Mated to the Alpha: Sold to the King novel Chapter 37

Chapter 37: 0037

Lorelei POV

"I think my wolf is finally waking up."

It might not be fully awake yet, but the raw strength I had felt when dealing with Chelsea was proof enough that something inside me was changing.

The beast tilted its head, sniffed my knuckles, and let out a soft chuff.

That simple gesture made something in my chest loosen, and despite everything that had happened today, a genuine smile found its way onto my face.

"See? Even you think so," I whispered as I scratched behind one of its ears. "I bet he had you locked up in here too, that scary old bastard."

The beast huffed again as if agreeing with me. Its ears twitched slightly before it suddenly leaned its massive head against my shoulder.

I wasn’t prepared for the weight.

A startled gasp escaped me as my balance vanished instantly, and before I knew what was happening, we both toppled sideways onto the concrete floor.

My back hit the ground with a dull thud.

Before panic could even settle in, the enormous wolf shifted and draped one of its thick forelegs across my waist, pinning me beneath him.

He wasn’t hurting me.

If anything, he seemed oddly careful.

Despite his size, he wasn’t crushing me or putting his full weight on me. Even so, he was so massive that moving was completely out of the question.

"Hey," I said with a breathless laugh, staring up at the ceiling. "You’re heavy, you giant brute. Get off me."

The beast ignored me completely.

A deep rumble rolled from his chest instead, the vibration traveling straight through my body.

Then he buried his massive snout into the crook of my neck and inhaled deeply.

I let out an involuntary squeak as his hot breath brushed against my skin, tickling my neck and sending a strange shiver down my spine.

It was probably the weirdest situation I had ever found myself in.

Nothing about this made any sense.

I was trapped inside a prison cell with a giant wolf that could tear me apart whenever it wanted, yet somehow I felt safer lying here with him than I had around most people my entire life.

For the first time since arriving at this place, I wasn’t thinking about Chelsea, the other maids, or even the Alpha King.

I wasn’t thinking about what would happen to me tomorrow.

I wasn’t thinking about anything at all.

I just lay there, listening to the steady sound of his breathing while his warmth surrounded me.

The exhaustion I had been pushing aside all day finally started catching up to me.

Between the fear, the confusion, the fight with Chelsea, and everything else that had happened since I arrived here, my body had reached its limit.

My eyelids grew heavier with every passing second, and before I realized it, sleep was already pulling me under, and the last thing I felt was the steady warmth of the beast pressed against my side.

I didn’t know how much time had passed when I felt movement around me. At first, it barely registered through the haze of sleep, but eventually my eyes fluttered open.

For a moment, I just lay there, confused and disoriented, until I realized the warmth from last night was gone.

The weight was gone too.

I was alone, lying on the cold, hard concrete floor.

Had it all been a dream?

The thought crossed my mind as I sat up and looked around, searching for any sign of the beast.

But there was nothing.

The room was empty.

My gaze swept over every corner, but all I saw were the same concrete walls and flickering lights.

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