Sold As The Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 398


    Chapter 56 The 21st Generation of King Lycaon


    Cedrick wanted to say something but my mother raised her hand to stop him.


    “I suppressed your mate sense,” she answered my ques- tion instead. Her voice wasn’t loud, but shock


    settled into my bones.


    “How could you….”


    “If you cannot find your mate, then you will not have to worry about losing control around her.”


    All I could do was stare at her from across the room.


    So what was I? A crazy, heartless freak who was cursed to live in this world all alone until the end of


    his pathetic life? I was not allowed to love, nor was I allowed to hate. No emo- tions, no friends, and


    no… hope.


    “Why me?” I murmured.


    “I do not know. But what I do know is that you’re the 21st generation of King Lycaon’s bloodline and


    your power is un- paralleled. Whether you like it or not, it’s a blessing from the Moon Goddess herself.”


    I’d never asked for it! I never wanted this damn power!


    She sighed and said softly, “Now, let’s take care of what- ever it is you feel you must do as


    ramifications for the crystal, and we will talk about these other matters at another time.”


    *Ciana”


    It had been almost two days since Lady Nita and Theo were locked in his room.


    I assumed she was treating him for the nightmares Luther had inflicted upon him. I spent much of that


    time wandering outside-waiting.


    What I was waiting for exactly, I wouldn’t admit to any- one. Whenever Brook came to check on me, to


    bring me some food or see if I needed anything, I’d eat a little to appease her, but mostly, I just


    pretended to be tending to the garden or feeding the animals that sometimes came by.


    But I think she knew, as I did, that I was worried about Prince Theo. I wanted to make sure that he was


    well.


    Just as the sun was beginning to set on the second day, the door opened, and she came out, along


    with her servant, Cedrick and… Theo.


    I tried not to rush in to see if he was okay, but instead, I casually walked over, keeping my hands folded


    behind my back, pretending to be nonchnt.


    Lady Nita looked down her nose at me and shook her head, obviously irritated at my presence. “You’ll


    be happy to know that whatever that was bothering him has been lifted,”


    she said.


    I noticed then that she had something in her hand. It was the Moonlit Crystal. It looked benign just


    resting in her palm, but I knew better. It could be dangerous.


    “That’s wonderful!” I couldn’t help but bounce up and say a silent prayer to the Moon Goddess.


    Perhaps it made me seem like a little girl, but what I really wanted to do was hurl myself at him and


    wrap him in a hug.


    I couldn’t do that, though. If I had learned one thing about Theo over the weeks that I had known him, it


    was that, under normal circumstances, he was not a hugger.


    So I was doubly surprised when he closed the distance. between us and wrapped his arms around me


    in a tight hug.


    “Thank you, Ciana,” he muttered.


    My cheeks immediately med from his touch, and the thoughts that filled my mind were of all of the


    intimate times we’d spent together.


    The time he’d kissed me in the pavilion, the passionate ex- change we’d used to attempt to fool


    Raymond at my pack, and especially making love to him in the illusional realm of the Moonlit crystal.


    “You’re wee, Your Highness,” I said, finally managing to pull away from him. “I’m just d you’re


    feeling better.”


    Behind me, his mother cleared her throat, and in a voice that meant business, she said, “You know,


    Theodore, the terms of my agreeing to break this curse included Ciana going away and nevering


    back again. I think it’s time that hap- pened.”


    “After the berry,” I reminded her, and the look she gave me told me I’d better shut my mouth right away.


    “No, Mother. I don’t remember ever agreeing to your terms,” Theomented. He had released me,


    but we were still standing very close to one another, and seeing his resolve made me proud to know


    him.


    “You have been warned about what will happen, Theodore!” Queen Nita folded her arms beneath her


    chest, her nostrils ring with anger.


    “It won’t matter, Mother.”


    What were they talking about? What wouldn’t matter?


    Then he added, “Because I do not love her.”


    His words stung a bit, but I shouldn’t have been surprised to hear him say that. Of course, he did not


    love me…. I didn’t love him either. So what difference did it make?


    It was then that I noticed that the crystal in her palm was glowing, much the same way it had right


    before we’d all fallen into the dream realm. Except the light wasn’t as intense this time. It was warm


    and inviting.


    “What’s going on with the crystal?” Theo asked. “Why is it glowing like that?”


    Lady Nita unfolded her arms and held her hand out so we could clearly see the glowing crystal.


    She frowned and then let out a relieved breath. “It was cleansed and now is ready to be used again.”


    “But… I thought we failed,” Theo muttered, looking at me.


    I did, too. In fact, there was no doubt in my mind we had failed the quest. Theo had been forced to


    smash the ring to protect me from being killed. So no token of the love between the king and the


    woman I was role ying was ever ex- changed.


    Unless….


    Theo pointed at my wrist. “Could it be?” he asked, both of us staring at the ce where Warren had


    slipped the bracelet on. It wasn’t there now, but we both understood the symbol- ism.


