**Audrey's POV**
"She's the one." Jacob snarled, pointing a crooked finger at me while the huge man whose scent seemed to be attacking my nostrils stared at me with a brooding expression on his face.
I silently hoped that it was just my imagination, and that Jacob wasn't trying to sell me.
But as soon as the thought crossed my mind, he asked; "How much are you willing to give?" I wasn’t sure if it was the way he said it or the look on both of their faces but I instantly felt my breath hitch in my chest.
The man seemed hesitant, but after a few moments, said "fifty hundred."
"Well I’d take that, seeing as she’s really not important in my pack." He murmured under his breath while pointing to me disdainfully.
I felt hurt, as if he had just stabbed me in the heart.
Nothing he did surprised me anymore, yet this was the height of it, the fact that he wanted to sell me and was bargaining my price like I was worth nothing hurt.
I suddenly wanted to scream at him. To make him understand that he hurt me but I didn't because I knew that it would make him know that I was feigning amnesia.
The man offered the money to Jacob, and he collected it with a gleeful smile across his face.
I visibly stiffened as soon as Elora walked into the room with a snug smile on her face.m as she stared between Jacob and I.
From where I stood, I could see the way her eyes moved slowly along the length of the huge guy’s body and then she sighed dreamily. The slut!
"Is the deal done?" She purred sexily as she sat on the seat next to Jacob, but didn’t take her eyes off the huge man.
"Yes, she was bought for an easy price." He replied cockily; and then with a proud grin on his face, he gave her a sound kiss on the lips.
I felt my heart sink down to my stomach for the nth time today, as I felt all the pain returning.
"You can use her however you want, she's an omega who became a slave, and so does not have any worth whatsoever." She smirked while watching me.
In anger, I clenched my fists tightly, feeling my nails dig into my skin, but I didn’t care. All I cared about was smacking Elora hard across the face so that she gets a feel of what I’ve gone through.
I tried desperately to suppress the blinding rage I felt, and forced myself to calm down. It was hard to control myself, since I could feel everything inside of me burn and boil.
My hands began shaking uncontrollably, my jaw clenching tightly as I held back all my emotions, and slowly I felt a drop of tear fall from my eyes.
They were going to kill me, or worse torture me, or use me the same way a purchased slave is used.
He stood a little too close to me, bent down and whispered in my ear, "It makes me extremely glad to see you this helpless."
"The faint that you lost your memories wouldn’t save you from all the wrath I have in store for you. Do not bother about me from now though, your new master is a brutal Lycan king who I am sure would make you pay for every penny he spent here today." He added.
"You might even be made his sex slave though, I don’t care." He whispered. I could feel my fist clench and unclench continuously while I tried to keep myself from attacking him.
He walked away with a smile, leaving me with a smug looking Elora and my buyer who kept staring too intently at me; it made me uncomfortable.
Elora stood up with a smirk. It suddenly occurred to me that she must’ve suggested this to him, with the way she looked extremely happy about all of this.
I winced in pain when she hit me and felt tears form in my eyes, but I didn’t let it drop. There was no way I would let them see me cry.
Her grin only grew wider as she turned and strutted away from me.
"Get ready to leave when he does, he owns you now." She ordered.
"Slave." She spat.
She slammed the door shut, making sure that it sounded so loud that it made my ears throb.
As soon as the door slammed closed, I turned to face the man who had bought me only to notice that his eyes were already in me, burning holes into my head.
He had this weird energy, something I couldn't quite place my hands on. It almost felt like he was someone I was familiar with even though I’d never met him in my life.
But I didn't care about that right now, my rage and anger at the fact that I was just sold by Jacob emerged again.
My knuckles slowly turned white from clenching my fists too tight, but I didn’t care either.
"Go and get your belongings if you have any, come with me. I don't have all the time in the world." He drawled and I nodded before I immediately walked out of the room.
I knew that I didn't have much clothes or belongings, Jacob made sure he burnt that, but I still left the room pretending to go get my stuff because I needed some alone time to think about the fact that I was just sold.
