All Chapters of SOLD TO THE ALPHA KING: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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Chapter 11: Denial

Bailey’s POVIt had been four days since Rider marked me.Four long, confusing days.And during all that time, he had not entered the room even once.At first, I told myself he was busy. An Alpha ruled more than emotions; he ruled people, territory, and endless responsibilities. But as the days passed, the silence began to feel deliberate.Avoidance.I spent most of my time indoors now. The room that once felt temporary had slowly turned into a cage. Meals arrived without conversation. Servants avoided my eyes. The palace outside continued its life while I remained hidden inside.Sometimes it felt as if Rider had never existed at all.As if the marking, the bond, the heat that connected us, everything, had only been a dream my lonely mind created.But deep inside my chest, I felt it.The bond pulsed quietly, steady and real.A constant reminder that none of it had been imagined.He was real.What happened between us was real.On the fourth day, the door suddenly flew open.I startled

Chapter 12: The Mark Remains

Bailey’s POVI shook my head slowly.“If this were just romantic, it wouldn’t bother me this much.”I pointed to my chest. “Alpha, this is different. We’re fated mates, and we can’t do anything about that.”He stared at me blankly, though a slight flinch betrayed him.He knew it too.I stepped closer until I could feel the warmth radiating from his body.“You’re not afraid of losing your freedom,” I said quietly. “You’re afraid of needing someone.”His breath faltered.“And I don’t need anyone,” he replied, but the conviction in his voice had weakened.The bond pulsed between us, soft, insistent.Before I could stop myself, I reached out and pressed my hand lightly against his chest.His heart was racing.Mine answered instantly.“You can call it an error,” I whispered. “You can call it instinct. You can even call it a curse.”His eyes locked onto mine.“But you can’t make it disappear.”Silence fell between us again. This time, neither of us looked away. Something vulnerable flickered

Chapter 13 — Unchained

Bailey’s POVI paced around my room throughout the day, restless as I waited for him to return. Hours passed slowly, stretching into evening, and eventually exhaustion won. I lay down on the bed, pulling the duvet up to my chest and tucking myself in.It was nearly midnight when I heard the sound of boots approaching the door.I recognized the rhythm instantly — Rider.What was he doing here this late?The door opened with a soft click. Alarm flickered through me, but I didn’t move right away. I watched silently as a figure stepped inside.Rider.He closed the door quietly behind him. Only then did I sit up on the bed.“You don’t knock,” I murmured into the dim room.“You’re awake?” he replied, the question clearly rhetorical.I nodded, shifting slightly beneath the covers. Seeing him at this hour felt strangely unfamiliar, almost unreal.I expected him to resume the unfinished argument from earlier that morning — to confront me again, to shut me down the way he had before.Instead, he

Chapter 14: Are you being greedy?

Bailey’s POV“I don’t understand why you’re all staring at each other like that,” I said, my voice already softer than I meant it to be, breath uneven, because the room felt different even before any of them touched me, and I could feel it in my skin, in the way my wolf was restless, pacing, pushing against my ribs like she knew something I didn’t.Rider didn’t answer me, he just looked at Declan, then at Raven, that silent exchange that made my stomach tighten because it was never nothing when they did that, and I shifted between them, suddenly too aware of how close they were, of how warm the air felt.“What are you doing,” I asked again, a nervous laugh slipping out, “you’re making me feel like I missed a conversation.”Declan leaned closer, his mouth brushing my ear as he spoke, his tone light but his voice lower than usual, “You didn’t miss anything, little wolf, we’re just… noticing.”“Noticing what,” I whispered, and that was when Rider’s hands settled more firmly on my waist,

Chapter 15: I haven't had my turn yet

Bailey’s POV“I was not being greedy,” I blurted out before my brain could catch up with my body, my face already hot, my voice already giving me away, and that was when Rider’s arm tightened around me just enough to make it impossible to pretend I was invisible.Declan didn’t even get to enjoy my embarrassment because Rider spoke over me immediately, his voice low and irritated in that half awake state, that meant he had heard everything, “You talk too much, Declan, it’s morning.”A quiet sigh came from the foot of the bed and my stomach dropped.Raven.I froze.All three of them were awake.I squeezed my eyes shut instantly and rolled my face into Declan’s chest like I had just woken up again, like I had said nothing at all, like my mouth had not betrayed me a few minutes ago, and for a second I almost believed I could get away with it.Then Declan’s hand slid slowly down my back, fingers warm and deliberate, not rushing, not teasing exactly, just reminding me he could feel every li

