Mated to the Alpha: Sold to the King novel Chapter 230

Chapter 230: 0230

Lorelei POV

Raven.

With everything that had happened over the past twenty-four hours, Kaelen’s breakdown, his terrifying relapse, and the agonizing confession he had made beneath the blanket, I had completely forgotten to call her back. I hadn’t even gotten back to Emily either.

Fuck. At this rate, I was going to lose my entire social life and spend the rest of my life waiting for Kaelen to stop being busy long enough to remember I existed. That was a horrifying way to live.

And Raven had no idea what kind of storm I had been caught in, let alone what had happened with Jaxen.

"Excuse me for a moment," I said to Margot, offering her a quick smile before stepping toward the far corner of the open balcony attached to my new chambers. It gave me a little privacy from the decorators moving furniture around inside.

I swiped across the screen and pressed the phone to my ear, my smile widening at the thought of finally getting to talk to her. Maybe I could even ask about Skye and find out whether that awkward tension between them had finally disappeared.

"Hey, Raven," I said almost immediately. "I’m so sorry I didn’t—"

"Lorelei..."

She interrupted me so abruptly that I stopped. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Her voice was sharp and breathless, but there was something else beneath it. Something dark and panicked that made my heart skip.

"Where are you right now?" she asked. "Are you somewhere safe?"

My smile disappeared.

I straightened, my fingers tightening around the phone as a cold wave of dread washed over me.

What did she mean, where was I? I was still at Kaelen’s estate, surrounded by enough security to make breaking in nearly impossible. Why wouldn’t I be safe?

"What’s wrong?" I asked immediately, leaning against the balcony railing. "What happened?"

"It’s Jaxen," she choked out.

The raw panic in her voice made my blood run cold.

For a second, my mind went straight to the possibility that she had somehow found out Jaxen knew I was alive.

And while seeing him again still made my stomach twist, I wasn’t completely helpless here.

Kaelen would protect me.

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