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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

my hand and looked me in the

she said sounded

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

her and

unconscious, Sabastian didn’t have many other options. The only one

and at least would spare his life

more cleansing

squeezed her hands. “Brook,

times rapidly. “It seems that you have some clue now. Mind sharing

I think I have an idea of where they might be, well, at least where Theo

the right direction where others might

“Exactly.”

was connected to Theo’s suite. “Theo is the crowned prince and it would make the royal court look

true. News would

I would need to hide Theo someplace where no one could have easy access. Somewhere no

of thought. “Somewhere that is close enough for him to check on the

“You stay here and stay out of sight, okay? The king just got betrayed by the woman he desires and the heir to the throne. He’s going to be even more paranoid. Watch out for yourself

nodded her head and I snuck

been circling around the king’ s wing for a while

guarded heavier. The patrol was more frequent, and it was even

or basement. Maybe I should try again tomorrow, or maybe I should go back and discuss with Brook

felt a hand cover

My heart plummeted to the ground and I almost screamed and

“Shhh.”

the hand released me

was quite a small hand, and its owner had

Alexander.

I whispered, “What are you doing

placed his finger against his lips for me to

and down to the brightly lit

perfectly, and entered a room I had

A small library.

Anyone could see everything in it from the hallway, so how could it hold

a few books. When he

I allowed him to pull me down the darkened staircase that connected to a concrete walled passageway. The

end of the passageway.

after him.

together like he was in

“A dungeon?”

He nodded.

“Theo is here?”

He nodded again.

die either,

time and then

out a shaky breath and continued my way

which I appreciated. As I approached the end of

Theo!

hammered in my chest as I moved along the shadows. Soon, I got to

large and small rocks scattering the ground, which would provide great cover

large rock and saw two dingy cells in the far corner of the dent. Outside of the