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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.

Everyone I knew that could help was gone and I had no

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

said

you taught me on our first day here, remember?” Then she took a deep inhale and let out

followed her and did

kill Theo, at least, not now. With Justin and Maggie dead and Warren unconscious, Sabastian didn’t have many other options. The only one

needed Theo, and at least would spare his life until he found

took a few more cleansing breaths and felt much

at Brook, I squeezed her hands. “Brook, you’re amazing.

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

read minds,” I chuckled, trying to lighten the mood a little. “Yes. I think I have an idea of where they might be,

to the right direction where others might be, even if

“Exactly.”

walking towards my side chamber which was connected to Theo’s suite. “Theo is the crowned prince and it would make the royal

true. News

I would need to hide Theo someplace where no one could have

that is close enough for him to check on the situation

and the heir to the throne. He’s

I

I’d been circling around the king’ s

heavier. The patrol was more frequent, and it was even harder to navigate without being discovered compared to our

dungeon or basement. Maybe I should try again

a hand

plummeted to the ground and I almost

“Shhh.”

fighting and the hand

was quite a small hand, and its owner

Alexander.

I whispered, “What are

finger against his lips for me

the garden and down to the brightly lit hallway. He wasn’t going to get me exposed, was

patrols perfectly, and entered a room I had passed many times but didn’t

A small library.

see everything in it from the hallway, so how

to a bookcase and rearranged a few books. When he pulled

to a concrete

complete stop at the end of the passageway. Then he let go

after him. “What

put his wrists together

“A dungeon?”

He nodded.

“Theo is here?”

He nodded again.

to die either, do you? You care

time and then turned on his

shaky breath and continued

I went, the dimmer the lighting was, which I appreciated. As I approached the end of the narrow pathway, I heard the cracking of whips every few seconds, mixed with hushed

Theo!

shadows. Soon, I got to the end, and the space opened

small rocks scattering the ground, which would provide

the far corner of the dent. Outside of the cells