but it was my only defense and possible way out if something went wrong.

It sure felt wrong.

Suddenly, people began screaming, rushing to get away from me, and running for the exit. As the doors to the temple burst open, I could see a castle, dark and foreboding, not far off. The people were running straight that way.

As everyone else cleared out, however, one man stayed. He had been at the front of the altar, leading the chants.

I stepped backward as he approached me, his eyes fixated on the orb.

“Where did you get the Slipstone?" he demanded, stalking toward me.

I took a step back, mentally willing the orb to return me to Lucas. “I… l found it."

“Lies," the man said. He was more richly dressed than the others had been. And he was… familiar somehow. His features conjured up… something, something troublesome in the back of my mind.

He moved like quicksilver to close the space between us, gripping my arm.

“It's the truth," I insisted. After all, it was half true. Lucas found it.

The man chuckled darkly. “Then, I suppose you won't mind me taking it back from you." He pulled a dagger from his belt.

I tried to wrench away but his grip tightened painfully.

Everything in me knew the last thing that ever needed to happen was this man getting his hands on the orb. I backed all the way to the wall, holding the orb tighter.

“Please, Goddess, please take me back," I whispered.

The orb began to glow.

He looked at it and then backed up staring open-mouthed at me. “Dream dancer.... You have the mark, the star?"

I clutched my arm to the side and felt my stomach drop.

“The prophecy… has it come to pass?"

“I… I don't know what you're talking about!" I shouted and he rushed me again, pushed me to the wall, and pinned me in place.

Sasha....

heard Lucas's voice,

man sniffed my neck, then

Sasha....

but you will," the man chuckled. “You will."

so close that the familiarity became clear to me now. My

his hand up, and the

I was gone, lost in a memory, or maybe meandering my way back through time. I saw myself crying in

at her through my fearful child eyes and

find her," she

it was the same man. He was much, much older, but the shape of

need a new bone," he said

head. “Her baby teeth

tooth for a new potion, and this time, we need to

heart thundered in my chest as I remembered the pain and torment of what followed. I wanted

her hold that was shockingly strong. I sobbed and cried and

“Sasha!"

My mother's strong hold became his secure embrace as I tried

shut tight.

it's just the bed

out as I looked around an unfamiliar room. It had the feeling of

And there was Lucas.

reorient myself to the

wondering

you went, you

around me. “Where is the

a beat-up, waterlogged bag sitting on the luggage stand near the

one who pulled us onto the train,"

get you off the train when the shifters showed up. Luckily, I was able to grab

close we were breathing the same air. He leaned forward and bumped his forehead against mine. “I was so afraid," he whispered. “I was

raised a trembling hand to Lucas's cheek. “I was afraid, too. I was afraid the orb wouldn't get me back to you.

over mine. He threaded our fingers together, then brought my hand

They ran away when they

he hurt you?" Lucas asked, rubbing his thumb along the back of

“He called it a Slipstone and told me to give it back, until he figured out I was a dream dancer. Then he

princess?" Lucas

old… and with my

Lucas frowned. “Your mother?"

my head.

as I thought about the memories of what

knowing that I would have to tell him everything destroying that bracelet

was with my mother, but so much older

would he be with

broke my

stricken and confused. “What does that… I don't understand. Was

a talisman, for protection. My mother believed it would help

“Hide you from who?"

“My father's pack."

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