Vladic Regime's POV:I walked into the little cottage and took a quick look around. I was extremely displeased with the fact that not only was she not in sight. She was nowhere to be seen. From my understanding, she was supposed to be waiting here for us. Or, so that is what I understood. When the front door was closed once again, I turned around and looked at Sir Lavion."Where is she?" I questioned him, trying to keep my tone at a lower volume. The last thing that I wanted was to frighten her more with my powerful aura as I was trying to inquire as to her position if she was there somewhere."I understand your frustration, sire. Rest assured, she is in that room over there," Sir Lavion mentioned."What is she doing in the other room?" I asked, turning back to face him once more and furrowing my brows at him."Well Sire, she was injured and quite dirty upon her arrival," he started to say as he walked around me to stand over by the door she was behind. "Even the clothing she
Vladic Regime's POV:When we walked over to the table, I ensured Sir Lavion had her take a seat where her position would be with her back facing Brookli's position. The last thing I wanted was for her to see my daughter before it was the proper time to do so. Until it was absolutely necessary, that is. Once she took her seat and was seemingly comfortable, despite her nervous posture, I took my seat on the opposite side of the table. I then turned my attention to one of the maidservants standing there just inside the doorway of the room they had entered from. They had not been dismissed, so they knew not to leave my presence unless they were told to do so. "You there," I spoke using a tone that I only used when calling the servants. Once I gained all of their attention, I looked back at the young lady and said, "Go and grab her a glass of water." She even turned around to look at all three women to see which one of them would be brave enough to move. When she looked back at
Alasia's POV:“What do you mean I am to be sold off?” I asked as the shock of the very words he spoke to me took the breath out of my own lungs. "To whom!?""To who is not of the highest importance to me right now," my overly wicked stepfather spouted at me as he turned to face me with his favorite hand raised up in the air as he walked towards me at the same time. "The most important question you should be asking yourself is if you will fetch me a high enough price. One that will allow me to leave this place for good.""What are you talking about!" I asked again with shock still evident in my voice, as I could not help to control my words due to his earlier statement that still caught me off guard. "What happened to the large trust left by my mother before she died? There was plenty of money in the trust for us to live on for many years!"As I spoke this last statement, my eyes were now filled to the brim with tears. He, now standing over me with his hand still raised high abov
Rameric's POV:I was ready for this day to be over with already and the day had only just begun. My pack was tending to things while I stepped away to get myself another drink. It has been some time since I took a bit of a break myself. I have been out tending to a variety of things since before the sun came up that morning. I knew we were expecting a new arrival of slaves today, as they always arrive on the last day of the month. It was practically like clockwork. The humans were always willing to do what they needed to do in order to make an extra wage. They multiplied like rats so there was always a good supply coming in from time to time. "My Alpha Caine...," I heard a voice speak strong yet in a soft tone, as they came into the room I was standing and continued. "...are you ready to proceed?"I knew this voice all too well. It was indeed my Beta, Galien, who needed something. Otherwise, he would not have bothered to disturb me while I had stepped away to be alone for a
Alasia's POV:“Wait!” I shouted as I was being drug away from the cart by two of the biggest men I have practically ever seen. “I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to my little brother! I don't know if I will ever see him again. Can I at least say goodbye?!”As I turned to look at the two men who were still dragging me backward away from the wagon cart, neither of them bothered to look at me directly but at the other. My eyes, however, immediately went in search of those of my little brother. When I found his gaze, he was overly fearful and tears were silently streaming down his little face. I knew he was terrified. He was so scared that he was frozen in fear and did not move to run after me either. He didn't know what to do. Nor did I for that fact. I had no idea what was going to happen to me from this day to the next, or for the rest of my now miserable life, which I am sure was the plan for me. As I thought about everything in that moment, things did not get all that
Rameric's POV:I could not believe what was happening right now as shock took over me completely. As it started, it was a strange feeling deep within my being, causing me to fall to the wayside as I grasped for my chest. I was already on the side of the path and made sure to remain out of sight when she was brought through the transference gate, so no one saw me. The last thing I was expecting was for the Mate Attraction to hit me like a sudden rock slide down a mountain, seeming as if it fell on my very chest. This was the very last thing that I ever expected.I have been waiting for over a hundred years or more for my intended mate, and the shock of her actually turning out to be a mere, insignificant human was almost too much for me to bear. The best thing about my position is, that I was not cursed with the effects of time. I was coming up on my 125th year here in less than a month, and I was beginning to think that I was going to have to tread this soil for a decade without
Rameric's POV:This could not have come at a worse time. The slaves all knew they were sold into slavery to a fierce werewolf pack, which meant certain doom, or they were soon to find out what they were up against in the odds against their new rulers. The fact they all found out in this particular manner, was just a faster way of finding out that their bad dreams at night and horror stories they told their children to keep them in line, are not just dreams and talk but an actual reality. Humans knew of our existence, however for them to see one shift in front of their eyes is not an everyday occurrence. I stood up, shifting back as I now stood there, hovering over the two of them, naked. At that moment, my personal Warriors rushed upon the pen and surrounded us completely. In a way, there was an inner circle keeping a distance from the slaves in the small pen. “Take him away!” Galien commanded, walking up to us and through the ring of Warriors while handing me a shawl to shrou
Alasia's POV:What was happening to me right now?! What did I just do? Why did I step out of turn and do something that I know I should have never done!? I could not take my actions back. I just risked my own life for someone else when I needed to stay out of trouble and do what I could to rescue my little brother. Why did I make a mistake as foolish as helping someone else when I can not even help myself right now!? What has come over me? I know I would have never done that in any other situation. If I were still with my stepfather, I knew he would be beating me and not my brother, which is why this has never come up before. Why did I do something so foolish as pushing that other younger girl out of the way from that guard?!As I tried to feel what was around me, I still felt as if I was being carried by someone. However, there was a strange feeling, one that I had never felt before. I felt as if I was lying on my back, but still lying in the arms of someone or something.