Chapter 004

I walked into the dark room my chest thumping against my skin.

“Pack your things, you have leaving today.” Madam Claudia spoke.

“What?” I gasped.

The man in the chair had his back to me but I cold feel the cold aura the was coming from him.

I’ve been bought?

“Don’t let me repeat myself Astrid, pack your things.” Madam Claudia answered.

“Ye…yes ma’m.” I stuttered turning my back to them and walking out of the room.

I got across the hall without much hassle from Renee and her friends but my happiness was short lived.

I pushed open the bar door to the room, and entered. The bar doors were remade last moon when one of the girls was caught bent over by a guard in her room while her roommates stood outside waiting.

I had never seen madam Claudia as angry as she was that day. She roared and turned to her wolf form, slashing the man from behind. His dead body dropped on the girl, blood and skin splattered everywhere.

Well that was a warning to all of us. And we never heard of the girl again as she was dragged out naked from the room. Nobody dared to asked what her fate was with madam Claudia.

“What was that about?” Renee asked, immediately I stepped into the room.

“What?” I asked, avoiding her eyes.

“Don’t act dumb with me bitch, why were you called to the dark room?” Renee sneered.

“I’m leaving today…….” I whispered, looking down at my shoes.

“What!?” She screamed.

“You got selected?” One of her friends asked wide eyed.

I nodded.

“By who?” The girl asked again.

“I….don’t know.” I said, still looking at my shoes. My big toe stuck out from my left boot. The shoe was old and worn out.

“What the hell do you mean by that? Renee asked, finally getting her tongue.

“I don’t know…… madam Claudia just asked me to pack my bags and that’s all the information I got.”

“Could it be Alpha Kael?” The girl who had spoken earlier, asked.

My eyes widened at the new information. He was the one seated in the office when I entered, every other alpha’s and Beta’s were long gone.

Renee snorted, “and why would he pick her?”

“Why else will she be called to the dark room while he was there with madam Claudia?” They argued.

The possibility of me leaving here was far fetched but me leaving here with Alpha Kael was a more disturbing news.

“Um……please I need to start packing, madam Claudia will be here anytime soon.” I said raising my voice above their arguments.

They quieted down instantly, snapping their heads up me.

One of the girls sneered.

“The goddess really loves you today bitch,” Renee snorted pushing me to the ground.

I hit my ass the hard floor, I whimpered.

“They got the garbage out of my way.” She spat.

They four of them walked over me and out of the room. Tears threatened to fall for my eyes but I held it in, if I was leaving this place my new home may be worse than this and nobody would give a damn about my tears.

I stood up from the floor, dusting the dirt away from my skirt. I walked up to my corner of the room, I looked around. The room was empty, the little traces of Aria and Ruby were gone, Renee’s dresses were scattered across her bed, making it look disorganized.

I sighed, at least I wasn’t going to spend the night alone without them here. I folded my clothes into a small box, went to the bathroom picked up my towel and toothbrush.

The little dresser that we all used stood at the corner of the room, I opened my side of the box, I picked out my chain necklace that I’ve had since I knew myself. It has a little sapphire pendant and the only thing of value I ever had.

I was lucky enough that Renee never got to see it, it would have belonged to her now. I sighed, my eyes caught a glint of Aria’s brush, it was a sliver brush, with stones that rounded the edges, behind it was here initials “AD” written in a very sophisticated handwriting. Never really got to ask her what the “D” in her name was.

I placed it in my bag, putting the necklace around my neck and wrapping my shawl over my neck and shoulders. With one last look around the room that has house me for months, I took in a deep breath and walked out.

A carriage was already packed outside, madam Claudia stood alongside Kael, they were talking about something so I stood silently behind them waiting for them to finish.

“Astrid, come forward,” madam Claudia called after she saw me.

I walked up to them.

“This is Alpha Kael your new owner, try to behave right.” She said, introducing me to the man.

I didn’t dare to look up at him, we were never allowed to look at any Alpha’s in their face it was considered disrespectful.

I nodded.

“Be good,” madam Claudia tapped my back, giving me a tight smile, that was the only form of care she had shown towards me after her one of her dogs tried raping me.

I walked up to the carriage lifting myself into it, I gripped my box tightly.

The man finally finished talking and came around the carriage and entered. I could hear the whispers of the girls as the poked their heads out of the broken window glasses and watched as the carriage began to move.

I shifted to the far end of the carriage, occupying as little space as I could.

The man sat across from me his eyes, steadily burning holes in my back.

“You may need to rest, we have a long journey ahead of us.” He grunted.

His voice was thick, laced with annoyance like he was running a silly errand for someone.

I didn’t expect him to be happy and bubbly but I just had a tiny bit of hope at the back of my mind that I might end up with someone nice.

Well that tiny light just went off.

I nodded, relaxing more into the chair, it was soft and comfortable. The interior of the carriage screamed wealth and power, it was designed with red and gold.

I slowly lifted my face, stealing a glance at the man that sat across from me, his head was laid back and his eyes were closed. I couldn’t tell if he was sleeping or not but I enjoyed the silence, this might be the last time I ever experienced peace like this.

I sighed looking out the window, the city was gradually disappearing behind us.

I could have sworn that I saw wolves running in the woods along side our carriage but the trees were too thick and dark to see through, so maybe it was my brain playing tricks on me.

My stomach rumbled, I clutched my stomach wincing.

“We need to get you fed and properly dressed before we reach.” He spoke, making me jump.

I turned and looked at him, his eyes were still closed.

“I’m not really hungry.” I said, just as my stomach betrayed me and rumbled again.

He scoffed in response.

I turned away from him embarrassed, looking back out the window.

The carriage was a real luxury but we both knew that he could outrun the horses in his wolf form and I was sure madam Claudia had explained my predicament to him.

I sighed for the one hundredth time today, if I was taunted about not transforming into my wolf form at the house of the lost, then where we were headed wouldn’t be any difference.

I rested my head on the window plane, and drifted off to sleep.