Sold as the Alpha King’s Breeder

I thought he was about to leave me here by myself, but he stopped at his fridge and pulled out two

bottles of water, handing one to me.

I took it robotically— did the Dar Prince just “serve” me? That thought made me snicker.

“To be honest, I didn’t go in with high expectations. I know him too well. Our best bet now is getting the

scroll and unlocking its secrets ourselves.”

He took a sip of water. I watched the lump on his throat, and somehow, that made my heart speed up.

“I agree,” I tried to focus back on our task at hand. “How do we go about doing that?” I asked, raising

an eyebrow and meeting Theo’s eyes again.

“The scroll is stored in a safe. So we’ll have to get the key and unlock the safe.”

“Err… you made it sound so simple, but we both know it’s easier said than done. We don’t even know

where the safe is.”

Theo smirked lightly, “You don’t really think I went to my father’s chamber just to have an unpleasant

conversation with him, do you?”

I jumped up, “You know where the safe is?”

“Yes. It isn’t difficult to guess. We’ve confirmed that he has a secret locked compartment in his

chamber, and the scroll is stored there.”

“How did you figure this out?”

“When I told you I needed some time to think about our plan, I didn’t just sit there and do nothing.”

I froze for a second. I was sure when he said “our plan” just now, I was part of it. This simple finding

just made my day.

“And the key to the safe is around his neck and he never takes it off,” I voiced my thoughts, “Yoår…

The king is always cautious around people, not to mention, he has guards around him all the time.”

I refused to address Sebastian as Theo’s father ever since I learned what a psychopath he Was.

“That’s true.”

Groaning, I pressed my palm to my forehead. When I said it was easier said than done, I should have

said it was impossible.

We stood there in silence for a moment. I tried to think of how to get the king parted from his key while

Theo just stared at me. His gaze was almost gentle.

I felt my face begin to get warm To avoid any unnecessary distraction, I gave him a nudge, Aren’t you

worried? How are we going to get the key then?”

He looked away and chucked the rest of the water. “Um, we could get him unconscious then the key

would be in the room with the safe.”

“True!”l clapped my hands and added on to what he said. “And,we could get in, get the scroll, and get

out without him even knowing. He’d wake up wit the safe locked and key still around his neck!”

However, I thought of another problem, “But doesn’t he normally have guards around him twenty-four

seven?” “So?” he shrugged, “do you hav that little faith in my unbeatable reputation?”

Was he trying to lighten the mood for me? I froze for a second, and couldn’t decide whether I should

shake or nod my head.

“I have faith in you, of course, it IS a good plan. But I’m worried that when the king is awake, he’ll find

out from the guards what we’ve done. Stealing the symbols of power is an act of betrayal and treason.

„”

“What are you planning that would lead to treason?” a familiar voice rang behind us, and I looked

around to see Lady Nita coming through the door connected to the side chamber, my old room.

I forgot to lock the door again!

She was poised, elegant, and distant as usual, but her words were sharp and hard to swallow. “l

thought you agreed to leave my son alone and never come back here.”

I opened my mouth, trying to come up with a quick explanation, but Theo jumped in, stepping between

me and his mother.

“Ciana is helping me save Warren’s life.”

“What happened to Warren?”

Theo scoffed, “You don’t even care about your own son, why would you care about the son of your

hated husband and his mistress?”

“Theo, is this how you should speak to your mother?” she

asked evenly.

“You stopped acting like a mother years ago. Now, we’re busy, if you’re not willing to help out, then at

least, get out of our way.”

Displeasure glimmered in Lady Nita’s eyes, but she didn’t turn and leave. Surprisingly, she did ‘t force

me to leave either.

She and I hadn’t been on good terms, and I appreciated Theo standing by me. However, the way Theo

spoke to her still bothered me a little.

I knew some of their history and could totally understand why Theo kept his distance. Howeve , my

intuition told me that deep down she loved him, and deep down, Theo loved her back. If there was any

possibility; I would love to see them reconcile.

I also wondered if I should tell her about Luther. He was the only family she had, outside of Theo.

Maybe it would make her less bitter if she knew she still had family out there. At least, it might give her

something to hope for.

“Very well, what are you planning to do?”

“We can handle it on our own,” Theo muttered, crossing his arms.

I grabbed Theo’s arm and stepped around him. Quickly, I glanced at him and shook my head. “We

need all the help we can get,” I reminded him.

Theo sniffed and stared at me for a moment. Finally, he nodded and we both turned back to Lady Nita.

“We believe there is something i King Sebastian’s bedroom that has the answer on how to save

Warren.” I tried to keep it as simple as I could without giving away too much sensitive information. After

all, we’d promised to protect Dottie and not get her in trouble.

“So you need to get into Sebastian’s bedroom and look for it?”

“Yes. What’s more, we also need the key around the king’s neck. So we were discussing how we could

make him unconscious without him and his guards finding out what we are doing.”

“Getting a man as suspicious as Sebastian to let his guard down won’t be easy,” Lady Nita commented

flatly.

“And that was the same conclusion we came to just as you arrived,” Theo said, his voice tight and

unfriendly.

but for me, it shouldn’t be too difficult,” she finished her words.

“What are you planning to do then?” Theo asked her.

“For years, I’d been denying him to approach me, but today, I happened to have a good reason to

‘make it up to him’,” she smiled confidently.

I’d never seen her smile before, but a quick glance of that immediately made me understand why she

was called the most beautiful woman in the world when she was young.

The sharpness of her facial feat res immediately softened, and her cold demeanor was swept clean as

light gathered in her gentle green eyes. The corner of her lips slightly curled

up, forming an alluring and eleg nt curve.

No one could doubt a smile like hat.

However, Theo’s brow creased more. If Lady Nita had a way to help us achieve our goal, that could

save us a lot of trouble. But why was Theo so upset about it?

“No, I disagree,” he said, “We can do this on our own, I don’t need you to—”

I realized he wasn’t upset about it. He was worried about his mother’s safety.

“Theo,” she interrupted him, “I’ll be safe. Don’t worry.”

“l…” He turned his head away awkwardly and murmured, “I’m not worried about you.

“In that case,” she said, arching an eyebrow, “you guys find a place in that wing to hide, and I’ll be there

in an hour.”