Sold As The Alpha King’s Breeder Chapter 399


    Chapter 57: Curse of the Dark Prince


    *Theo*


    All around me, everyone was dying.


    This couldn’t be happening again!


    Jake, Ciana, Cedrick, and Mother, who was staring at me, with a look on her face that said she had war


    ned me about this.


    As quickly as I could, I rushed from the pavilion and headed back to the castle. I wanted to make


    sure they were okay, but the longer I stayed there, the less likely it was that they’d wake


    up.


    I was hoping that by staying away from them, they’d wake up on their own, or some guards would find


    them and move them to their room.


    Bottomline was, I should not be near them.


    The moment I entered my room, I bolted both doors-the one


    to the hallway and the one to my attendant’s chamber.


    Ciana’s room….


    Dropping down on the bed, I took my head in my hands.


    Fuck, fuck, fuck!


    How the hell could this have happened again?


    I cursed the Moon Goddess and punched my fists into the


    288 Vouchers


    wall. My hands splitted open, blood was streaming down for a few seconds, but then they started to he


    al at a visible speed.


    Anger raged through me, and I couldn’t control it.


    The thought that I could’ve managed to kill the very few


    people who were important to me was enough to make me lose it.


    I threw my nightstand and bookcase into the wall, sending the contents tumbling and thundering onto th


    e floor, spilling a ss of water and countless books in every direction.


    Still not satisfied with my outlet, I kicked arge volume across the room


    and then sent the sofa flipping end over end.


    With nothing much left to break out here, I breathed


    a bit heavily from exertion as I took a look around. I’d certainly made a mess of things, but all it did was


    make me more upset.


    Finally, I sat down on my bed and leaned back against the headboard..


    How the fuck did this all happened again?!


    I hated everything about myself. Everything.


    **


    A couple days went by, and the only contact I had with the outside world was when a servant would co


    me and leave food outside of my door, knocking that it had arrived. A few hourster, I’d hear someone


    Food wasn’t what I needed to survive at the moment. Whoever came even close to my room should fee


    l tired and drained. So unless they were forced, no one would want to be


    near my wing at this moment.


    Then, on the third day after I’d harmed my best friend and


    that girl with the infectious smile, I heard a sharp knock on my door.


    I said nothing, but it didn’t stop. Finally, I shouted, “Get the fuck away from me!”


    ‘Alpha, let mee in,‘ Jake spoke via the mindlink.


    Jake! Was he finally awake?


    ‘Stay out of this,‘ I ordered.


    My Beta was persistent though. ‘Alpha, please. Let me in.‘


    ‘I’m not going to tell you again. Stay the fuck out!‘


    ‘Alpha, you need to know, we’re all


    right. I was a bit further away from you, so I didn’t suffer much. And Ciana is okay, too. She’s resting, bu


    t really… she has recovered. Lady Nita and Cedrick are fine too. Really Alpha,


    it wasn’t as bad as you thought.’


    I appreciated the update. After a long pause, when I


    finally felt I was alive again. I sighed, ‘It’s not safe for you, Jake. Leave. Now.‘


    Unable to


    refuse my order, he walked away, leaving me alone again, but this time, I was able to think again.


    They weren’t dead–


    that was good to know. In the back of my mind, I had hoped that I had been able to flee the scene fast


    enough to spare them. I had felt their surprise when I’d started to drain them, but


    I hadn’t felt the terror and anguish I


    It was reassuring to know that they were okay. Especially the girl. After all, Mother and Jake fully under


    stood the danger being near me, but


    Ciana had no idea. She was probably still confused about what had urred.


    I sat on my


    bed and started meditation. As my mother suggested, in order to be able to leave my room again, to be


    near people, I had to get a grip on my emotions.


    After Jake’s visit, I was able to do that again.


    The dreamberry should have worked, but why did this ur?


    Was there something wrong with the berry? Was it because of the crystal?


    Or was this because I lost control of my emotions like Mother suggested?


    I quickly ruled out the issues with the


    berry and the crystal. I’d used the berry many times before and this never happened. With Mother contr


    olling the crystal, I doubt it was the cause.


    So the only reason that


    I’d lost control was that something or… someone had stirred up enough emotion in me that even the dr


    eamberry lost its effectiveness.


