Chapter 2

          A while ago in the palace

" Alpha Avarez, you can't do this, what will the people think of the Alpha of the strongest pack going to the demon market?" A fine young man was seen following a masked face man while nagging at him like his mother would.

"Derek, you need to calm down........who says I'm going there as a king, I'll be preparing the disguise myself". The masked face man said while heading towards his room.

Derek was tired of adding formalities and just went straight to the point "Avarez Dunek, you need to stop this madness you think you can display, for Pete's sake, you are a king"

Avarez paused after hearing his name from his personal guard and best friend, his expression turned cold and lonely "Derek, just let me have this one-time peace before I get tormented again" with that, he closed the door on Derek and started putting on his disguise.

Derek was never one to be emotional in his judgement but his best friend had suffered many torment from hell, one exposure wouldn't hurt or so he thought. They had embarked on a journey to the demon market.

The demon market is a market for many illegal trades but is mostly known for its slavery and trafficking. The rich lords from far and beyond came to buy slaves for their own selfish gains. It was the only connection between the pure-blooded wolves and the Faewolves. 

They scanned through the market, asking about things that got their attention but Derek was more concerned about Avarez safety as the people might still recognize him because of his mask, even though Avarez assured him he was unrecognisable with his disguised mask. They had finally separated when Derek went to get food for the both of them.

Avarez walked a little to get coverage over him, not quite long after, he felt something ticklish on his ear but he brushed it off thinking it was a fly, but it continued, and this time, with more force and sand pouring on his body. Avarez finally turned to give the fly the attention it needed, he was surprised to see a rope but what surprised him more was the blue-haired girl was barely hanging in there, using the rope as life support.

"What are you doing" was the only sentence he could make out in pure disbelief, but before he could think of something else, the girl got startled and let go of the rope. She had prepared herself for a rough landing but she got none.

Iasha opened her eyes and peeped to be sure she was not in the afterlife..."Are you fucking done staring, Can you get down now" Iasha jerked up with a fright only to realise, she had fallen right into his hands.

She sized him up, from head to toe and hissed "If you had just kept your trashy mouth shut, you think I would be landing on your arms" She glared at him and arranged her creased clothes and murmured 'the arms aren't even that muscular' to herself.

Avarez stared at her coldly for a few seconds and walked past her. He wasn't going to banter with a stranger girl for any stupid reason. After a few steps, he heard a few men talking among themselves. They looked like they were guards of a Demon Lord.

"Heard she is a blue-haired girl, that is a fine breed, oh how I love to slide my tongue down her throat and drink her blood," one of the men said in the group, the others turned to him in approval.

"Same here, I know she will be a fine young meat, Come on, let's go find that bitch" another man said and urged them to move forward.

Avarez heard their conversation and thought it was not his business, he turned towards the blue-haired girl and saw her desperately packing her stuff to escape. He turned and walked past the group of guards. Finally, he met Derek.

"Avarez, what happened to you, I just left for a few minutes," Derek asked after handing some wheat bread and meat to him.

"Guess I met someone too crazy, I got lost in her stupidity and madness" Avarez replied while eating but the look he got from Derek was screaming 'What did you do', Avarez paused eating to look at Derek "Please don't tell you think I did something to that crazy girl"

Derek was sure something happened now, Avarez was not one to talk except if it was him or something that caught his interest. It looked like the crazy girl had really left a deep impression on him "anyways there's an auction going on, I heard an auction about to happen but word spread that the highest item has gone missing"

"And how am I related to this gist?"

"Oh.... we are going to watch the auction and probably buy something" Avarez wasn't even given the chance to say another word, a hand had dragged him to the auction room.

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While Iasha was packing her stuff that fell down, a bunch of guys surrounded her.

"Hey pretty lady, looking for something?" One of the men said while licking his lips lusciously "We can give you that and many more darling" Iasha was so disgusted, that she barely keep up with her pretence of being a woman in distress

She looked up to meet with his gaze " I'm fine myself, thank you" she replied and resumed packing.

