Mated to the Alpha: Sold to the King novel Chapter 20

Chapter 20: 0020

Lorelei POV

"RUN!!!"

Thirty minutes ago, I had been sitting quietly in the backseat of the car, my gaze fixed out the window while my mind kept replaying the kiss over and over again.

The kiss that had completely blindsided me.

Why had she done that?

Did she actually like me?

I mean... you don’t just kiss someone like that without feelings involved, right?

Or maybe you do.

"You okay back there?" Cole asked, snapping me out of my thoughts as he glanced at me through the rearview mirror.

"Yeah," I replied quietly, still not wanting to have an actual conversation with him because I didn’t fully trust him yet.

It was really late now, and the road outside was almost completely dark.

I had been forcing myself to stay awake the entire drive because I was terrified we would get caught, but now we were already out of pack territory, which meant we were finally getting closer to safety.

At least, that’s what I thought.

I leaned my head against the window and finally let my eyes drift shut, only to be violently jolted awake by a loud bang.

The car swerved sharply, tires screeching against the road.

Cole cursed loudly, but I barely caught any of the words because my head had slammed hard against the window, sending stars exploding across my vision.

"What’s happening?" I gasped, gripping the seat tightly.

"Rogues!" Cole shouted, and my entire body instantly went cold. "Stay down!"

Panic slammed into me so fast it almost stole my breath.

What were we going to do?

My body started trembling as bright headlights suddenly flooded the car from the front.

Two vehicles blocked the road ahead of us.

Cole immediately tried to reverse, but another car cut us off from behind, trapping us completely.

"Hold on!" Cole yelled.

Before I could even react, he slammed his foot against the accelerator, trying to ram through the blockade, but something massive suddenly crashed into the driver’s side door hard enough to shatter the glass instantly.

Then the entire car lifted off the ground and, to my horror, we started flipping violently through the darkness, spinning and tumbling like a toy thrown by an angry child.

I screamed.

Or maybe I didn’t.

I honestly couldn’t tell anymore because the only thing I could hear was the deafening sound of metal crushing around us.

When the world finally stopped moving, I was upside down, hanging from my seatbelt with blood dripping into my eyes.

"Cole?" I whispered, but there was no answer.

Forcing myself to look up, I realized the driver’s seat was empty.

The entire door on his side was gone.

"Cole!" I screamed louder, panic clawing its way up my throat as tears immediately burned my eyes.

Then my nose picked up the heavy scent of gasoline.

My stomach dropped.

That was when I noticed the faint crackling coming from the side of the wrecked car and the burning rubber curling into the air. In that moment, I knew if I didn’t get out soon, this entire thing could explode with me still trapped inside.

Fuck.

Forcing myself to stay calm, I fumbled desperately with the seatbelt. My hands were shaking so badly I could barely find the release button. When it finally clicked, I dropped hard onto the crushed ceiling with a painful gasp as agony shot straight through my shoulder.

For a second, my vision blurred.

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