It still felt quite foreign to me.
I paced around the kitchen thinking of what to do. I thought of a way to escape, but I couldn't think of any way to carry out that plan seeing as I had nowhere to go; even my mind too was blank at the moment, making it quite impossible to begin to formulate plans.
"Where the heck is this worthless slave?" I swallowed when I heard Jacob's voice bellow out from the corridor.
He walked into the kitchen and I stepped back as he walked towards me with a glare.
Before I could form a word to defend myself, he hit me, sending me flying against the wall and knocking all of my stuff over. I whimpered, holding my ribs which suddenly began to hurt like hell.
His lips curled, seemingly proud of what he had just done to me.
"You shouldn't make a client wait." He yelled, making me flinch.
I bit the inside of my cheeks to stop me from crying, the thought of being treated in such a horrible manner, made me feel sick, I started to shake.
"You're pathetic, you should be grateful I didn’t throw you into the river." He snarled.
My chest tightened, I tried hard to contain my emotion, but I couldn’t. I desperately didn't want him to get more satisfaction from inflicting me with so much pain than had gotten already.
"You don't deserve my attention." He snapped.
He looked at me, he reached up and grabbed my chin forcing me to look at him, but I refused.
When his calloused hands grabbed at my chin, I growled angrily but then I held myself, knowing fully well that I wasn’t strong enough to take him on.
The last thing I expected was for Jacob to pull my head towards him roughly and slap me across the face.
"Now get up and go." He growled.
I stood up shakily, trying my best to cover up the bruise forming on my cheek with my blouse.
My legs trembled so badly, but I managed to stumble outside, not daring to look him in the eyes until he shut the door.
Jacob's words rang through my head, and I vowed to make him pay for everything somehow.
As soon as I walked into the throne room, I saw the man seated; but when I came in, he immediately stood up and dragged me out with him.
I jerked my hands out of his as soon as our hands connected, for I immediately felt a spark run up the length of my arm.
It was impossible to think, so what the Fuck was happening!
**Audrey's POV**My nostrils were immediately assaulted with a kind of sweet smelling smell that I couldn’t quite comprehend. It smelled of a blend of every sweet thing you could ever imagine and I had to sniffle continuously to find its source, thinking it was Caleb;But unfortunately, I didn’t see where it came from.I silently trudged behind the big guy who walked right in front of me with a thick rope clasped in his hands. The thick rope was connected to my wrists which were tied together like that of a typical slave.He slowly got into a large sleek looking truck that was parked right in front of Caleb’s palace and pulled at the rope until I begrudgingly got in the back seat with him. A few minutes after we had settled into the car, it drove off the curb and into the street. I was so confused, and didn’t know what to think. I wasn’t sure if he was actually going to kill me or not or of he would decide to make me a slave in his own kingdom The same way Caleb had enslaved me.Th
**Kaden's POV.****8 Hours Ago*******I knew I didn't need a slave, I already had too much of them in my palace oanyways, yet this alpha managed to convince me in getting one.I bought her reluctantly and I was shocked by the meager amount of money he was selling her for.Though, I knew that that wasn't the main reason I had bought her. I had already seen her face.When I walked into the room, all eyes were on me, I'm not sure why but it always did that.It was like my presence was enough to make Everyone held their breaths and stared at me like there was something on my head beside my crown..But my eyes were on her when she came in, I couldn't look away.There was something I couldn't quite place my hands on about her; I knew she was weak, just by setting my eyes on her, the energy she gave off was low.Her beauty was mesmerizing, and her vibrant red hair, and blue eyes almost seemed to be dead, drawing anyone that looked at her eyes.They seemed to hold secrets and stories in t
**Audrey's POV**I woke up with a start when I heard a loud alarm blaring, signaling that it was the middle of the night.I looked at the clock close to where I laid and saw that it was already 4:04 AM, meaning that it was still too early to be up. After a second's thought, I quickly got dressed and headed downstairs where the noise came from and was surprised when I saw other slaves running up and down the hallway.I frowned in confusion wondering what must be happening until I saw Maria from afar and I ran to her."What's happening?" I asked."Go and collect your duty schedule immediately." She pointed to the line I had first walked past.I ran towards them standing in line immediately, they all were so busy running around and yelling and screaming that they didn't even notice me standing there until one pushed right into me