Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

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.

Everyone I knew that could help was

me in the eye. “Ciana, look

said sounded

on our first day here, remember?” Then she took a deep inhale and

her and did

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

spare his life until he found someone or something

a few more cleansing breaths and felt much

her

from the best.” She blinked a few times rapidly. “It seems that

minds,” I chuckled, trying to lighten the mood a little. “Yes. I think I

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

“Exactly.”

to Theo’s suite. “Theo is the crowned prince and it would make the royal court

nodded. “That’s true.

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

train of thought. “Somewhere that is close enough for him to check on the

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

her head and I snuck out of the

night, and I’d been circling

it was

a dungeon or basement. Maybe I should try again tomorrow, or maybe

I felt a

ground and

“Shhh.”

and the hand released

small hand, and its owner had a small

Alexander.

whispered, “What

placed his finger against his lips for me to

and down to the brightly lit hallway.

was astonished to find that somehow he avoided all the guards and patrols perfectly, and entered

A small library.

room. Anyone could see everything in

to a bookcase and rearranged a few books. When he

staircase that connected to a concrete

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

him. “What

his wrists together like

“A dungeon?”

He nodded.

“Theo is here?”

He nodded again.

die either, do you? You

time and then turned on his heel to

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 cracking of

Theo!

in my chest as I moved along the shadows. Soon, I

and small rocks scattering the ground, which would provide great

and saw two dingy cells in the far corner of the