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Chapter 107: I Was Their Only Hope

*Ciana*

My breath came out in low and shallow pants as I heard the protests from Nita and the roars from the king.

However, I couldn’t see anything from here until I saw Theo and Nita being escorted out of the room. When Theo walked past the closet, I thought I saw him shift his eyeballs very subtly.

Yet I understood what he wanted from me.

Stay safe.

I had hoped for this plan to go smoothly but I should have known someone like Sebastian wouldn’t be easy to trick.

It wasn’t like I didn’t consider bursting out of this closet and playing the hero, but that would’ve been flat-out stupid.

Theo had placed me here for a reason and I agreed with him on that. At this point, I was their only hope, and getting myself locked up with them really wouldn’t do us any good:

When I was sure everyone had left the king’s suite, I counted to 100 before slowly opening the closet door and peeking down the hallway.

Empty.

Perfect.

Keeping my steps as light as could be and sticking to the corners, I managed to get out without drawing any more unwanted attention.

Where would Jake be? I needed him. Now.

He would know what to do in times like this.

My legs took me back to Theo’s wing. Jake had to be waiting there. However, as I got close, I stopped when I heard someone jogging over from a distance. My first instinct was to hide, but then I recognized the footsteps.

“Brook?”

“Ciana! Thank the Goddess you’re here!”

A sense of foreboding rushed through me. “What happened?”

“They took him.” She cried. The tears streamed down her face and her cries got harder with each passing second. “They put him in chains and took him away.”

“Who, Brook? Who did they take?” I pulled out of her hold and grabbed her shoulders. “Jake?!”

“Yes!” she sniffed. “One moment he was at the library with me and the next these guards came barging into the door and put chains on him. They beat him into submission because he was trying to push me out of the way.”

My heart sank.

“I came here to seek help for Prince Theo because Jake is his Beta.” Brook probably noticed my face was as pale as ash. “Ciana, don’t look at me like that. You’re scaring me now…”

“They took everyone then.” I stared at her solemnly. “Brook, we’re in big trouble now,”

“Everyone?” She wiped away the last few stray tears.

I nodded. “Prince Theo and Lady Nita included.”

“No…” Brook covered her mouth with her hands.

We looked at each other worriedly, and we both saw panic in each other’s eyes.

was I going to do then? Everyone I knew that could help was gone

hand and looked me in the eye. “Ciana, look at me. Take

she said sounded

forced a smile on her face, and said, “That’s what you taught me on our

her and did the same.

other options. The only one that carried

least would spare his life until he found

few more cleansing breaths and

back at Brook, I squeezed her hands. “Brook,

from the best.” She blinked a few times rapidly. “It seems that you have some clue now.

to lighten the mood a little. “Yes. I think I have an idea of

Theo, he can point us to the right direction where others

“Exactly.”

is the crowned prince and it would make the royal court look bad to have the crowned

true.

I were the king, I would need to hide Theo someplace where no one could have easy access. Somewhere no one even

following my train of thought. “Somewhere that is close enough for him to check on

sight, okay? The king just got betrayed by the woman he desires and the heir to the throne. He’s going to

head and I snuck

was deep in the night, and I’d been circling around

The patrol was more frequent, and it was even harder to navigate without being discovered

no sign of a dungeon or basement. Maybe I should try again tomorrow, or maybe I should go back and discuss

felt a hand

the ground and I almost screamed and flailed my arms

“Shhh.”

and the

was quite a small hand, and

Alexander.

Alexander,” I whispered, “What are you doing

finger against his lips for me to

brightly lit hallway. He wasn’t

that somehow he avoided all the guards and patrols perfectly, and entered

A small library.

no door for this room. Anyone could see everything in it from the hallway, so

books. When he pulled it forward, a staircase

to say anything, I allowed him to pull me down the darkened staircase that connected to a concrete walled passageway. The only thing illuminating it were the dim.

a complete stop at the end of the passageway. Then

after him. “What is this

together like he was

“A dungeon?”

He nodded.

“Theo is here?”

He nodded again.

want him to die either, do you? You

then turned

out a shaky breath and continued

the end of the narrow pathway, I heard the cracking of whips every few seconds, mixed

Theo!

along the shadows. Soon, I got to the

small rocks scattering the ground,

the far corner of the dent. Outside