    I knew the answer almost immediately. Only one woman could make me feel such over–the–


    top emotions.


    My mother.


    Yes, it was the bitterness and longing that she had stirred in me that had made me feel this way. That w


    as also coupled


    with the anger I felt at her betrayal and I was still shocked by what I found out from Cedrick a few days


    ago.


    It was the only thing that made sense.


    Once I came to that conclusion, I was able to focus on calming myself down.


    After a few days of sce, I thought I might be safe


    to go out around others again, but I had no way of knowing that for


    sure.


    A knock on my door drew me out of my thoughts. I sighed and ran a hand


    through my hair, knowing it was Jake again.


    He hade to report to me every day, but I hadn’t allowed him toe in yet.


    “Alpha, please open the door,” he said. “It’s been days. Let me see that you’re alright.”


    “It’s still dangerous, Jake,” I told him.


    “Listen, we both know I wouldn’t even be alive if it wasn’t for you. I trust you, Alpha. I know you won’t hu


    rt me.” He sounded so confident, it was hard not to think he was right.


    As much as I wanted to live inplete istion for the rest of my existence, I couldn’t. I


    still had things that I needed to aplish, and therefore, I would have to face someone again someti


    me.


    Climbing over the broken furniture and the rest of the mess I‘ d made, I headed for the door, pushing th


    e bookcase out of the way so I could open it. I was a


    little lightheaded from not having eaten in so long, but I ignored it.


    When Jake walked in, he took one look around and said, “Well… I guess you got that out of your system


    I responded with an exhausted smile. I could see that he was trying to lighten the mood. “How are things


    My Beta shrugged. “About the same as usual. Your mother has gone back


    to her pce, probably feeling smug about the whole thing. The


    women are wondering where you are and


    if you are okay. A few of them are grumbling about how it’s not fair that they never get to see you but som


    other girls get to spend so much time with you, probably meaning Brook and uh, what’s


    her name.” He winked at me, and my stomach flipped over. He thought he was being cute.


    But I couldn’t forget her name. “How is she?” I asked him, folding my arms across my chest.


    “Brook? She’s great. When she heard I didn’t feel so well, she baked me a pie. Best pie I ever had. Thos


    I red at him,


    and heughed. I did think it was funny, but I wasn’t about to let Jake know that. It might encourage him


    “Ciana is doing much better,” he said, putting his joking aside. “She’s been out and


    about for a while now and seems like her


    usual self.”


    I almost smiled. Just thinking about her made a pleasant feeling settle into my chest like nothing I’d ever


    wondered what


    she was doing at that very moment. Knowing her, she was probably outside with the animals, fake swor


    “She wants to see you.”


    Jake’s statement cut through my thoughts, and any trace of a smile I might’ve formed faded away.


    It was out of the question.


    I didn’t want to dig deeper for the reason, but I did know it wouldn’t be a good idea for her safety.


    When we were in the illusional realm created by the Moonlit Crystal, I


    hadn’t been worried about hurting her, because none of us had our physical bodies there, only our


    consciousness was brought into that world. I couldn’t drain anyone there.


    But this wasn’t the imaginary world. This was real–and here, I hurt people when I didn’t mean to.


    I’d already hurt her once, and the dreamberry was obviously not strong enough to counteract the emotio


    mother had stirred in me.


    Taking a deep breath, I steeled myself and shook my head. “No. There’s no need for her to see me.”


    “Alpha,” Jake pressed, “I’m sure everything will be fine. It might have taken the dreamberry a little longe


    could it do? Can’t she just see you for a few minutes? She just wants to make sure you’re alright.”


    Jake wasn’t there when Cedrick exined the rtionship


    between my emotions and my power. His argument seemed sound, and it was tempting for me to throw


    But then, an image of her smile shed before my eyes, and I knew exactly what I needed to do. This w


    “No,” I


    told Jake. “Under no circumstances will I see her. In fact, now that I have the dreamberry, her task is


    be needing her services again.”


    Jake’s forehead creased as he studied my face. “What are you saying, Alpha? Are you certain that you a


    I knew what he was trying to do, but I couldn’t let him sway me. She


    was just another girl to me after all, no one important.


    Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    “I’m saying, tell her to leave. Now.”