"Thirty thousand!" a thickset Alpha bellowed from the front row, his lips pulling into a grin.
"I want to give her to my sons to play with," he added.
"forty!" another countered almost immediately, his eyes burning with hunger.
"She will be very obedient in bed," the first smirked, and laughter erupted among the men.
"forty five!"
"Fifty!" someone else bid.
"Why not make her a breeder for everyone in the pack instead?" another Alpha laughed.
My vision blurred as the leering Alpha's bid rose above the others and I prayed so desperately that he doesn't win the bid and there will be someone else, someone decent.
I watched Marcus beam with excitement as the prices climbed higher and I suddenly became weak in my legs, crumbling totally to the floor.
Inside me, my wolf stirred, pressing against the walls of my mind,
"Someone please… help me." we both pleaded.
"Fifty grands, going once!" Marcus's voice rang out much to my despair.
"Fifty going twice!"
Seeing that he was about to claim me, the Alpha stood up from his seat, and came closed, touching my waist and tried to kiss me, but I pushed him off with all my strength.
His hand landed on my face with a heavy hit and I grunt in pain, tears rushing to my face.
"Fifty going…"
"Two million,"
A deep, commanding voice sliced through the hall before my fate was sealed with this pervert and I exhaled heavily.
His price struck everyone in the hall like thunder and silence followed.
I also raised my head, also shocked at his high price.
"I will pay two million for her." the voice repeated, and my body trembled as I remembered who the voice belonged to.
I could recognize that dreadful voice anywhere and anytime, although I have just heard it a few times three years ago.
I could never forget it.
It belonged to Xavier Blackthorn, the Alpha king.
The man who ordered my father's death.
He stepped forward, and the sight of him felt worst than the chains on me, his face shackled with the most terrible memories I had.
But why is he offering such a huge price to buy me?
The creepy Alpha holding me down, immediately stood to his feet, ready to counter whoever had spoken, but he also froze as he came face to face with Xavier, who moved majestically towards us.
"Let go of her!" I heard him snap, his eyes resting on me with intensity.
"Forgive me, Alpha King." he muttered, and scurried away.
Xavier came closed, his gaze swept over my bare body but not with lust like the others. It had a sharp, unreadable displeasure.
I avert my eyes, afraid to look directly at him, but his cruel yet beautiful eyes drew me in.
The stories about him never done him justice. He wasn't just tall and broad-shouldered, but his ocean eyes were more captivating and his hair smelt like jasmine.
His aura was so powerful it silenced everyone voice in the room, leaving only the pounding of my heart in my ears.
"Your name?" he asked as he stoop down a bit and I slowly sit up on the floor.
"Raina." I muttered, trying to give him a fierce look, but failed and lowered my head again.
His arm reached out to touch my chin, holding it up and I felt a cold chill sweep through my body.
His eyes moved on my face as if searching to find something in them, and I held my breath.
Just three years ago, he brutally ordered my father's death and now, he is bidding to buy me as a breeder. Isn't that ironic?
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Xavier's POV
"Ah… King Xavier," Marcus said, interrupting my thoughts and I stood up, letting go of her.
I turned slowly towards him and watched him cower backwards.
"What an unexpected honor," he muttered, rubbing his hands together in fear.
That was one of many things my presence and name brings to people, fear.
As the Alpha king and ruler of Bloodthorn pack, every packs crumble and tremble at the mention of my name.
My visit here was meant to be a secret, but I heard that tiny piteous voice in my head, painful and persistence that I couldn't resist and had to bid for her.
With my hands calmly in my pockets, I repeated my offer, reminding Marcus to strike the gravel so I could claim her.
Marcus cleared his throat, glanced around at the crowd, then forced a laugh
"Well, it seems the Goddess herself has decided. Sold!" he announced, skipping the formal countdown.
Marcus's guards immediately stepped forward,and jerked her chains, dragging her to her feet.
Her legs wobbled as they pushed her to stand in front of me and I signaled to Stephen, my beta to make the payment to the account displayed on the big screen.
Immediately the transfer was completed, they let go of the chains on her and gave another push that caused her to stumble forward, and fall.
I moved backward quietly, and watched her fall to her knees before me with pain in her eyes.
I saw her glare at me again like she tried to do earlier and felt a kick in me.
The thoughts of taming this little angry bird in front of me made me smirk.
She continued to glare at me with visible hatred, like everyone other person subjected under my power and tears suddenly slipped out of her eyes.
I found my heart beating fast in respond to it and my fingers twitched, but I managed to restrain myself from reaching forward and wiping her tears.
I furrowed instead, surprised that her tears will have such an effect on me.
My wolf, which I named Black, from my name suddenly lunged forward, and I tried to keep my eyes from turning completely black as it always scared the shit out of others.
I heard her broken voice in my head again, pleading to be saved from me and Black lunged with a desperate snarl.
"Mate."
He said, confirming my doubts as to the reasons why I could hear her voice clearly in my head.
I watched her shiver from the cold air and took off my coat before I could stop myself, draping it over her body.
My eyes caught a rough mark on her waist, and I remembered it's from the Alpha who touched her earlier.
Her tears stopped as soon as the coat landed on her body, and she held onto it tightly like her life depended on it.