Chapter 121

Kara

“What is it?” I ask when we turn the corner, the chatter of the pack fading away as we step behind the castle walls. Aaliyah rubs her belly, biting her lip as she looks down at the floor, then back at me. “Actually, it was when you were talking about your past … I hope you don’t mind me knowing but I also have a few skeletons in my closet and Cahya really helped me with that,” she begins her eyes turning glassy as she starts.

“You see, I grew up with my uncle and when he learnt I was an omega, he wanted to make a good match. He wasn’t very bright, and we didn’t have a lot of money. When I realised he planned to sell me …” she pauses, her voice shaky as my heart thunders in time with hers. She waves her hand, smiling, but I can tell the memory still hurts. “Then I found out he wasn’t just going to sell me to one man but to a brothel he had negotiated an initial price and percentage of the profits I made thereafter. It cut deep to learn the only family I had known was willing to