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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.

knew that could help was gone and I had no idea where to even

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

said

what you taught me on our first day

followed her and did the

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

least would spare his life until he found someone

more cleansing breaths and

her hands.

a few times rapidly. “It seems that you have some clue now.

a little. “Yes. I

point us to the right direction where others might be, even

“Exactly.”

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

true.

hide Theo someplace where no one could

that is close enough for

and the heir to the throne. He’s going

her head and I snuck

I’d been circling

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

for a 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 Brook to

a

the ground and I

“Shhh.”

fighting and the

a small hand, and its owner had a small frame too.

Alexander.

whispered, “What

placed his finger against his lips for me to be quiet

the brightly lit hallway. He wasn’t going to get me exposed,

and patrols perfectly, and entered a room I had

A small library.

room. Anyone could see everything

few books. When he pulled it forward, a staircase

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

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

I called after him. “What is

together like

“A dungeon?”

He nodded.

“Theo is here?”

He nodded again.

to die either, do you? You

time and then turned on

shaky breath and

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

Theo!

chest as I moved along the shadows. Soon, I got

small rocks scattering the ground,

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