Mated to the Alpha: Sold to the King novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16: 0016

Lorelei POV

I woke up to sunlight.

For the first time in weeks, warm rays of light touched my skin instead of cold darkness.

And for the first time in years, I was lying on a soft comfortable mattress.

I didn’t even remember when I had fallen asleep.

The last thing I could recall was Raven saying we would arrive in five minutes before everything went black again.

Had she carried me in here?

My gaze slowly wandered around the cozy bedroom with cream colored walls and dark wooden beams stretching across the ceiling.

A large window overlooking unfamiliar trees with golden leaves glowing under the morning sunlight.

There was a bookshelf against one wall filled with worn paperbacks and tiny little trinkets. A vase of dried lavender rested quietly on the nightstand beside me, filling the room with a faint calming scent.

The entire place felt warm and safe.

This wasn’t a cell, neither was it the servant quarters.

This was actually someone’s home.

After quietly taking all of it in, my gaze drifted down toward myself and I suddenly froze when I realized I had been changed out of the rough bloodstained dress I’d been wearing.

Instead, I was now dressed in a soft purple nightgown.

Even the horrible stench that had clung to my body for days was completely gone.

Wait.

Not only had Raven carried me in here...

She had bathed me too?

And changed my clothes?

Oh goddess. How embarrassing.

Even my underwear had been changed.

Heat instantly rushed into my face and I quickly tried climbing out of bed in complete embarrassment only for my legs to immediately give out beneath me.

I staggered forward before collapsing right back onto the mattress with a painful gasp.

"You shouldn’t be moving that fast."

The bedroom door opened wider as Raven stepped inside carrying a tray in her hands.

She had changed clothes too. Gone were the formal garments from yesterday. Instead she wore a simple black sweater with loose gray pants, her brown ponytail bouncing slightly as she walked.

The tray held a bowl of warm broth, a few pieces of soft bread, and a glass of water with a slice of lemon floating inside.

I stared at the food silently. The smell alone made my stomach ache painfully, even as a warm feeling spread across my chest.

It was the simplest meal I had ever seen, but to me it looked like a feast. I couldn’t even remember the last time someone had prepared food specifically for me.

"Thank you," I whispered, trying to hold myself together.

"Don’t thank me yet. You still have a long road ahead," Raven said, pulling a chair beside me as she sat down. "They already know you’re missing. It’s only a matter of time before they come banging at my door."

At that, my eyes widened in horror and a shiver ran down my spine.

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