Chapter 16: Bailey’s breaking point

Bailey’s POVI couldn’t stop replaying Raven’s words in my head even after breakfast was long over, every step I took beside him feeling careful, measured, like I was walking on something fragile and didn’t want to be the one to crack it, and the worst part was that I didn’t even know what I was afraid of, because Raven wasn’t unkind, wasn’t cruel, wasn’t loud like the others, but that quiet made me nervous all the same.“You’re very tense,” he said after a while, glancing at me as we walked, his voice calm like he was commenting on the weather.“I’m not,” I replied too quickly, and then winced because I obviously was.His lips curved slightly, not quite a smile, more like he was amused by my lie. “You almost walked into a pillar.”“I was thinking,” I muttered.“I noticed.”I clasped my hands together to stop them from fidgeting, then immediately unclasped them because that felt worse. “You keep looking at me like that.”“Like what,” he asked.“Like you’re waiting for me to mess up,”

Chapter 17

Bailey’s POV“Thank you,” I said quietly after a while, my voice hoarse and uneven, because no matter how confused I felt, what Raven had done still mattered to me, and I couldn’t pretend it didn’t.He nodded once, like it was nothing, like he hadn’t just held me together while I fell apart. “You don’t have to thank me.”“But I want to,” I replied, rubbing my arms, suddenly aware of how exposed I felt now that the anger had drained out of me. “You didn’t have to do that. You could have stopped me or told me to pull myself together.”“I wouldn’t,” he said simply.That answer should have comforted me. It should have made me feel safe. Instead, it made something tighten inside my chest, because lately everything they did felt like it came with a reason, a purpose I didn’t fully understand.I stepped back from him slowly, putting a little space between us. “Can I ask you something,” I said, my tone already guarded.Raven nodded. “You already are.”I huffed out a breath. “Have you noticed

Chapter 18

Bailey’s POVI didn’t know what to do with Raven standing there in front of me like that because I was used to Rider’s anger that filled a room and Declan’s jokes that never stopped flowing, but Raven was quiet, still and intense in a way that made my thoughts scatter instead of sharpening, and it left me standing there unsure whether to shout or laugh or cry.“Raven,” I said, my voice already unsteady, “you can stop now.”He didn’t.He stepped closer instead, slow and deliberate, completely naked, his gaze never leaving mine, and I hated how my breath caught even as I crossed my arms like that would somehow shield me from him.“I said stop,” I repeated, forcing a careless tone, “this isn’t going to work on me.”“You don’t believe that,” he replied quietly.“I do,” I lied.“You don’t,” he said again, closer now, his voice low but not raised, not demanding, just certain.I turned my face away from him, pretending boredom, pretending indifference, “You’re wasting your time.”“Your scent

Chapter 19

Bailey’s POVI left Raven asleep in my room later that afternoon, standing there for a moment longer than necessary, watching the way his chest rose and fell, slow and steady, like he trusted the world enough to rest in it, and that thought alone made my chest feel tight in a way I didn’t know how to explain, so I slipped out quietly before I could change my mind.Laila was waiting for me near the corridor like she had been unsure whether she was allowed to move or not, her hands clasped in front of her, posture too straight, eyes darting up and then away when she noticed me.“You don’t have to look like that,” I said gently as I approached her, “I’m not going to bite.”She smiled nervously. “I just didn’t want to be in the way.”“You’re not in the way,” I replied, then added with a small laugh, “and if you keep standing like that, you’re going to give yourself a backache.”She blinked, startled, then let out a shy laugh. “Yes, my lady.”I grimaced. “Please don’t call me that.”She he

Chapter 20

Bailey’s POVLaila didn’t answer me right away and the silence stretched long enough that I almost regretted asking, she looked like someone who had been handed a fragile thing she did not want to drop, her fingers twisting together in her lap, her gaze fixed on the wooden floor like waiting for it to open up and swallow her.“If you don’t want to tell me,” I said finally, softening my voice, “you really don’t have to.”She shook her head quickly. “It’s not that I don’t want to,” she said, then paused, then corrected herself, “it’s that I don’t know if I should.”“I won’t repeat it to anyone,” I promised, leaning forward slightly so she would look at me, “and I won’t use it against anyone either.”Her lips pressed together tightly, then she let out a long breath. “It was only something I heard when I was younger,” she said, “the older maids used to whisper about it when they thought no one was listening.”“Whisper about what,” I asked gently.“About her,” Laila replied.I felt my stom

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