Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 828

Chapter 39 : Truth Revealed

*Jared*

Eliza didn’t seem to be breathing.

I wasn’t sure what kind of reaction I’d expected out of her, to be honest. I hadn’t ever planned to tell her I was Alpha King Alexander’s brother. It hadn’t seemed necessary.

“Seeing as you’re finally being honest with me,” I said carefully, stretching out my arm to lean against the post of my bed, “I figured I could be honest with you as well.”

What I really wanted to say was, ‘Why the f**k didn’t you tell me you were related to the White Queens?’ But, I bit my tongue, preventing the words from slipping out.

She blinked a few times, then shook her head.

“He doesn’t have any siblings,” she said blankly, a distant look in her eyes.

It wasn’t often that Eliza was at a loss for words. It was even more rare that she was stunned into near silence.

I wasn’t sure I liked it.

She looked a little pale all of the sudden, like she was going to faint.

I caught her before she pitched forward, her eyes nearly rolling back in her head.

“This is very dramatic,” I mumbled, scooping her into my arms and laying her on my bed–our bed, if we were being technical.

She heaved a breath, choking on what could have either been a laugh, or a sob. “That makes so much sense,” she whispered, reaching up to rub the tears from her eyes. Her fainting spell seemed to have broken through her panic and rage, sending her into a stupor. I sat on the edge of the bed, watching her closely as she whispered to herself, covering her eyes with her hands.

“What?” I asked, unable to hear what she was saying.

“Your shadow likes me,” she said, dropping her arms on either side of her and staring up at the ceiling. “I was able to help you reign it in–”

“What does that have to do with anything?”

“I can feel those powers in the Cryptex when others can’t, and it responds to my touch, opens to me–”

doing it again, saying her thoughts out loud. I don’t think she’d ever realized she was doing it. I’d seen her get into almost a trance-like state a few times since I’d met her, the first time when I brought her to the stones, the second the morning before we left Aeris’s castle. She’d be sitting there with the new piece of Cryptex in her hands, going

to be able to see into her mind for just a

know about Theo and Ciana. Ciana was like me, I think. Her father is a distant great uncle of mine, somehow… through Soren.” She was peering at me now, but made no moves to get up from the bed. She lay splayed with her legs and arms outstretched,

from her gaze and looked blankly at the far wall, steeling my expression. I’d been frantic in my efforts to get home, not knowing if she’d made it or not. Had I not had the baggage that was Carmen dragging me down, I would’ve arrived early this morning, only hours after she and Brandt had made

truth about who you are,” I said, risking a

and clenching her hands into fists as she mulled over whatever biting commentary she meant to unload on

consider myself a prince by any means, just so we’re clear. I have no

a prince, aren’t you? When Aeris called you

if you can even call him that, have said I’m his spitting image, that the resemblance is uncanny. I let them run with the rumors. I didn’t care.

the same way the other Alphas do about

and I meant it. “I couldn’t care less. It doesn’t affect

at her, watching as she picked at the frayed edge of the blanket, her eyes focused on something across the

and I were together at one point… though I wouldn’t call it totally exclusive. She turned twenty-one a few months before I did. I was… young, and stupid. I didn’t know about the curse yet and I

rolled over onto her side, propped herself up on her

who I became, at least, that was her reasoning for… what she

“What did she do?”

the door, a knock

I ran my hands over my face and turned

peeked her head inside, scowling

her lips spreading in a smile. Miriam sighed with relief as she entered the room, carrying nothing but the journal I’d

had, other than your uniform, which I assume you won’t be needing anymore,” Miriam said softly, but I caught the hint of annoyance

shortly,” I said as

the journal on the side table by the door. I stared at the journal, my chest squeezing painfully. That was all Eliza had in this realm, and I’d given

guest a room?” Miriam asked,

the morning,” I replied, acutely aware of Eliza shifting her position beside me. “She is not our guest. Don’t

eyes softening as they drifted from mine to Eliza,

asked before Miriam had even shut the

gave her a look, rolling my eyes as I stretched out on the bed with my ankles crossed along

said

This piqued Eliza’s interest.

your precious study,” she teased, pinching

kicked her out of the village

and crossing her hands over her chest. “You

from me,” I noted, nudging her shoulder with my