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.

that could help was gone and I

grabbed my hand and looked me in the eye. “Ciana, look at me. Take a deep

she said sounded

a smile on her face, and said, “That’s what you taught me on our first day here,

and did the

other options. The

least would spare his life until he found someone or something

more cleansing

squeezed her hands. “Brook, you’re amazing. Thank

rapidly. “It seems that you have some

you could read minds,” I chuckled, trying to lighten the mood a little. “Yes. I think I have an idea of where

point us to the right

“Exactly.”

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

true. News

were the king, I would need to hide Theo someplace where

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

nodded. “You stay here and stay out of sight, okay? The king just got betrayed by the woman he desires and the heir to the throne. He’s going to be even

nodded her head and I

I’d been circling around

frequent, and it was

was no sign of a dungeon or basement. Maybe I should try again tomorrow, or maybe I

felt a hand cover

the ground and I almost screamed and

“Shhh.”

stopped fighting and the hand released me

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

Alexander.

Alexander,” I whispered, “What are you

his finger against his lips for me to be quiet and

to the brightly lit hallway. He wasn’t going to

perfectly,

A small library.

could see everything in it

walked us to a bookcase and rearranged a few books.

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

complete stop at the end of the passageway. Then he let go of my hand and turned to

after him. “What is

together like

“A dungeon?”

He nodded.

“Theo is here?”

He nodded again.

don’t want him to die either, do you? You

and then turned on

a shaky breath

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

Theo!

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

small rocks scattering the ground, which would provide great cover

the far corner of the dent. Outside of the cells were two