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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.

to do then? Everyone I knew that could help was gone and I had no idea where

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

said

said, “That’s what you taught me on our first day

her and did

other options. The only one that carried the royal bloodline was young Prince Alexander, but he was too

his life until he found someone or

few more cleansing breaths and felt much

squeezed her hands.

few times rapidly.

mood a little. “Yes. I think I have an idea of where they might be, well, at least where

point us to the right direction

“Exactly.”

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

“That’s true. News

“If I were the king, I would need to hide Theo someplace where no

following my train of thought. “Somewhere that is close enough

the woman he desires and the heir to the throne. He’s going to be even more paranoid. Watch out

head and I snuck out

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

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

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

a hand

My heart plummeted to the ground and I almost screamed and flailed my

“Shhh.”

the hand released me

it was quite a small hand, and its owner had a small frame

Alexander.

whispered, “What are

his finger against his lips for me to be quiet

and down to the brightly lit hallway. He

find that somehow he avoided all the guards and patrols perfectly, and entered a room I had passed many times

A small library.

Anyone could see everything

a few books. When he pulled it forward,

a concrete walled passageway. The only thing illuminating it were the dim. orange light bulbs that were mounted to the

of the passageway. Then

him. “What is

his wrists together like he was in

“A dungeon?”

He nodded.

“Theo is here?”

He nodded again.

to die either, do

nodded a third time and then turned on

breath

was, which I appreciated. As I approached the end of the narrow pathway, I heard the cracking

Theo!

heart hammered in my chest as I moved along the shadows. Soon, I got to the end, and the space opened

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

hid behind a large rock and saw two dingy cells in the far corner of the dent. Outside of the cells were two posts, where Theo and Jake were each