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.

do then? Everyone I knew that could help was gone and I had no

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

said sounded

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

followed her and did the same.

options. The only one that carried the royal bloodline was young Prince Alexander, but he was

spare his life

few more cleansing breaths

at Brook, I squeezed her hands. “Brook, you’re

a few times rapidly.

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

to the right direction where others

“Exactly.”

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

nodded. “That’s true. News would

Theo someplace where no one could have easy access.

was following my train of thought. “Somewhere that is close enough for him to check on

okay? The king just got betrayed by the woman he desires and

I

in the night, and I’d been circling around the

The patrol was more frequent, and it was even harder to navigate without being discovered compared to our last unsuccessful

here for a while, but there was no sign of a dungeon or basement. Maybe I should try again tomorrow, or maybe I should go back and discuss with Brook

I felt a

My heart plummeted to the ground and I almost screamed and flailed my

“Shhh.”

fighting and the hand released me

it was quite a small hand, and its

Alexander.

“What are you doing

his lips for me

the brightly lit hallway.

the guards and patrols perfectly,

A small library.

Anyone could see everything in it from

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

pull me down the darkened staircase that connected to a concrete

passageway. Then

called after him. “What

together like

“A dungeon?”

He nodded.

“Theo is here?”

He nodded again.

to die either,

and then turned

out a shaky breath and continued my way

went, the dimmer the lighting was, which I appreciated. As I approached the end of the narrow

Theo!

shadows. Soon, I got to the end, and the space opened

and small rocks scattering the ground, which

in the far corner of the dent. Outside of the cells were two posts, where Theo and Jake were