Sold as the Alpha King's Breeder novel Chapter 467

Chapter 125: You Don’t Want Theo?

I took a step back and narrowed my eyes. Maggie was really getting on my nerves. “Warren didn't betray you, or else he would be here with us now."

“Is that really the point, Ciana?" Greg asked. "We have to get out of here, now. She can't stop us on her own. Remember, she's weak, like Warren said." He grabbed my arm and tugged, but I wasn't ready to leave.

Maggie muttered, “Warren is my twin. I know him very well. He’s too gentle and compassionate sometimes to do what is needed. That indecisiveness of his... it is such a curse because now, it could ruin my plan with Luther."

“All you care about is yourself. Have you thought about him? You destroyed your own twin’s life."

"Don't be ridiculous. Like I said, Warren is a good kid, and as my brother, he has complete freedom in the shadows. I only arranged patrols to watch him from a distance to make sure he doesn't do anything to get himself into trouble. Unfortunately, he failed me."

"Get himself in trouble? Warren knows you are wrong but he still chooses to stay with you because he is devoted to you! In return, you tested him and insulted him. You're the one who is not loyal to him!"

Part of me hoped that Warren was nearby, so he could see who his sister truly was. Maybe then, he wouldn't work so hard to save her and help her!

"Come on, Ciana, we should just go. Warren chose his path," Greg interjected, tugging on my arm again.

"Go? Oh no, it is much too late for that. You see, because of the patrols that watched Warren, I was aware of what he'd done from the moment you left camp. I knew exactly where he would leave you and there are several guards up ahead ready to take you into custody," Maggie smiled casually.

“Great," Greg muttered. His fingers loosened on my arm.

Even if we had left when Greg first suggested it, we wouldn't have gotten very far.

"This time, you won't get out alive. I'm not taking any more chances with you, Ciana," Maggie cried.

Heavy footsteps came down the road and Maggie's guards swarmed in. Maggie snapped her fingers and they all shifted, snarling and licking their lips as they closed in around us.

Greg and I stood back to back in the circle of wolves. Even if he shifted, we wouldn't be able to fight off all of Maggie's guards. She was right, we wouldn't make it out of this... not unless we had reinforcements.

I'd planned for Murray and Frederic to come charging in, seeing as Frederic would think his mate had been kidnapped. But it would still take time for Murray and Frederic to rally the warriors.

Sherry would be coming for Greg, too, but even if she showed up now, we were severely outnumbered.

"I can't take them all, Ciana. When they attack. I’ll distract them and you run," Greg whispered harshly.

“No! I'm not leaving you," I insisted.

"Ciana, I need to protect you. This is the king's order," he reminded me.

"You're not going to die trying to fulfill your duties, I won’t allow it. I just need to think..."

If I could stall Maggie from giving the attack order, just long enough for Murray and Frederic to arrive, Greg and I would actually have a fighting chance. What was it that would keep Maggie's attention?

“Of course," I whispered to myself.

Maggie motioned for her wolves to part and she walked into the circle. She stood right in front of me, a twisted smile on her lips.

"Any last words, Ciana?" she sneered my name.

"Actually, yes."

Maggie chuckled, "It really has been a long time since I met someone as interesting as you. Go ahead."

"You love Theo, don’t you?" I asked.

Maggie paused, narrowing her eyes at me suspiciously.

“You want to talk about Theo, now?" she asked, arching an eyebrow.

“Well, you're going to kill me, so it seems like the only chance we'll have," I pointed out, nodding to her shifters as they licked their lips, ready to pounce any moment.

"Once you’re dead. I’ll have Theo all to myself. We don’t need to talk about it," Maggie said with a shrug. She turned away from me.

Greg muttered under his breath, "Yeah, right.”

"Don’t you want to know why he fell in love with me?" I taunted her.

Maggie froze and slowly turned to face me again.

"Aren't you the least bit curious as to why someone as cold and hard as Theo fell in love with me?" I asked again, challenging Maggie.

She pursed her lips, her eyes getting bloodshot.

“How would I know that!?" she snarled, flailing her arms around.

"Ciana, what are you doing?" Greg whispered behind me. I hadn't had a chance to tell him my plan, and it was probably going to upset him, but I had to keep stalling.

Maggie ranted, "I think you are absolutely useless! You're not smart, falling into my traps. You’re not beautiful, if anything, you're just plain to look at. There are countless beautiful, smart women in the palace that he always overlooked."

I knew she was just insulting me out of anger, but the words still stung a little.

"You're nothing special at all. I don't know how or why he fell in love with someone like you."

"You're right, I'm nothing special. I might be average on a lot of things where you are better than me, but there is one thing that you will never have," I said as Maggie's words led her exactly where I wanted her to be.

"Oh really, and what is that?" Maggie asked, crossing her arms in a huff. "What do you think you have that I don't? I’ve got the brains, I’ve got the looks, I've got the ambition, f ve got better breeding than you...”

I chuckled dryly and shook my head. "As you said, there are lots of women in the palace that have those things. So, why did Theo choose someone that doesn't?"