Chapter 33: A Familiar Buyer

Scarlett’s POV

​The Rogue King stood on the platform, holding a heavy iron chain that was attached to a hook. As the guards shoved me up the wooden steps, he grabbed the chain and clipped it to the magical choker around my neck.

The sudden weight jerked my head back, making me gasp.

​"Ladies and gentlemen," the Rogue King boomed, his voice full of excitement, like a man showing off a priceless treasure. "I promised you something rare. A pure, unmarked wolf. Look at her—no mark, no mate... and perfectly untouched."

​The buyers began to circle the platform like sharks. One man, old and scarred, stepped closer, his eyes raking over my trembling body. "The girl looks weak," he muttered. "Is she healthy?"

​"She’s stronger than she looks," the King laughed, yanking the chain to force me to stand straight. "And with the collar on, she’s as obedient as a lapdog."

​I looked out into the dark tree line, my heart hammering against my ribs. I thought of my parents, of the life I wanted, and even of the mates who had broken my heart. I would rather have their hate a thousand times over than be sold to these monsters.

​"Let the bidding begin!" the King shouted. "We start at fifty thousand!"

​"Sixty!" a voice called from the shadows.

​"Seventy-five!" another yelled.

my cheek. Please, I prayed to the Moon Goddess. If you

air...

man yelled, his eyes gleaming with a sick

raised his hand, a wide, greedy smile splitting

the edge of the clearing parted. A man stepped into the light of the torches. He didn’t wear a mask like the other buyers, and he didn’t try to

the others, he didn’t look at me with hunger. He didn’t look at me with desire. He looked at me with a strange, questioning expression, as if he were

so familiar? Where have I seen such

voice calm

turned in shock. "Alpha Ethan? You are here? You have never set

for the Rogue King to finish the transaction. He looked like a man who was simply checking

money. "Alpha Ethan! What

didn’t want to chat; he

shouted, his voice echoing through the

knees hitting the wooden stage. My fate was sealed. I was no longer a person;

Rogue King. They handed him a heavy silver suitcase. The King flipped the latches,

He looked at the iron chain holding

like Leo’s or a cold snap like Leon’s. It was a simple order from a man

metal choker still heavy and cold around my neck. I waited for him to touch me, to claim me, to

to the car," he said shortly.

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