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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.

we’re headed back to

me to go with them. I could feel my face fall and I couldn’t maintain

Warren the help he

know, Brook is still there. She misses you a lot,” Jake

her too,” I admitted, sighing heavily. It felt like I hadn’t seen her for

feeling all that well lately,” Jake said. He blushed suddenly, like

and nudged his shoulder. “It is okay to care about her and worry

feel better getting a visit from you,”

see her. I’m just

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

the invitation I was hoping for, and there was

as if he was worried that his Alpha would

purpose of my trip was to see Brook and to help with Warren. As long as I wasn’t going back for

when we got into the

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

was ready to face

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 leave his face the en- tire time, and I

okay with me tagging

energetic and in a much lighter

moving, I was sure that he wouldn’t be able to get

his pulse. Some- times, he was so still

hadn’t said anything to me at all. He looked at War- ren sometimes and then

be with him, but after more than an hour, it was still dead

you think Warren will be alright?” I asked, even though in this case, we both had exactly the same amount of information, and his answer wouldn’t be wiser than what I’d

“Yes.”

“I hope so too.”

King Sebastian will

but we’ll figure out a way to make him do

“How?”

“Don’t know yet.”

conversation wasn’t Prince

haven’t seen Brook in so long,” I

Theo grunted in response.

been feeling a bit under the weather. He thinks seeing me will help cheer her up. I’d like to

she’ll appreciate

won’t be easy

Theo just nodded.

back to the palace to help two friends,” I

an eyebrow at me but

was probably way

me,

pulled through the majestic front gates, I felt it had

Jake’s super efficiency, Warren was fully settled down in his room within twenty minutes, including proper se- curity and medical

he stood up and was walking toward the door. “Where are

only listen to you, so most people in the palace shouldn’t bother you. Take care of yourself and War-

nodded, “That’s the least I

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

away as I said a prayer to

long after that, Brook showed

I’ve missed you so much!” she said

I smiled, then immediately noticed someone else was also

whispered, “She insisted on coming. When she heard Prince Warren was ill, she lost

bed, she bounced on the balls of

allowed in here!” One of

not allowed, and those unruly women are?” She

Theo. If you continue this behavior, I’ll have to remove

and the

What did she want?