Mated to the Alpha: Sold to the King novel Chapter 211

Chapter 211: 0211

Lorelei POV

"I’m cursed."

My hands clenched tightly into the bedsheets, my knuckles turning white as I struggled to get the words out.

But once I started, everything I had spent years keeping buried came rushing out, one painful memory after another, until there was no room left to hide anything.

I told Kaelen everything.

I told him about the ancient prophecy that foretold the birth of twins, one destined to bring unprecedented prosperity and the other destined to become a shadow that would bring nothing but ruin.

I told him how, at first, things between my family and me had been relatively normal. My parents had treated me well enough, and I had never had any reason to believe that would change.

Then Callista started acting out.

She would hurt herself, break things, destroy anything within reach, and somehow find a way to blame every single incident on me. At first, my parents believed her. Then, little by little, they stopped seeing me as their daughter at all.

That was when everything changed.

I went from being their child to being the pack’s scapegoat, eventually reduced to nothing more than a maid and an outcast while everyone around me treated me like I was some kind of curse they had been forced to live with.

"I really am cursed, Kaelen," I whispered, staring down at my trembling hands. "Ever since I was a child, it feels like I’ve brought nothing but bad luck to everyone around me, so..."

My voice faded, and the rest of the sentence died somewhere in my throat.

And as the room fell silent, I squeezed my eyes shut, already preparing myself for what I was certain would come next.

I imagined Kaelen’s expression changing, his jaw tightening as everything finally made sense to him. I imagined the warmth disappearing from his eyes, replaced by the same disgust and fear I had spent my entire life seeing on the faces of the people around me.

I waited for him to pull away.

For him to finally realize I wasn’t worth the trouble.

For him to stop loving me.

Instead, Kaelen moved closer.

I felt his thumb brush gently across my trembling bottom lip, and when I opened my eyes, he was staring at me with an expression I couldn’t quite understand.

"Can I tell you a secret too?" he whispered, forcing me to swallow hard.

After everything I had just confessed, I honestly didn’t think there was anything left for me to lose. So I gave him a small nod.

Tears burned at the corners of my eyes, but I stubbornly blinked them back, refusing to let them fall.

When I finally looked at him properly, I found none of the hatred or revulsion I had been preparing myself for.

If anything, his expression had softened.

His amber eyes held mine with a warmth so deep and fierce that it made my chest ache.

Then, in the same calm voice he had used throughout my confession, as though what I had just told him hadn’t changed a single thing about the way he saw me, he said, "I’m cursed too."

My breath caught, and I stared at him, completely speechless as shock washed over me.

"What?" I finally choked out, my voice rough with disbelief, and a single tear escaped despite my best efforts, sliding slowly down my cheek.

Kaelen immediately brushed the tear away with the pad of his thumb, his touch lingering as his hand slowly traced down to my jaw.

"Why do you think the royal witches left their own kingdom and came all the way to this estate?" he asked quietly. "They’ve been working around the clock trying to break it."

My eyes widened even further.

"How?" I asked, pushing myself a little straighter against the headboard. "What kind of curse is it?"

Kaelen shifted beside me, sitting up as his expression grew more serious.

"I can’t handle physical contact or even being too close to another woman," he admitted, his tone surprisingly matter-of-fact. "The moment they get too close, I start feeling severely nauseous. And when it gets really bad, my wolf can lose control and go completely berserk."

Another horrified gasp slipped from my lips, but Kaelen only let out a low, amused chuckle at my reaction.

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