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Chapter 102: Boyfriend

*Ciana*

I couldn’t believe I dozed off!

Theo said they would be leaving in two hours-were they already gone?

I ran to check on Warren. He wasn’t in his room. For a mo- ment, my heart sank to the bottom and I thought they chose to leave without me.

Thank Goddess, when I got to the foyer, Jake and a cou- ple of guys were getting Warren loaded into a van. He was strapped on a gurney, still unconscious.

Aurora was there, saying goodbye to Warren. Her eyes were glassy with tears.

I walked over and was about to ask Aurora whether she would like to come with us to the palace, when I realized that Theo actually hadn’t extended the invitation for me to go with him.

I watched Theo and Jake getting prepared to set off, and couldn’t help but decide to find out what was their plan.

“Do you have a plan on what to do now?” I asked, walking up beside Theo.

His face was drawn and distant again. The past 12 hours seemed extremely long, and he’d been so obviously upset and emotional at what happened to Warren and what he was ca-

pable of.

ty.

For a few moments, he’d even let me see that vulnerabili-

Now, he was the same old aloof Theo again.

“Yes, to a degree. We’ve made some arrangements in the palace,” Theo said.

“Okay,” I said softly, looking at the ground.

Theo’s ‘we’ only included himself and Jake, obviously. It didn’t sound like I was being included to return to the palace.

I couldn’t assume that I’d be welcome to accompany them without an invitation, as the royal palace wasn’t my backyard. Now that I’d technically “dropped out” of the running for Theo’s potential bride, there was no reason someone like me would have to go to the castle.

The palace wasn’t exactly open for anyone to come and go as they please.

But I wanted to. My heart ached with the desire to stay with Theo and to see Warren recover.

Theo wasn’t inviting me, so I wasn’t sure if he’d be recep- tive to me asking to tag along, because I might end up being more of a burden to him. He had a lot going on in his head with what he’d been through recently.

Then there was the promise I’d made to Lady Nita. I’d told her I would stay away from Theo and the palace if she helped him. She’d kept up her end of the deal. I couldn’t go back on mine.

Besides, and most importantly, I’d kissed Theo last night and he’d… he hadn’t mentioned anything about it.

At this point, I could no longer lie to myself.

Yes, I fell for the Dark Prince.

I wanted to be with him and be there for him. I wanted him to know that he wasn’t alone.

But what did he think about me?

Yes, he was protective of me, I knew that, just like he cared about Maggie, Warren, and even Jake. But was there anything more than that?

“Ciana, you in there?” Jake asked, waving his fingers in front of my face.

“Y-yes, what?” I asked, snapping out of my trance.

“I’ve been calling you. You must have been thinking pretty deeply.”

“Oh, yeah… I just hope Warren gets the help he needs,” I forced a smile on my face and played it off like it wasn’t a big deal that they were leaving without me.

But it was.

headed back to the

to go with them.

bid them goodbye so that they could leave and get Warren the help he needed. As for myself, I was seriously considering

is still there. She misses you a

her too,” I admitted, sighing heavily. It felt like I

feeling all that well lately,” Jake said. He blushed suddenly, like he wasn’t sup- posed to know about Brook’s personal

blinked a couple of times and nudged his shoulder. “It is okay to care about her

think she’d feel better getting a visit from

love to see

Warren. He’ll need a lot of care, and who knows what the king will

the invitation I was hoping for, and there was no way

Alpha would hear him. I glanced at Theo, who wasn’t pay- ing

Brook and to help with Warren. As long as I wasn’t going back for Theo, Lady Nita couldn’t

was a bit nervous when we got into the van. What

if he scolded me and asked me to stay be- hind? I would tell him that my friends needed me, and it was

I was ready

at the car door for a couple of seconds, he didn’t say anything or do anything else before sitting down next to me. My eyes didn’t

he was okay with me tagging along

a sudden, I felt energetic and

be able to get

since the night before. Still pale and unconscious. Periodically, I checked his pulse. Some- times, he was

at all. He looked at War- ren sometimes and then looked out

after more than an hour, it was still dead quiet in the

both had exactly the same amount

“Yes.”

“I hope so too.”

think King Sebastian will

we’ll figure out a way to

“How?”

“Don’t know yet.”

gotta say, conversation wasn’t

so long,” I

Theo grunted in response.

she’s been feeling a bit under the weather. He thinks seeing me will help cheer her up.

appreciate that,”

you know, I can help with Warren, too. It won’t be easy looking after him while you figure out what to

Theo just nodded.

away. I’m going back to

eyebrow at me but he

awkward silence was probably way easier

to get a sense of what he was feeling about me, but at this rate,

the car pulled through the majestic front gates, I felt it had been ages since I last set foot in the royal

Jake’s super efficiency, Warren was fully settled down in his

was walking toward the door.

in the eye, “I’m going to see the king. I have my men here, they’ll only listen to you, so most people in the palace shouldn’t bother you. Take care of yourself and

“That’s the least I could do. Good

smiled and followed Theo, “We need it! By the way, Brook should be here

them walk away as I said a prayer to the Moon

not long after that, Brook

so much!” she said

I smiled, then immediately noticed someone else

“She insisted on coming. When she

soon as Sophia saw Warren’s form laying in the bed, she bounced on the balls of her feet and

of Theo’s men said, blocking her at the

unruly women are?” She point- ed at us. “Let

continue this behavior,

and the guard

What did she want?