Sold as the Alpha King's Breeder novel Chapter 361

*Theo*

Chapter 19: Who Lifted the Curse?

“Mom… Mama….”

The girl kept crying out in her sleep, sometimes for her mother, other times for her father. I thought it was a good thing that she was at least speaking, even if she seemed to be having nightmares while she rested.

go?

It was a long night, but I stayed with her.

After all, she was asleep in my bed. Where else would I

Sitting next to her, I did my best to keep her calm, but it was difficult, and as the night wore on, I began to grow rather weary myself.

“Daddy!” she shouted, flinging both arms up into the air. “Daddy-no!”

“It’s all right, Ciana,” I said, smoothing her hair back and trying to get her to stop moving her arms so wildly. “It’s just a dream. You’re okay.”

“Daddy, please! No!”

The way she was crying out, I thought perhaps her father or her mother had done something awful to her at some point in time. But other times, the things she said made it seem like someone was hurting her parents.

I knew it had to all be just dreams, but it was all very dis- turbing, even for me.

I didn’t know how to explain what I was feeling. When she was awake, the things that she did, the words that she said just made me want to throw her out of the window some- times, so shouldn’t I be happy that she wasn’t able to bother me at this moment?

Yet, I didn’t like to see her so upset. I didn’t like hearing her cry out like that. Perhaps it was because she was still too noisy. So… I smoothed her hair and whispered to her, “Hey, it’s all right….”

Her lips were chapped, probably because she hadn’t had anything to eat or drink for a while. I didn’t want her to get sick. I did need her blood after all. I took a glass of water and slowly dripped it into her mouth, being careful not to choke her.

She seemed to be awake enough to swallow at least. I managed to get a little bit of water down her, which helped her fall back to sleep for a short while until she started wig- gling again in her nightmares.

After a few rounds of this, even I was exhausted. I sat down on the edge of my bed next to her and closed my eyes. just to get a few minutes of rest.

But my mind was busy with thoughts of everything that had gone on that night. Luther… or whoever the hell that was- what did he want?

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And Ciana. What could I do to wake her up?

“Mama?” Ciana’s voice brought me out of my attempt to

sleep. I leaned over and looked at her. Moonlight steamed over her face, her hair reflecting the light and creating a soft glow around her.

Now that I had the chance to actually appreciate her fa- cial features, I had to say, she really was strikingly gorgeous. Even through my gloves, I could tell her skin was smooth like porcelain, and it went really well with her bright blue eyes… when they were open.

Perhaps what made her even more appealing was the fact that she didn’t seem stuck up about how pretty she was at all,

unlike most of the other candidates.

“No, no…” Ciana moaned again. “Somebody, help!”

I hated to see her this way. Because… I was worried about her blood, of course.

I smoothed her hair away from her face. “It’s all right. You’ re safe. I won’t let anything happen to you.”

She turned on her side so that she was facing me, and when she did so, she bit down on her pink lips, the ones that I had kissed… I remembered they were soft and warm…

I felt my heart rate speed up. This was wrong… I needed to back away from her.

I should have done so immediately.

But… this was the girl who had hugged me voluntarily. Did she do that simply because she was putting on a show? Or maybe she didn’t loathe me as much as I thought she would.

Maybe it was because of the berry she’d eaten that she

felt guilty toward me. Or maybe she truly was… foolish. She had no idea how dangerous that was!

Her eyes were damp with tears that had slid out at some point while she was thrashing. I gently wiped them.

her.

“I’ll find a way for you to wake again. Soon,” I promised

“Water…” she muttered.

Without putting too much thought into it, I took a sip from the cup, and leaned down to gently press my lips to hers. They were warm and soft and I wanted more…

My eyes widened and I forced myself to sit up again. After pushing the water into her mouth, I jerked myself away from

her.

What the fuck was I thinking?!

*Ciana*

Something was different….

Yet again, I was opening my eyes in a room I shouldn’t have been in. My head ached, and my body felt stiff as I turned around to try to figure out where I was.

The bed linens were familiar to me, and someone else was laying next to me.

His slightly disheveled dark hair laid over his forehead. His perfectly sculptured face was so close that I could feel his warm breath gently blowing on me.

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Even with the light crease in between his brow, I couldn’t deny how strikingly handsome he was. If only he could smile…

Wait, wait, wait!

This was… Prince Theo!

I was struck awake immediately, and everything came

back to me.