    “Perhaps the bracelet was the token instead,” Theo con- tinued. “It was special to you both. Maybe that


    was enough to make the wedding go through in the illusionary world.”


    “Quick! We don’t have a second to lose!” I said to Theo. While we had been talking, the crystal glowed,


    but this time, in a mild red color, just like the blood moon would.


    Theo extended his hand, and his mother handed over the crystal, probably thrilled that I would be


    leaving the second the ceremony was over with. I couldn’t think about that at the moment. I just needed


    to help Theo rent the dreamberry.


    As we rushed to the pavilion, he called Jake to meet us there through the mind-link. When we arrived,


    the Beta was running in from the other direction.


    Nita and Cedrick came along with us. I had no idea what needed to be done, so I followed Theo up the


    stairs. I stayed back, afraid I’d identally ruin something again.


    Setting the crystal down on an empty nter turned up- side down on the table, Theo positioned it so


    that the moon- light was hitting it. The crystal reflected the light, creating an eerie red glow, giving us all


    the illusion of a blood moon. It had to be enough to fool the dreamberry seed as well.


    “I need some of your blood, Ciana,” he said, looking right into my eyes. “Please.”


    I nodded and stepped forward, thinking he would use a knife or something to slit my finger.


    “Be careful, Theodore,” Lady Nita warned from behind me.


    Theo looked over my shoulder and scowled at her. “I know what I’m doing, Mother,” he said. “Now, you


    might want to look away.”


    His mother made a rumbling noise low in her throat, and I heard the swoosh of robes behind me. I


    wasn’t sure why she needed to look away until he beckoned me toe closer.


    His arms came around me, pulling me close to his chest. I gazed into his bottomless dark eyes, and as


    he took a deep breath, so did I. The scent of the forest embraced me, and I couldn’t help but let my


    eyes flutter closed.


    His lips were warm and soft on mine. He tasted like fresh water. When his tongue probed me to part my


    lips, I followed hismand. Why he was kissing me, I wasn’t sure. He’d just said he didn’t love me,


    but I felt safe and cared for in the prince’s arms.


    Until he bit down on my tongue.


    Pain radiated through my mouth, and I swore at myself under my breath for not remembering this was


    exactly what he’d donest time. I almost pulled away and cursed at him. But I didn’t move. In a


    moment, the pain began to subside.


    He didn’t let me go right away, though. He was sucking on my tongue. I felt his tonguepping at the


    bottom of mine as he created suction with his lips. When he finally broke away from me, he had blood


    on his lips. They glistened a ruby red in the moonlight.


    Lady Nita made another growling noise in the back of her throat. I had no idea why she would


    disapprove of this. After all, this berry was what was going to make me go away, wasn’t it?


    “I hope you know what you’re doing.” That was all she said as she shook her head.


    “Of course, I do,” he replied.


    Theo gestured for me to lean over the soil, which I did. Because he’d bitten me so deeply and sucked


    so hard, when I extended my tongue, several bright red drops of blood fell onto the soil above the


    seeds.


    The crystal was positioned now so that the ce where I’d been bleeding was bathed in red light. We


    all stood back as a sprig of green broke free from the soil.


    I couldn’t believe how quickly it was growing, but I didn’t want to speak and ruin it. Instead, I took a few


    more steps away and waited with my hands folded in front of me, almost as if I was praying.


    I actually sort-of was. I wanted the Moon Goddess to make this work so badly.


    Before our very eyes, the sprout turned into a stem, and then a longer vine with green leaves continued


    to shoot up a foot, then two feet, out of the soil. I’d never seen anything grow so quickly. It was amazing


    and nearly took my breath away


    Then, a bud began to appear on one of the branches. I watched it carefully as it gotrger and turned


    from a light yellowish-orange color to red and then to a deep purple.


    After about fifteen minutes, it looked the same as the berry I had eaten.


    “I believe it’s ripe,” Theo said. He looked at Jake for confir- mation, and his Beta nodded. I assumed he


    had seen this be- fore. With that, he plucked the berry from the vine and popped it into his mouth.


    He didn’t seem to savor it as I had, and simply swallowed it with a triumphant look on his face.


    Then he looked at his hands and made fists slowly.


    “It worked,” he assured the rest of the group.


    I smiled at him, so d that everything was finally back to how it should be.


    It was then that Jake hit the floor with a loud thunk.


    We all turned to look at the Beta to see what was wrong. His face was wrinkling and pale. He had a


    horrible expression of panic and sorrow on his face.


    “Jake?” Theo called, but I couldn’t follow him as he went around the table to check on his Beta.


    Suddenly, I began to feel extremely tired and woozy. The world around me began to spin, and it felt like


    all my energy and vitality were sucked out from me. I was so tired.


    I needed to sit down… to lie down….


    Something was wrong with me. Something was terribly


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