Mated to the Alpha: Sold to the King novel Chapter 212

Chapter 212: 0212

Lorelei POV

Honestly, when a man was as intensely jealous as Kaelen, his brain seemed to develop a special talent for jumping to the most ridiculous conclusions. I mean, how exactly had he gotten from watching how coldly Jaxen treated me at the banquet to thinking there had been something between us?

I had wanted to tell him about Jaxen under completely different circumstances, but now that Kaelen had asked me directly, there was no point putting it off anymore.

I took a slow breath and looked him straight in the eyes.

"He was my mate."

The moment the words left my mouth, I watched Kaelen’s expression change right before my eyes. The softness disappeared from his face, replaced by something so dark and dangerous that it made the air around us feel heavier.

"What?" he asked, his voice dropping into a dangerously low, hoarse tone.

"Alpha Jaxen was my mate," I repeated, making sure there was no misunderstanding.

Kaelen sucked in a sharp breath and shifted on the mattress, sitting completely upright. I adjusted myself beside him, suddenly feeling the weight of the silence between us.

"You are mated to that man?" he asked, though the way he said it sounded more like he was struggling to believe what he had just heard.

"I was," I corrected quietly.

I took another breath, forcing myself to keep going even as the memories I had spent so long trying to bury began clawing their way back into my mind. My fingers curled tightly into the sheets.

"I rejected him, and he accepted the rejection. There’s no bond between us anymore."

I turned toward Kaelen, but the moment I met his eyes, the tears I had been fighting began burning behind mine.

"He hurt me." My voice cracked, and Kaelen’s eyes immediately widened with concern.

"He promised me the world. He told me he would protect me, that he would always be there for me..." I swallowed hard, trying to steady my voice as the memories continued to flood back. "But he hurt me anyway. He turned his back on me and got my sister pregnant, even though he knew everything she had done to me. He knew what she put me through, and he still chose her."

My chest tightened painfully, and all the memories from my past came flooding in with so much force I could barely breathe.

"I hate him," I whispered, my voice trembling as the tears finally spilled down my cheeks. "I hate him so much, I hate him with all my heart."

For a moment, Kaelen simply stared at me, his expression shifting as though he was trying to find the right words and coming up completely empty.

Then, without saying anything, he leaned forward and pulled me tightly into his arms.

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