causing me to fall on my butt as she yelled. She laughed loudly, without bothering about apologies; and then continued running, ignoring me completely and
**Audrey's POV**The sound of his voice made me shiver, but not in fear. I couldn’t quite explain why I suddenly got goosebumps all over; it almost felt like he had awoken something in my body, something I couldn’t quite understand."I said, who did this to you?" He asked as his hand went towards my face gently, but firmly. I winced from the contact, not sure of what his intentions were.I tried not to let my tears fall as he continued, his grip on my face tightened and he leaned closer. "Who." He demanded again."Uhm." I didn't know what to say, what could I say? "It doesn't matter anymore." His eyes widened slightly."Whenever I ask a question, I demand an answer so don't go telling me shit like it doesn’t matter when it obviously does!" He snarled in my face, I swallowed.Being in close proximity with him was alarming, I was aware of him, everything about him, how good he smelt, I wanted to sniff him right now, he was beautiful. My eyes wandered across his body, looking for flaw
**Kaden's POV**Walking away from her that day was the hardest thing I had ever done. She was like a virus that I had no cure for and I couldn’t help but think about her at every passing hour. I couldn't help it, her scent was intoxicating, everything about her was amazing; it drew me in, mesmerizing me.I wanted to run to the slave quarters and call her back. I wanted her, everything about her and even bed her immediately if she would agree to.She awoke the lust I didn't know I had in me, something I didn't really feel with my former mate, the mate pull was worse this time.I felt so drawn to her, even in the night while trying to sleep, she was in my thoughts.I stood up walking to the window, lost in thoughts. I looked out the window to the vast land beneath, showing silver rays of the moon shine down on me.It was a clear night sky, no clouds were around. The stars were out too and I couldn’t help but be mesmerized by it as I stared outside.A breeze swept through the window, ca
**Audrey's POV**My heart thumped loudly in my chest. I could still remember her stern instructions vividly, I’d planned on following it too but now I cannot remember how I’d been so drawn to the king that I totally forgot to stay away from him. As soon as she flew past the doorway like a bird, I immediately released my grip on him, and took a few steps backwards while I ignored his eyes that were presently narrowed at me.My breathing and pulse were ragged as I thought of what she would probably do to me now that she’d seen me, but at the same time, I tried to control myself, she was no God but simply someone I could easily maneuver my way around."What's wrong?" He asked and I immediately shook my head, forcing a smile.Almost immediately, I bowed to him and rushed out of his office, with my mind preoccupied with thoughts of how I would avoid the bitchy woman’s wrath.I walked quickly, stopping at the flower garden. It was quiet, peaceful, quite the best place to hide for a whi
**Audrey's POV**My eyes widened when I saw him. He looked clueless as he stepped out of the bathroom.His towel was wrapped tightly around his waist, his hair still wet, now had damp curls falling across his face, the water dripped down his chin, and down onto the floor, creating puddles on his feet.He looked so deliciously attractive and absolutely clueless that I wanted to touch his wet hair and frolic through its soft curls. I stared longingly at him, with my cheeks flushed. I could feel my cheeks heat up from the way he was looking so intensely into my eyes as if in search of clues; but then suddenly I looked away, feeling like quite an idiot for not being able to control myself around him. "I'm sorry." I muttered, glancing away.I couldn't help myself, my eyes trailed down the length of his body, from where I stood, I could see every single line, and every single crevice in his body; they called out to me, indulging me.His muscles were strong and defined, his chest slight
**Audrey's POV**I clamped my hands tightly and pressed my lips into a thin line as the door creaked open while I waited for whoever it must’ve been to come in.As soon as I saw that it was the man who showed to me the slave quarters the very first day I came here, I heaved a sigh of relief, ignoring the way the King started at me in confusion.I didn't know much about him and didn't want to, the fact that I knew he was harmless; and that he was the Lycan king's friend as well as his second in command was more than enough reason to feel slightly comfortable."There you are." He stood at the entrance, looking at me, and back at the king."Good evening, Beta." I bowed quickly, suddenly finding my voice.He stared at me, a small smile playing on his lips, "Hello there." He greeted me with a smile, which made me look confusedly up at him. The words sounded strange coming out of his mouth, even the expression on his face was quite inexplicable; almost like he was suggesting something.
