Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 102: Boyfriend

*Ciana*

I couldn’t believe I dozed off!

Theo said they would be leaving in two hours-were they already gone?

I ran to check on Warren. He wasn’t in his room. For a mo- ment, my heart sank to the bottom and I thought they chose to leave without me.

Thank Goddess, when I got to the foyer, Jake and a cou- ple of guys were getting Warren loaded into a van. He was strapped on a gurney, still unconscious.

Aurora was there, saying goodbye to Warren. Her eyes were glassy with tears.

I walked over and was about to ask Aurora whether she would like to come with us to the palace, when I realized that Theo actually hadn’t extended the invitation for me to go with him.

I watched Theo and Jake getting prepared to set off, and couldn’t help but decide to find out what was their plan.

“Do you have a plan on what to do now?” I asked, walking up beside Theo.

His face was drawn and distant again. The past 12 hours seemed extremely long, and he’d been so obviously upset and emotional at what happened to Warren and what he was ca-

pable of.

ty.

For a few moments, he’d even let me see that vulnerabili-

Now, he was the same old aloof Theo again.

“Yes, to a degree. We’ve made some arrangements in the palace,” Theo said.

“Okay,” I said softly, looking at the ground.

Theo’s ‘we’ only included himself and Jake, obviously. It didn’t sound like I was being included to return to the palace.

I couldn’t assume that I’d be welcome to accompany them without an invitation, as the royal palace wasn’t my backyard. Now that I’d technically “dropped out” of the running for Theo’s potential bride, there was no reason someone like me would have to go to the castle.

The palace wasn’t exactly open for anyone to come and go as they please.

But I wanted to. My heart ached with the desire to stay with Theo and to see Warren recover.

Theo wasn’t inviting me, so I wasn’t sure if he’d be recep- tive to me asking to tag along, because I might end up being more of a burden to him. He had a lot going on in his head with what he’d been through recently.

Then there was the promise I’d made to Lady Nita. I’d told her I would stay away from Theo and the palace if she helped him. She’d kept up her end of the deal. I couldn’t go back on mine.

Besides, and most importantly, I’d kissed Theo last night and he’d… he hadn’t mentioned anything about it.

At this point, I could no longer lie to myself.

Yes, I fell for the Dark Prince.

I wanted to be with him and be there for him. I wanted him to know that he wasn’t alone.

But what did he think about me?

Yes, he was protective of me, I knew that, just like he cared about Maggie, Warren, and even Jake. But was there anything more than that?

“Ciana, you in there?” Jake asked, waving his fingers in front of my face.

“Y-yes, what?” I asked, snapping out of my trance.

“I’ve been calling you. You must have been thinking pretty deeply.”

“Oh, yeah… I just hope Warren gets the help he needs,” I forced a smile on my face and played it off like it wasn’t a big deal that they were leaving without me.

But it was.

back

want me to go with them. I could feel my face fall and I couldn’t maintain that

leave and get Warren the help he needed.

is still there. She

her too,” I admitted, sighing heavily. It felt like I hadn’t

hasn’t been feeling all that well lately,” Jake said. He blushed suddenly, like he wasn’t sup- posed to know about Brook’s

his shoulder. “It is okay to care

she’d feel better

see her. I’m just

help with Prince Warren. He’ll need a lot of care, and who knows what the king will decide,” Jake cut

was hoping for, and there was no

worried that his Alpha would hear him. I glanced at Theo, who wasn’t pay- ing attention,

my trip was to see Brook and to help with Warren. As long

nervous when we

if he scolded me and asked me to stay be- hind? I would tell him that

that in mind, I was ready to

for a couple of seconds, he didn’t say anything or do anything else before sitting down next to me. My eyes didn’t leave his face the en- tire time, and I could have sworn I saw

with me

sudden, I felt energetic and in

sure that he wouldn’t be able to get rid of

before. Still pale and unconscious. Periodically, I checked his pulse.

at all. He looked at

an hour, it was still dead quiet in the car. I felt the need to

alright?” I asked, even though in this case, we both had exactly the same amount of information,

“Yes.”

“I hope so too.”

think King Sebastian

figure out a way

“How?”

“Don’t know yet.”

gotta say, conversation

in so long,” I

Theo grunted in response.

weather. He thinks seeing me will help cheer her up. I’d

sure she’ll appreciate that,” Theo said

help with Warren, too. It won’t be easy looking after him while you

Theo just nodded.

know, don’t send me away. I’m going back to the palace to help two friends,”

me but

it, sitting in awkward silence was probably way easier than trying to chat the crown

what he was feeling about me, but at this rate, I was simply

felt it

super efficiency, Warren was fully settled down in his room within

that he stood up and was walking toward the door. “Where are you

to see the king. I have my men here, they’ll only listen to you, so most people

nodded, “That’s the least I

smiled and followed Theo, “We need it! By the

I said a

enough, not long after that, Brook showed

so much!” she

you too,” I smiled, then immediately noticed someone else was also

on coming. When she heard Prince Warren

Sophia saw Warren’s form laying in the bed, she bounced on the balls of her feet and let out a high- pitched cry, “Your

not allowed in here!” One of

women are?” She point- ed at us. “Let me

from Prince Theo. If you continue this behavior, I’ll have to

shouted my name, and the guard grabbed

What did she want?