Greek god

Destiny's POV

As soon as my auction process was over, I was shoved back to the dressing room, and my hair and makeup were redone by women who kept giving me envious looks.

“What?” I snapped when I couldn't take their looks any longer.

The one who did my hair shrugged. “Nothing. You're just lucky, you know.”

I reeled back.

I considered myself a lot of things: deluded sometimes, and hot-headed maybe. But "lucky" was far from one of the many things I was, considering how the past ten years of my life had gone. The last twenty-four hours alone were proof.

I raised a brow. “You consider being kidnapped by my former alpha of the pack I was banished from for a crime I didn't commit and being sold to some stranger to use for his pleasure as being lucky?”

She grimaced. “Okay, maybe not lucky. I'm just saying you should be happy. The man who brought you here is Theo Gavi.” She gave me a look as if waiting for a reaction from me. “You don't know him? Have you been living under a rock or something?” She continued as she removed the pins from my inky dark hair, making it fall like a blanket around my face.

I gave a slow shake of my head as I looked at her in the mirror.

“Theo Gavi is the most powerful alpha of the most successful and strongest pack in the country: the Mercury Pack.”

This meant my plans to escape would be much harder than I originally thought. Fuck.

I glanced at the female as she let a small smile graze her face, her eyes twinkling with excitement.

“I still don't see how I should be happy.”

“Not only is he the most powerful and successful, he's the hottest. Rumours say he could get a female's panties on fire just by touching them. For someone who looks the way he does, I don't doubt that.”

I did.

“But whatever you do, you should be careful around him. He's the most powerful and dangerous shifter for a reason.”

****

My jaw almost dropped to the floor. I was looking at a Greek god in the form of a man.

The male shifter who leaned on the most expensive car I'd ever seen had thick dark hair that fell over his intense grey eyes. Short on the sides, longer in the middle, his jaw could sharpen steel, and his lips reminded me of strawberries.

Apart from the artistry that was his face, his body could put the sculpture of David to shame. He was clad in a dark dress shirt that hugged his muscles and was rolled up at his arms.

Those muscles made my mouth water, and I had to swallow my spit. Why did I suddenly feel thirsty?

My wolf piqued, tilting her head to the side, and I felt her studying him just like I was. His stance emanated the confidence that only an alpha had.

His intense eyes held mine, and in those few seconds that they did, I found myself lost in the waves that stormed beneath—

“Are you going to keep standing there? I don't have all day,” he said, with a thick eyebrow raised.

The trance I was in broke, and I was instantly reminded of my situation. My jaw clenched.

The bulky-looking man who had escorted me from the dressing room to make sure I hadn't escaped—which was exactly what I had planned to do—left us alone.

The sun gleamed on Theo’s hair as he opened the car door. “Get in.”

I leaned on my foot and folded my arms across my chest, aware that the movement pushed my breasts forward. I didn't miss the way Theo's eyes went to my chest before they settled on my face. I willed the heat threatening to flood my cheeks to stay away.

Why was I reacting this way?

“What are you doing?” His voice sent tingles, coupled with terror, down my spine.

I ignored it.

He narrowed his eyes. “Get in the car.” He didn't use his alpha power, but I could still feel my wolf wanting to obey, to submit.

The last thing I wanted was to do just that. That would be sealing my fate. That would be putting my life at another person's mercy. I was done with that.

“I'm not your slave. Even though you'd have bought me for a trillion, I would never be your slave.” I raised my chin.

“Of course not. You're not my slave.”

I unfolded my arms, relief flushing through me at his words, and I almost let out a relieved sigh, my eyes slightly widening. “Really?” Hope swirled in my chest.

His eyes twinkled in…was that amusement? “You'll be my breeder.”

My heart pummeled into my stomach.