With my hands planted firmly on my waist, I stared confusedly at the two crying babies in front of me and no matter what I did or said to calm them down, nothing seemed to be working. Seemingly Lost in confusion and not knowing what to do, I tried hard to comfort the crying babies in front of me but they instead laid, crying tirelessly that at a point, I did not know what else to do for they could not stop crying. I carried one of them in my arms and began to rock it gently, the other laid in the crib built for the two babies. I continued this way, giving turns to each of them as I held them in my arms attempting to get them to fall asleep but they wouldn’t. That did little to make them quit though and I grew frustrated but I knew I could not give up. I had tons of work to do, a lot of paperwork also and the thought of attending to those immediately after dropping these kids filled me with so much tiredness that I felt I would drop dead. Since the takeover from Jacob, there
Audrey's POVFeeling happy and fulfilled that I had fulfilled my words and that I had been able to Kill Jacob in the exact way I had imagined it, I smiled to myself thinking of how this was the first time I felt like I had done something worth deserving as I stared down at his decapitated body which was now covered in a of his own blood, and could vividly see the hole I made on his heart.A smile got stuck on my lips and I couldn't let it go. I allowed it, wondering why Ian had this weird stare on me."You finally killed the predator, after being the prey for so long. You're taking over the predator's land." I muttered to myself as I stared at his blood dripping neck, making trails as I walked, I wanted them to see that I had killed Jacob and ended his reign of terror and destruction.I walked out to the corridor where she listened to the silent gasps and the scared look on the faces of the people.I held the head in my hands and showed it to the people."This marks the end of this he
Audrey's POVI knew Jacob was a bit surprised that I had smiles all over my face, despite the fact that he had a knife pressed on my neck.He was a bit stubborn and I wondered what I would say to him that would make him move the knife away from my neck despite all the white lies I had told him. It was a little confusing to watch him and the cynical smile on his face and at the same time, I was bothered because I knew he was psychotic and could do anything."You could just remove this knife, I would surely guarantee your safety." I said quietly as he pressed the knife deeper into my neck, it was hurting but I couldn't let out a tear, knowing that it would mean defeat and I hated being defeated by clumsy enemies such as Jacob. "Do you expect me to believe you?" He retorted sharply as he pressed the knife, adding a little force to it. When he wasn’t watching, I tilted my head slowly, in a bid to pull my neck away from the sharp blade. "Come on, you have my word, I would surely beg Kad
Kaden's POVI loved the fact that Logan had to turn against his pack, knowing fully well that Jacob turned them against him. Having killed some of his men, Logan grew tired of killing and felt like setting it amicably.They surrounded him as he let down his guard, he told his men to do the same as they all stopped fighting, Jacob's soldiers were afraid, I guess filled with that thought that they were just leading them to a trap."Why won't you fight us?" The Chief guard questioned as the guard paved the way for him to walk through. "I can't, we can keep on wasting our strength on each other when the real devil is up there watching us." Logan explained, wondering how Logan tends to make this work, it would be hard and it might get ugly. "What do you mean?" The Chief guard was confused. "Jacob is a man that would surely have you all killed if need be. He wouldn't hesitate to threaten the lives of your family if you dare flout his orders" Logan uttered, wearing a smile on his face, ho
Kaden's POVI felt uneasy, knowing that I had my reservations with Audrey's plot, but I had to give in, she had it all planned out and now that I thought about it, mine had loopholes.If we had attacked Jacob as I planned, he would have escaped or better still led us into one of his unforseen traps which would leave us in jeopardy; harming my men, weakening my manpower and having a strong hold on my resources.But with Audrey's plot, she handles on the inside, while we take care of his men outside which would make everything even and provide Jacob with an extremely slim chance of escaping or having to use someone as bait while trying to escape. "I just hope Audrey succeeds with her plan, I'll take care of these ones here with my own plan," I muttered to myself, knowing that my men were also waiting for my signal.I assured myself, rigging off every fear and trying to remain at peace as I waited for a signal to show that Audrey was in trouble. For now though, I hadn't felt any pa