"We didn't ask you for a negotiation" After he said that, he blew a blueish powder at Iasha before she could do anything and she lost consciousness again. One of them carried her and entered the auction room through the back door.

Everyone was settled down in the auction room, it was exactly time to start the event. The auctioneer came forward and started with the first item. People had raised their price until it was bought. The process continued as usual until the auctioneer started smiling while looking towards the door

"Ladies and gentlemen, this one is a fine breed of the wolves and the faes. Although she has not unlocked her dominant yet, she can perform very well in bed. I assure you, she has been tested and trusted". The auctioneer said, pointing towards the door, as the guards brought Iasha inside.

Iasha was dragged and placed on the stage. She hated the look in their eyes so much she felt like plucking it. She scanned around only to find the man she had met earlier staring intensely at her. She prayed she got to go home with him, at least he wasn't so bad apart from the mask that made him look mysterious. Their gaze locked and Avarez turned his head to the other side.

"500 shins, anyone, going.... going and yes it has been sold to Lord Martin," the auctioneer said happily. The pay was more than good. Iasha looked around to see who bought her and she couldn't help but murmur ' Am I cursed with the fate of pot-bellied men'

Iasha heard the pot-bellied man tell his men to bring her to his room. They had dragged her past Avarez, and they both locked eyes, Iasha stared at him and mouthed 'save me' silently.

"Did that slave girl talk to you?" Derek understood what the slave girl mouthed but it just didn't add up as to how it was related to Avarez. Come to think of it, Avarez said blue-haired girl, she looked like one "She's the one right.....the blue-haired girl you were talking about"

Avarez looked at him gravely " I think you're too free these days, that's why you think you can question me anytime you feel like it" That alone, was able to shut Derek up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the end of the auction event. We hope you would like it here" the auctioneer said and left the stage. 

People stood up and started making connections. Avarez hated two kinds of people in the world, the ones that suck up to people for their benefits and the ones that wait for the right time to strike behind your back. And to Avarez, he was seeing all shades of them today. He stood and walked towards the bar with Derek following him.

 They drank beer while looking at the women dancing on the stage. The women were dressed in little or nothing, making them look sexually attractive. Not that he was moved, girls were never his fort, and he never bothered either.

They stood up as each person was led to a room to have their rest. Avarez and Derek were walking down the hallway when they heard a scream coming from a room. Avarez knew who the voice belonged to but decided to continue walking. He had walked past the room when he heard another scream, this time around, whatever they were doing to her, she was on the verge of a breakdown.

His wolf had been on the edge after she mouthed those words to him and now his wolf was threatening to come out. She wasn't even his mate and his wolf was already being aggressive. He tried to move again when he heard the door open and saw a naked woman in all her glory run towards him.

Avarez's first instinct was to hold her in his embrace as soon as she landed. He wondered why she was naked, what were they doing to her inside the room that she had to run out of. The young woman jerked a little when Avarez hugged her a little bit tighter, this caught Avarez's attention and looked down to see a burn on her left arm.

He finally understood what was going on, they were trying to put a brand on her. He took out his robe and covered her with it, still holding her tightly. The men ran towards Avarez and stopped in front of him.

"My lord, please give us the lady back, our master needs her branded and ready for work," one of the guards said fearfully, he had never seen a man cladded in a full face mask. He couldn't help but tremble due to his aura.

Avarez for a moment was in his own world. The blue-haired girl kept breathing on his neck, it aroused flames he never knew could be lighted. His wolf was really threatening to come out after he heard what the guard said, it was like another spirit possessed him.

"You will do no such thing to her" he turned to Derek " handle them" he looked at the girl seemingly scared, her hands and turned to walk out.

"My Lord, I'm afraid we would not let you do that, She has been branded" One of the guards took out his sword and was prepared for attack. Avarez watched them display their stupidity, it wasn't like they could stop if they wanted.

"Is branding your problem?" He turned to face Iasha, and used his hands to support her face and propped her mouth open with a fiery hot kiss........