All Chapters of Sold to the Alpha, Mated to His Cursed Brother: Chapter 1 - Chapter 3

I was sleeping when the door to my room exploded open.The violent crash dragged me out of my sleep so quickly that I barely had time to understand what was happening before heavy footsteps thundered across the floor. I pushed myself upright, my hands searching blindly through the darkness for something familiar to hold onto, but before my fingers could find the edge of the bed, two strong hands seized my arms and yanked me to my feet.“Who is it?” I cried, stumbling as they dragged me away from the bed. “What are you doing? Who are you?”Nobody answered.My bare feet scraped helplessly against the cold floor as the guards pulled me toward the doorway. I tried to twist free, but their hands only tightened around my arms, their fingers digging painfully into my skin.“Leave me!” I screamed, panic rising in my throat. “Let me go! Where are you taking me?” Still no one answered.I had no idea what was happening. I could not see the faces of the men surrounding me, and without my sight, ev

Lily's Pov I woke up slowly, still feeling the warmth of the night before lingering on my skin. For a few seconds, I didn't remember where I was. I lay still, listening to the silence around me, until I realized that I was no longer lying on the cold floor of the room where Axel had locked me away. I was on a soft bed, wrapped in warm blankets, and for the first time since I had arrived at the Ashford palace, my body did not feel as though it was about to break apart. I turned my head slightly and stretched my hand across the bed. There was no one beside me. My fingers moved across the empty sheets until they reached the other side, but the man who had held me through the night was gone. I slowly sat up. The memory of what had happened returned in pieces, making my cheeks burn despite the cold morning air. I remembered his arms around me, the warmth of his body, the way he had kissed me, and the strange tenderness that I had never expected from Axel. I touched my lips unc