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.

to do then? Everyone I knew that could help was gone and

me in the eye. “Ciana, look

said sounded

her face, and said, “That’s what you taught me on our first day here, remember?”

her and did the

dead and Warren unconscious, Sabastian didn’t have many other options. The only one that carried the royal bloodline was young

his life until he found someone or something to

a few more cleansing

at Brook, I squeezed her hands. “Brook,

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

chuckled, trying to lighten the mood a little. “Yes. I think I have an idea of where they might be, well, at least where Theo might

Prince Theo, he can point us to the right

“Exactly.”

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

true.

would need to hide Theo someplace where no one could have easy access. Somewhere

following my train of thought. “Somewhere that is close enough for him

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

and I snuck out of

deep in the night, and I’d been circling

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

of a dungeon or basement. Maybe I should try

I felt a hand cover my

ground and I almost screamed

“Shhh.”

stopped fighting and the hand

small hand, and its owner had

Alexander.

whispered, “What are you

lips for me to be quiet and he

down to the brightly lit hallway. He wasn’t

patrols perfectly, and entered a room I had passed

A small library.

there was no door for this room. Anyone could see everything in it from the

to a bookcase and rearranged a few books. When he pulled it forward, a staircase revealed behind it, leading

down the darkened staircase that connected to a concrete

passageway. Then he let go of my

called after him. “What

put his wrists together like he was

“A dungeon?”

He nodded.

“Theo is here?”

He nodded again.

to die either, do you? You care about

third time and then turned

let out a shaky breath and

appreciated. As I approached the end of the narrow pathway, I heard the

Theo!

I moved along the shadows. Soon, I got

and small

dingy cells in the far corner of the dent. Outside of the cells were