AUDREY’S POVI waited for Jacob’s reply to my sarcastic but true comment about the palace but it did not come, the intent of it had not fazed him a bit I noticed and I began to wonder what went on through his mischievous mind. Jacob gently placed his arm around my back and I flinched at the feel of his strong arms around me but let him guide me to a chair close to his throne. Surprisingly he had not still said anything in reply to the view I had concerning the place, perhaps he had sensed the sarcasm in my voice even though I suspected that he knew what I said was true. He acted really sweet towards me while I acted according to the script I was writing in my mind.I sat down calmly on the chair he had offered me and he sat on the enormous throne. We started to talk and he asked about my trip there, asking if I had any troubles on my way. I sweetly replied to him, not forgetting to remind him of how I was capable of taking care of myself. I wondered why he and Kaden always felt that
Audrey’s POVDespite the anger I felt coursing through my veins and spiking up my nerves, I managed to force a smile as the soldier who stood guard at the door to the throne room opened the huge doors for me to pass through. I stepped into the room slowly as if expecting to be met with some kind of trap and then stopped at some point to take my first real glance at the expanse of the room and the striking view ahead of me. I marveled at the sheer beauty it emitted but couldn’t help but think about how it had lost its shine. The palace, even though ancient as it was, was one of the most mesmerizing views I had ever had the pleasure of seeing. It looked different from what I remembered it to be; the structures were getting old, the decorations were fading out, and what made the room gorgeous most was no longer there – the glitter of people laughing and cheering happily nonstop, in love and harmony.The memory of how the palace used to be filled with love and glamor when it was still m
Audrey's POVI sat with my hands folded in front of me as I had become more than a little tense due to how much I was wondering what Kaden wanted to tell me that made him keep me in a weird suspense. I hated the fact that my heart raced, hoping that the news wouldn't affect me, or have anything to do with Kaden or Shantel but then from the expression on his face, it was difficult to ascertain if the news coming was a bad one or a good one. I gulped.Filling my head with irrelevant thoughts, I was getting confused as I felt someone holding my left palm, Shantel tilted her head upwards and down, assuring me that all would be fine. I hearkened to her with the evidence of doubt still writhing in me."You're making me uneasy, what is it that you wanted to tell me?" I stuttered as Kaden bowed his head down as he said in a low tone;"I can't tell you, when she's around. She has to leave us, it's personal and urgent.""That won't be possible, Shantel says. If I deserve to listen to this new
Audrey's POVI hated the fact that I had soiled my fingers trying to take down a guard, knowing that this was a test to show my strength and skills which I knew I didn't have. I just wanted to be able to fight off my enemies with my hands and legs in combat, which would be to my advantage and would come in handy whenever I would need to protect myself, knowing fully well that this was dark times and that Kaden's soldiers were dying in their numbers.It was hard to believe it, but they would just go missing and their dead body would be found, wondering what he was planning or his plans on how to catch this culprit that has murdered many men. I knew this was a plot to reduce Kaden's man power, and it was working effectively. Jacob knew this, and was using it to his advantage. "You're doing quite well, keep it up" Shantel said to me even though I knew I wasn’t doing any good. I knew that she was only being helpful, the smile on her face said the words she was hiding. This was her wa