The Triplet Alphas' Secret Mate

Chapter 32: Rogue Camp

Scarlett’s POV

​I followed the man silently through the dense forest, my boots sinking into the damp mud. Every step felt like I was tearing a piece of my soul away from the land I had always called home. My heart ached so deeply that it was difficult to breathe, but I kept moving. I had to. The silence of the forest was heavy, broken only by the snapping of twigs and the distant sound of the river.

​Suddenly, the air changed. The familiar scent of pine was replaced by something foul and rotten. ​

Before the man leading me could even gasp, three shadows lunged from the trees. They were fast—far faster than any normal wolf. They slammed into him before he could even begin to shift. I heard the sickening thud of a fist meeting bone, and he collapsed into the leaves, unconscious before he hit the ground.

​"Well, well," a gravelly voice hissed.

​I turned to run, but a large hand grabbed the back of my coat, jerking me off my feet. I opened my mouth to scream, but a cold, heavy metal band was snapped around my throat.

​The moment the magical choker locked into place, I felt a sickening pull in my chest. My connection to Zoe, my wolf, was severed. I tried to reach for her, to shift and fight back, but there was nothing but a cold, empty void.

​"Don’t bother, little wolf," a rogue snarled, his face covered in scars. "That collar keeps your beast locked in a cage. You’re just a girl now."

with a disgusting hunger. "Woah. Look at her. She looks clean... beautiful. Not like the usual trash we find out here.

me through the

through the brush until we reached a clearing filled with makeshift huts and the smell of stale smoke. As we entered the camp, dozens of men stood up,

muscular man stepped out from the largest hut. He wore a crown of jagged bones tied into

here?" he asked,

one of the rogues said, shoving me forward so I fell to my knees. "She

crook

he announced, a wicked grin spreading across his face. "Unmarked. Untouched. She will make

the word to our buyers! We have a special auction for tonight. Tell them the bidding starts at 7:00

the Rogue King leaned down, his face inches from mine. "Thank you, dear," he whispered with a devilish grin. "You are just going to make me a hundred thousand pounds richer

order to his men. "Go! Lock her up. I don’t want a single scratch on her before the buyers see

my heels into the mud, but without Zoe, I was powerless. They

The sobs racked my body until my chest felt like it was breaking. I had thought I was starting a

had heard the terrifying rumors whispered in the pack kitchens. These weren’t just random wolves; they were monsters who bought women