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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 and I

hand and looked me in the eye.

she said sounded

a smile on her face, and said, “That’s what you taught me on our first day here, remember?” Then she took a deep

and did the same.

kill Theo, at least, not now. With Justin and Maggie dead and Warren unconscious, Sabastian didn’t have many other options. The only one that carried the royal bloodline was young Prince Alexander, but he was too young to

and at least would spare his life until he found someone or something to replace

a few more cleansing breaths and felt

Brook, I squeezed her hands. “Brook,

blinked a few times rapidly. “It seems

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

he can point us to the right

“Exactly.”

“Theo is the crowned

nodded. “That’s true. News

the king, I would need to hide Theo someplace where no one could

train of thought. “Somewhere that is close enough

and the heir to the throne. He’s going to be even more paranoid. Watch

I snuck out

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

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

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

“Shhh.”

stopped fighting and the hand

quite a small hand, and its owner

Alexander.

whispered, “What

his lips for me to be quiet and he grabbed

him through the garden and down to the brightly lit hallway. He wasn’t going to

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

A small library.

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

a few books. When

allowed him to pull me down the darkened staircase that connected to a concrete walled passageway. The only thing illuminating it

of the passageway. Then he let go of

I called after him. “What is

together like he

“A dungeon?”

He nodded.

“Theo is here?”

He nodded again.

die either, do you?

and then turned on

let out a shaky breath and continued my

deeper I went, the dimmer the lighting was, which I appreciated. As I approached the end of the narrow pathway, I heard the

Theo!

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

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

two dingy cells in the far corner of the dent. Outside of the cells were two posts, where Theo and