Sold as the Alpha King's Breeder novel Chapter 376

Chapter 34: Share His Room

*Ciana*

The ride back to the castle was quiet and long. For hours and hours, I sat in a seat across from Theo, but like on the way here, we didn’t speak much-except this time, I wasn’t upset with him. I was upset with myself.

I’d gone to a whole lot of trouble for absolutely no reason. While I had figured out that there were multiple problems brewing in my pack, I had solved exactly none of them. And even worse, my good friend and mentor had been killed in order to frame me for her murder.

Every time I thought about her, I felt overwhelmed by suffocating sadness and white-hot anger. The pain growing within my chest was too raw and too fresh for me to even accept that it was real, and I longed to be out of the range of the prince’s watchful eye so I could let my emotions out.

Theo had only briefly mentioned that we needed to be back to the palace by Full Moon, which was only a couple of days away from now, but he didn’t tell me anything else- even if he had, I probably wouldn’t pay much attention.

As the car approached the palace, I could feel the dread that washed over me. Looking at Theo’s face, I saw a similar expression there and thought perhaps I didn’t know him that well after all.

The door was opened for me, and I got out. We had arrived late in the evening, and I was exhausted.

As we walked up the steps to the palace, I suddenly remembered that I was supposed to be his prisoner before I’d left the palace. What would he do to me then? Would I be returning to my generous accommodations in the dungeon?

But when Jake asked where he should place me, Theo replied, “The room next to mine will do. Also, get Dottie.”.

My eyebrows raised, and for a moment, I thought he was being a civilized human being for once. But then I remembered why we were here-the dreamberry, and the fact that I was the source of the blood he needed.

‘That’s right. Theo doesn’t want me for me. He just wants my blood,’ I reminded myself.

Luckily, I was able to recover quite fast.

“No major concerns regarding Miss Black,” Dottie assured Theo, and then she turned to me and said, “Dear, make sure you get lots of rest and you’ll be fine!”

I sat up, thinking maybe some reading before bed would help me fall asleep easier when the door between my room and Theo’s opened.

“You should be asleep by now,” Theo said.

I had forgotten that he had extraordinarily sharp hearing. “Did I bother you? Sorry, I couldn’t sleep,” I said.

He came over to the foot of the bed, and in the light of the almost-full moon, I could see that he was concerned.

It was shocking to see such an expression on his handsome face.

“Perhaps a visitor will do you some good,” he suggested.

My forehead crinkled as I tried to decipher what he was talking about, but a moment later, there was a light rapping on the door, and I had to wonder if he had summoned someone with the mind-link.

He went and pulled the door open, and standing there in her robe was my beautiful redheaded friend, Brook.

A smile immediately came to my face as she bowed to the prince and then bounded across the room, throwing her arms around me. I looked over her shoulder to see Theo standing there with what could only be described as a faint smile on his face.

“Thank you,” I mouthed to him.

He only shrugged and then went back to his room.

“Oh, Ciana! I missed you so much!” Brook said. “You’ve missed out on quite a bit while you were gone. How are you? Are you okay?”

“I’m fine,” I assured her, though it wasn’t exactly true. “How are you?”

“Good, but I feel so terrible, Ciana! If I had never allowed myself to be kidnapped by that horrible man in the first place, you would never have gotten yourself into this awful situation!”

“No! No! You mustn’t blame yourself,” I told her. “Believe me, Brook, I’ve managed to get myself into plenty of trouble on my own, thank you very much.”

That made her giggle. “How are things in your pack?”

“Not good,” I admitted.

Knowing Brook, she would internalize everything I told her and become even more upset about the situation than I was if I allowed her to know exactly what had gone on.

So I didn’t.

“I had some trouble with a man who wants to be Alpha,” I said with a simple shrug of my shoulders. “But Prince Theo set him straight.”

We talked for about an hour about the things that had gone on in the castle, but I could tell Brook was extremely tired, and I decided I should let her go. “You should go get some rest,” I told her. “We can talk more tomorrow.”