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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.

back to the

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

bid them goodbye so that they could leave and get Warren the

She misses you

It felt like

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

“It is okay to care about

she’d feel better getting a

to see her. I’m just

might need help with Prince Warren. He’ll need a lot of care, and who knows what the king will decide,”

There was the invitation I was hoping for, and there was no way I’d let the

worried that his Alpha

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

bit nervous when we

me and asked me to stay be- hind? I would

in mind, I was ready to face

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

was okay with

I felt energetic

moving, I was sure that he wouldn’t be able to get rid of me at this point, so I turned my

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

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

simply happy to be with him, but after more than an hour, it was still dead quiet in the car. I felt the need to break

in this case, we both had exactly the same amount of information, and his answer wouldn’t be wiser than

“Yes.”

“I hope so too.”

you think King Sebastian

we’ll figure out a way

“How?”

“Don’t know yet.”

I gotta say, conversation wasn’t Prince

haven’t seen Brook in so long,” I changed the

Theo grunted in response.

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

she’ll appreciate that,”

Warren, too. It won’t be easy looking after him while you figure out

Theo just nodded.

me away. I’m going back to the palace to help two friends,”

raised an eyebrow at me but

I admitted it, sitting in awkward silence was probably way easier than trying to chat the crown prince

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

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

super efficiency, Warren was fully settled down in his room within twenty minutes, including

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

have my men here, they’ll only listen to you, so most people in the palace shouldn’t bother you. Take care of

course!” I nodded, “That’s the least I could

Theo, “We need it! By

walk away as I said a prayer to the Moon

not long after

you so much!”

missed you too,” I smiled, then

“She insisted on coming. When she heard Prince Warren was

on the balls of her

you’re not allowed in here!” One of Theo’s men said, blocking her

and those unruly women are?” She point- ed

you continue this behavior, I’ll have to remove you

and the guard

What did she want?